Shantanu Deshpande is the founder and CEO of Bombay Shaving Co and Bombae, new age personal care brands designed to help consumers with hair removal. Founded in 2016, the company has quickly grown to becoming India's 2nd largest shaving brand with 250+ Cr annual net revenue. The company counts Colgate Palmolive and Reckitt as strategic investors among many others and with its strong brands, online distribution and product love is set to IPO in 8-10 quarters.

Shantanu also is the host of popular podcast The BarberShop, is an ambassador for Olympic Gold Quest, and is a senior advisor for PE fund Advent as well as Mckinsey and Co.

Shantanu is an alumnus of Mckinsey where he spent his formative professional years. He graduated from IIM Lucknow and VNIT Nagpur and his hometown is Pune.