Vineet is a first-generation entrepreneur. At age 22, he started his company Magnon from a small shed. Today Magnon is among the largest advertising agency groups in the subcontinent, and part of the Fortune 500 Omnicom network. He has also led the global top-ten ad-agency, TBWA, as its India CEO. This made him perhaps the youngest ever CEO of a multinational advertising network in the country. He has won several entrepreneurship and corporate excellence awards, including the ?Asia Pacific Entrepreneurship Award 2011?, the ?CNBC Mercedes Benz Young Turks Award 2013?, and the ?Entrepreneur of the Year Award 2016?. He was recently listed among the 100 most influential people in India?s digital ecosystem. Vineet?s second company, Talentrack, is the fastest-growing online hiring and professional user-generated content platform for the media & entertainment sector. Apart from five bestselling fiction novels, Vineet has also written three bestselling management and inspirational books ? ?Build From Scratch? (2005), ?The Street to the Highway? (2011) and ?The 30-Something CEO? (2016). His first fiction Trilogy, the spectacular Harappa Series, has sold lacs of copies worldwide, and is counted among Indian classics. His second Trilogy, the Mastaan Series, is a brilliant period thriller that has the potential to alter the discourse of Indian history. Vineet is an avid swimmer, a gaming enthusiast, and a bonfire guitarist. He loves road-trips, especially to the prominent temples of India.