Pepperfry co-founder and CEO Ambareesh Murty passed away yesterday in Leh due to cardiac arrest. Ashish Shah, the other co-founder and COO of Pepperfry shared this on social media platform X (previously known as Twitter) where he wrote “Extremely devastated to inform that my friend, mentor, brother, soulmate @AmbareeshMurty is no more. Lost him yesterday night to a cardiac arrest at Leh. Please pray for him and for strength to his family and near ones,” in a tweet.
Extremely devastated to inform that my friend, mentor, brother, soulmate @AmbareeshMurty is no more. Lost him yesterday night to a cardiac arrest at Leh. Please pray for him and for strength to his family and near ones. 🙏
— Ashish Shah (@TweetShah) August 8, 2023
Swati Bhargava, the co-founder of Cashkaro also tweeted about his demise:
So sad & shocking to hear of @AmbareeshMurty's sudden demise due to cardiac arrest. May his soul rest in peace. An amazing entrepreneur & inspiration to many… may his legacy with @Pepperfry live on 🙏 #RIP
— Swati Bhargava (@Swats26) August 8, 2023
He was an alumnus of IIT Calcutta and completed his Bachelors in Engineering from the Delhi College of Engineering.
Before starting Pepperfry, Ambareesh had the experience of working with brands like Cadbury, ICICI AMC (now ICICI Prudential), eBay and Levi Strauss India.
He was a bike enthusiast and had recently shared images and videos from his trip to Ladakh on Instagram.
Netizens are shocked to know about this sad news and people are sharing their memories with Mr Murty.
