
Hari Ganapathy
Co-founder of Pickyourtrail and consumer behavior PhD aspirant
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Joined August 2025
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Summary
Hari Ganapathy is a seasoned entrepreneur and co-founder of Pickyourtrail, an innovative online platform that personalizes and books international vacations. He built the company from the ground up, scaling its revenue significantly and adapting to major industry challenges like the pandemic, demonstrating strong leadership and business acumen in the travel tech sector. pickyourtrail+4
Prior to co-founding Pickyourtrail, Hari held significant roles in global sales and mobile advertising at InMobi, where he was instrumental in building and scaling sales teams and driving substantial revenue growth in the EMEA region. His diverse experience spans from programming at Cognizant to sales management at FMCG giants like Reckitt Benckiser and Britannia Industries, showcasing a broad commercial skill set. skift+2
Academically, Hari holds a PGDM from the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, and an MBA in Psychology and Marketing from Zeppelin University, Friedrichshafen. He is also a consumer behavior PhD aspirant, indicating a deep interest in understanding consumer psychology and market dynamics, which likely informs his entrepreneurial endeavors. weekday+1
Hari is a prolific writer on Medium and ET TravelWorld, sharing insights on travel, entrepreneurship, and sales. His articles reflect on the challenges and growth of startups, the evolution of the travel industry, and broader business philosophies. medium+1
Work
Education
Writing
In search of Authority
October 13, 2023Launching PYT Curators: Democratising Travel planning!
October 18, 2021The 4Ps of Sales
June 23, 2021Lucky Number 7
November 28, 2020People. Pandemic. Pickyourtrail. Morpheus.
August 28, 2020Desperate: Why arent things moving fast?
November 7, 2019Karma and Free Advertising
November 1, 2019Of downturns and growth β A travel perspective
October 23, 2019200, Why am I celebrating a vanity metric?
October 9, 2019Reflections β 5 years of Pickyourtrail
January 5, 2019Where the mind is without baggage: Experiencing freedom as an Indian traveller
On World Tourism Day, Ganapathy feels that itβs a celebration of how far weβve come, and how much further we can go. Today, the freedom to travel, to seek, to simply be elsewhere, stands as one of the most powerful expressions of what it means to live fully in 2025.
Hobbies
Hari has a passion for travel, cricket, philosophy, photography, and filter kaapi. weekday
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