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Yashish Dahiya

16 statements across 3 episodes · 3 bullish · 3 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Jul 14, 2023 by Sanjeev Bikhchandani · said 9 times in 2 episodes since 2020 · across every show →

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Jul 14, 2023
Assertion Not checkable as stated
PolicyBazaar Founder Proved Bikhchandani's Car Insurance Was 40% Above Lowest Quote
“And sure enough, what I was paying for my insurance was 40% higher than the lowest quote.”
Sanjeev Bikhchandani Jul 14, 2023 ▶ 49:41 Sanjeev Bikhchandani on Finding Zomato & Taking the First Tech Company in India to IPO
Nov 15, 2024 positive
Assertion Supported
Dahiya: Policybazaar Is India's Largest Insurance Aggregator
“In insurance, we would be the largest. Yes, we would be the largest. We have a large market share in that.”
Yashish Dahiya Nov 15, 2024 ▶ 2:25 Policybazaar Founder On IPO, India 1,2,3, Sanjeev Bikhchandani, & Insurance Market | Neon Show
Nov 15, 2024
Disclosure
Yashish Dahiya Checked Sales Reports Thrice Daily For 17 Years
“See for the last 17 years, I look at our sales report every day at Two PM at five PM at eight PM, wherever I'm in the world, these three times I check my sales report.”
Yashish Dahiya Nov 15, 2024 ▶ 23:11 Policybazaar Founder On IPO, India 1,2,3, Sanjeev Bikhchandani, & Insurance Market | Neon Show
Nov 15, 2024 positive
Assertion Supported
Policybazaar Is Also Among India's Largest Loan And Credit Card Aggregators
“We're also in loans and credit cards where again, we would be amongst the largest”
Yashish Dahiya Nov 15, 2024 ▶ 2:32 Policybazaar Founder On IPO, India 1,2,3, Sanjeev Bikhchandani, & Insurance Market | Neon Show
Nov 15, 2024
Disclosure
Yashish Dahiya Never Read Policybazaar's Statutory Financials Before PB Fintech's IPO
“I had never looked at our financials before we went public. I started looking at them and started making sure our financials and our MIS were saying the same thing.”
Yashish Dahiya Nov 15, 2024 ▶ 55:40 Policybazaar Founder On IPO, India 1,2,3, Sanjeev Bikhchandani, & Insurance Market | Neon Show
Nov 15, 2024 negative
Insight
Dahiya: Obsessing Over Equity Percentages And Peer Compensation Adds Zero Value
“Oh, as a percentage of total equity, you're getting too little compared to everybody else. Oh, why is that person getting so much? I think many of those things are just yeah, they're not value adding to anyone. Just, you know, get on with things. And I think t…”
Yashish Dahiya Nov 15, 2024 ▶ 31:06 Policybazaar Founder On IPO, India 1,2,3, Sanjeev Bikhchandani, & Insurance Market | Neon Show
Nov 15, 2024 negative
Opinion
Dahiya: Indian Schools Teach Jugaad While UK Schools Teach Process Adherence
“When, and I just feel things when I got a feel for what they were learning I thought the value system was a gap. Now I'm not saying that's for all of UK and all of India, but that's what they were picking. They were picking up how to cut corners, what we call …”
Yashish Dahiya Nov 15, 2024 ▶ 35:48 Policybazaar Founder On IPO, India 1,2,3, Sanjeev Bikhchandani, & Insurance Market | Neon Show
Nov 15, 2024
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Dahiya: Received 20 Lakh Bain Signing Bonus After Earning 20,000 Monthly
“And I was earning, I'd never earned more than Let's say 20,000 rupees a month. And I suddenly got a 20 lakh sign on from a Bain and company.”
Yashish Dahiya Nov 15, 2024 ▶ 31:54 Policybazaar Founder On IPO, India 1,2,3, Sanjeev Bikhchandani, & Insurance Market | Neon Show
Nov 15, 2024
Disclosure
Policybazaar Anticipated 90% Of Its Pre-2020 Roadmap At Its 2008 Founding
“Till, till 2020, everything we did we knew back then. Like I would say 90%. Now the areas we're starting to delve into, we did not know back then. Like what are the, like basically we did not know that claims control or claims experience would become such an i…”
Yashish Dahiya Nov 15, 2024 ▶ 20:35 Policybazaar Founder On IPO, India 1,2,3, Sanjeev Bikhchandani, & Insurance Market | Neon Show
Nov 15, 2024 negative
Disclosure
Dahiya: I Do Not Angel Invest Because I Am Variance Averse
“Even today, I don't invest in anything, right? So I think I'm very, let's say variance averse, not risk averse, just variance averse.”
Yashish Dahiya Nov 15, 2024 ▶ 49:14 Policybazaar Founder On IPO, India 1,2,3, Sanjeev Bikhchandani, & Insurance Market | Neon Show
Nov 15, 2024 positive
Opinion
Dahiya: High Stress In India Develops The World's Best Global CEOs
“So I definitely feel running a business in India is, is, is the opportunity is there, but the stress levels are definitely higher than most parts of the world. And that's what brings out some of the best entrepreneurs here. And that's what makes people from he…”
Yashish Dahiya Nov 15, 2024 ▶ 43:37 Policybazaar Founder On IPO, India 1,2,3, Sanjeev Bikhchandani, & Insurance Market | Neon Show
Nov 15, 2024
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Dahiya's Wife Worked At NatWest To Support Family During Policybazaar's Launch
“She was working in a bank. She got working because we needed to support the family because when I started Policy Bazaar we didn't have enough funds. So that is when she took on working. She got a job with the NatWest bank.”
Yashish Dahiya Nov 15, 2024 ▶ 32:58 Policybazaar Founder On IPO, India 1,2,3, Sanjeev Bikhchandani, & Insurance Market | Neon Show
Nov 15, 2024 neutral
Assertion Supported
Moneysupermarket Still Generates More Annual Profit Than Policybazaar
“It still makes more profit than us. Every year.”
Yashish Dahiya Nov 15, 2024 ▶ 44:21 Policybazaar Founder On IPO, India 1,2,3, Sanjeev Bikhchandani, & Insurance Market | Neon Show
Nov 15, 2024 neutral
Assertion Supported
Dahiya: Almost Half Of Info Edge's Value Lies In Its Investments
“I think today for info edge, almost half its value lies in its investments.”
Yashish Dahiya Nov 15, 2024 ▶ 5:17 Policybazaar Founder On IPO, India 1,2,3, Sanjeev Bikhchandani, & Insurance Market | Neon Show
Aug 4, 2025 neutral
Assertion Supported
Dahiya: Policybazaar raised $840 million but still had $700 million at IPO
“We raised 840 and on the day of the IPO, we had 700 plus in the bank.”
Yashish Dahiya Aug 4, 2025 ▶ 29:13 From $4.5M for 49% to $700M In The Bank at IPO: Sanjeev & Yashish On 17 Years Of Policybazaar
Aug 4, 2025
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Dahiya: Policybazaar voluntarily wrote to India's insurance regulator requesting oversight
“I remember in 2011, I wrote to the regulator that we should, that we would like to be regulated.”
Yashish Dahiya Aug 4, 2025 ▶ 20:04 From $4.5M for 49% to $700M In The Bank at IPO: Sanjeev & Yashish On 17 Years Of Policybazaar
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