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Short · 25 words
Varun Mundra is a Mumbai-based marketing leader and brand builder — SVP, Head of Group Media & Innovations at Motilal Oswal Financial Services, and a TEDx speaker.
Medium · 50 words
Varun Mundra is a Mumbai-based marketing leader who builds brands and the teams behind them. Now SVP, Head of Group Media & Innovations at Motilal Oswal, he founded Blue Pencil Studio at 17, spent a decade across India’s top agencies — Webchutney, Ogilvy, Isobar and The Glitch — and built a 35-person marketing function from zero. TEDx speaker.
Long · 100 words
Varun Mundra is a Mumbai-based marketing leader, brand builder and media innovator — currently SVP, Head of Group Media & Innovations at Motilal Oswal Financial Services. He started at 13, founded Blue Pencil Studio at 17 (famous for websites priced at ₹11), studied in London, and spent a decade across India’s top agencies before moving brand-side. At Motilal Oswal he built a 35-person in-house team from zero, managed ₹80–100 crore in budgets, modernised a 40-year-old brand and pioneered AI-native marketing in Indian financial services, moving market share from 1.6% to 4.3%. A TEDx speaker and Brand Builder of the Year 2025.