 In 2018, Bansal held a 5.5 percent stake in Flipkart, which he sold to Walmart and his net worth then was a little over $1 billion.In May 2018, Bansal announced that after stepping down as the executive chairman of Flipkart, he would be focusing on pending personal projects, gaming and brushing up his coding skills.Bansal was born in Chandigarh, India, on August 5, 1981.