--- description: Find out why Meesho was selected for the list title: TIME100 Most Influential Companies 2023: Meesho image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4b0d0a95230a29be/698a3dccb3fce37bbf0ca8c5/time100-companies-Meesho-2023.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Jun 21, 2023 # Meesho Innovative retailer by Tara Law  Meesho co-founders Vidit Aatrey, CEO, and Sanjeev Barnwal, CTO. Meesho co-founders Vidit Aatrey, CEO, and Sanjeev Barnwal, CTO.Courtesy of Meesho India, [now the world’s most populous country](https://time.com/6248790/india-population-data-china/ "undefined"), is expected to see e-commerce sales nearly double by 2025 to $133 billion. Bangalore-based Meesho, the most-downloaded shopping app in the world in early 2022, caters to customers priced out by [Amazon](https://time.com/6280051/amazon-artificial-intelligence-product-search-jobs/ "undefined") and Walmart. Unlike its competitors, Meesho doesn’t charge sellers a commission, which it says enables it to sell 60% of its products for less than $4, in reach for Indian families that make less than $6,000 a year. But the path to online-­shopping domination won’t be smooth: while it expects to reach profitability this fiscal year, it’ll have to overcome challenges like rising competition from other companies. _A weekly newsletter featuring conversations with the world’s top CEOs, managers, and founders._ [_Join the Leadership Brief_](https://cloud.newsletters.time.com/signup?nln=leadership&source=100companies "undefined"). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-companies-2023/6285212/meesho/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-companies-2023/6285212/meesho/"},"headline":"Meesho","datePublished":"2023-06-21T10:55:40.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-03T00:16:09.997Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/time100-companies-2023/6285212/meesho/","keywords":["TIME100 Companies"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4b0d0a95230a29be/698a3dccb3fce37bbf0ca8c5/time100-companies-Meesho-2023.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"creator":"TIME Staff","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4b0d0a95230a29be/698a3dccb3fce37bbf0ca8c5/time100-companies-Meesho-2023.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-companies-2023/6285212/meesho/","name":"Meesho"}}]}] ```