Karishma Mehta is the founder of Humans of Bombay which publishes interesting stories of mainly common people from various strata of society. She started photographies and publishing content on Facebook. Slowly by slowly, her FB page gained traction and eventually Humans of Bombay grew to what it is now you see.

At one time, Karishma revealed that Humans of Bombay started with Rs 1 Lakh loan which she took from her father and later everything was bootstrapped. She opined that Humans of Bombay has around 40 full time people and that she stays alone and is fully independent.

Early Life & Family

Karishma was born and raised in Bombay. Her Date of birth is 5th March 1992 and she herself stated that she comes from a priviliged family. Her family sent her to abroad for post graduation and invested a lot in her education.

Karishma Metha Relationships

In an shooting interview she stated that most people do not approach her and Karishma could not figure out the reason for it. The interviewer then opined that most people are likely to get intimidated by Karishma’s charming personality and aura to which she agreed partially.

When asked about what love means to Karishma, she opines that certain values like loyalty, stability and effortless commitment are non-negotiable in any relationship.

Karishma at one time revealed that she has been involved in situationship. As per Google research, a situationship is a scenario where two people are more than friends but less than committed partners.

Karishma Mehta is not married till now. In an interview she has stated that she has been in relationships and have learnt a lot about human personality and also about herself. She opined that in order to choose someone as a life partner, two people must connect emotionally, spiritually and physically.

An interesting comment Karishma made during an interview is that she doesn’t believe in divorce and therefore wants to be sure of settling down with the right man for her life.

Family

You must be wondering how many people are there in Karishma’s family? Well, the family consists of 5 people. Three daughters, Dad and Mom. Karishma is the youngest of the siblings. The eldest sister named as Prerna Khanna works in a typical corporate job where she worked for Reliance earlier. Now she is working as a brand manager for Mooji. The middle one i.e. Chandni is a psychologist which she started to focus at the age of 22 only whereas Karishma has been running the Humans of Bombay thing from 2014 i.e. when Karishma was only 21 years old at that time.

The name and details of Karishma Mehta’s Father and Mother name is not available till yet. It is also surprising that Karishma has never posted a picture with her mother. Her Father is a business owner and runs a factory. He Is 61 years old at the time of writing this article and has recently opened a new plant and his invested a significant portion of his earnings.

Net Worth

Karishma has been running Humans of Bombay for the last 10 years. The venture was bootstrapped right from the start. In 2023, the company has more than 40+ full time members of writers, graphic designers and other professionals which Karishma herself has stated.

According to Hindustan Times, the website humansofbombay.in earned over 3 crores in profit in 2023. However, upon analysis with SimilarWeb, we found that the site does not get substantial traffic from organic or paid campaigns.

The Website HumansofBombay also heavily advertizes its courses and other premium subscriptions which may produce significant revenue for the organization.

While it is difficult to estimate the networth of Karishma Mehta, one can surely say that she is certainly a millionaire without any debts on the organization.

Karishma Mehta is around 5 feet 7 inches tall and has a petite build. Her facial features are in harmony and her eyes and smile gets most of the attention.

Interesting Facts about Karishma Mehta

Karishma is obsessed about cricket. Very strange is the fact that she loves to watch Test Cricket which runs for 5 days. In an interview she stated that the Gabba test match 2021 was one of her favourites and she ensured that the last 2 hours of that match was watched by almost everyone in her office.

You may have doubted whether Karishma Mehta is a Gujarati? She indeed is. That is definitely the one thing common between her and prime minister Narendra Modi who she interviewed in 2018.

She firmly believes in the Law of Attraction and spirituality.

You will be surprised to know that Zarna Garg and Karishma Mehta are related to each other. The Indian-American stand-up comedian and screenwriter is actually the aunt of Karishma Mehta.

She had started a start up before Humans of Bombay but it failed badly.