Pitch to Get Rich’s Darpan Singh reveals how his Rs 7,000 crore beauty empire crashed overnight: ‘I kept burning to grow’

Darpan Singh — one of the angels on Amazon Prime Video’s Pitch To Get Rich, hosted by Karan Johar — recently opened up about the lowest phase of his entrepreneurial journey. Once the CEO of Good Glamm Group, a company valued at Rs 7,000 crore, Darpan saw it all come crashing down to zero. In July 2025, Darpan posted an emotional note on LinkedIn, acknowledging the financial crisis that hit the once-thriving beauty conglomerate. He revealed that a major acquisition deal — meant to secure the company’s future — fell apart at the last moment when the acquiring company’s CEO unexpectedly stepped down. What followed was a severe liquidity crunch.

“Things got so bad that we struggled to pay salaries and even our vendors,” he wrote, addin, “Since then, we have been trying everything possible to