Sameer Gehlaut: The IIT Delhi Entrepreneur Who Built Businesses Across Three Continents
From Indiabulls in India to luxury real estate and banking in Britain and AI-led finance in the United States, Sameer Gehlaut’s entrepreneurial journey has evolved into a rare three-continent business story. Among the entrepreneurs to emerge from IIT Delhi, Sameer Gehlaut stands out for repeatedly building and backing businesses at institutional scale across very different industries and…
Sameer Gehlaut, an IIT Delhi graduate in Mechanical Engineering, has built an entrepreneurial empire spanning three continents. Starting with the Indiabulls Group in India, Gehlaut created a housing finance company that grew into one of India’s largest, and his real estate business developed over 15 million square feet of developments in Mumbai and Gurugram.
A landmark sale in 2018 to Blackstone for $2 billion showcased the impact of his work at Indiabulls. Gehlaut then ventured internationally, establishing Clivedale Group in London, where he deployed over £1 billion in prime property development and later acquired a majority stake in GB Bank, a UK challenger bank. In 2025, he founded Spring Cash in New York, an AI-native financing platform that raised over $100 million in its first six months.
Gehlaut’s career exemplifies the ability to build, reinvent, and scale businesses across sectors and borders, making his story a rare three-continent entrepreneurial journey.
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