Madhav Sheth


Madhav Sheth is the CEO of HTech India & the former chief executive officer of realme. He is from Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.

Education

He studied in St. Xavier's College and received a bachelor's degree in Business, Management and Marketing from the SVKM's Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai.
He received a master's degree in Business Administration and Management from Harvard Business School and is an alumnus of the same.

Career

Sheth began his career as a sales manager for three years with the Priory Business Group in the United States. He joined Perfect Communications in 2008 as a sales director and exited as its chief executive officer in 2016. The same year, he joined Oppo as its sales director where he focused primarily on online and offline sales expansion.
On 4 May 2018, Sheth co-founded realme with Sky Li, the former vice president of Oppo. He became the chief executive officer of realme India and Europe, followed by being the vice president of realme since 2019. He spearheads realme's strategy development, market expansion, product engineering, and brand recognition initiatives. Under Sheth's leadership, realme has become the fourth largest smartphone brand in India, according to International Data Corporation and Counterpoint Research. Sheth is a guest columnist in various notable national and international publications such as Forbes, Times of India, Fortune, Economic Times, and Hindustan Times.

Leadership

As the realme CEO, Sheth began his day with a to-do list for an organised start to the day and connect with relevant teams for briefing through Microsoft Teams or Zoom. His leadership focuses on building agile teams that can quickly comprehend the changing market values and execute them within the product development and delivery dimension. Under Sheth's leadership, realme increased its donations to charity, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic in India.

Exit From Realme and present

On 14 June 2023, Sheth formally quit from all his positions at Realme. According to many news sources, it was speculated that Sheth may join another Chinese smartphone company Honor into its relaunch in India. In early August 2023 many of his core team executives who helped him to build Realme brand in India also left the company and were speculated to Join Honor as well.

Honor Htech

In July 2023, Madhav Sheth and most of his team previously signed to Realme joined Htech, company made by Honor Phones to make and sell Honor Devices in India, Sheth joined as CEO of the company
Ai '+ Smart phone
Madhav Sheth has now launched a new smartphone brand on 8 July 2025 keeping in mind the privacy, data, and Made in India of the Indian customers. Ai + NOVA and Ai + PULSE' Smartphone has been launched under the smartphone brand.
Madhav Sheth's aim is to store data in India, increase their privacy and create an Indian smartphone brand.
He also launched his own OS "" for Smartphones.

Recognition

He lives in Gurgaon, India with family. He prefers to play squash and read to unwind, especially books on Steve Jobs. He practices yoga and meditation for work-life balance. In the post-pandemic world, Sheth feels the lockdown was the perfect opportunity to learn a new skill and upgrade oneself.