Veteran banker Sankar calls India 'dumbest IPO market in history' amid Lenskart IPO criticism
Ashley Paul, Published on Nov 1st, 2025

Veteran banker and GQuant Founder Shankar Sharma called India "dumbest IPO market that ever existed in history" amid criticism over IPO-bound Lenskart's valuation. "There are so many billions of dollars flowing in from retail investors, you've got to be out there as an investment banker exploiting that," Sharma said. "This is a nice little game of anchoring bias," he added.
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