India, Dec. 25 -- Anupam Mittal, the millionaire Shark Tank India judge and founder of Shaadi.com, revealed how he was laid off early in his career, calling it "the best thing" that could have happened to him.

This was when he was working in the US with business intelligence company MicroStrategy as a sales consultant, rapidly rising up the ranks to become the director of strategic partnerships.

He was given stock options which skyrocketed in value due to the dot com boom. The company's valuation had gone from $100 million to a staggering $40 billion.

"My career was on steroids. I was a multi-millionaire in my early 20s," he said in an interview with motivational speaker and life coach Himesh Madaan on his YouTube channel, ahead of Sha...