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In this episode of The 1% Club podcast, Sharan Hegde sits down with Soundous Moufakir, the Moroccan-French actor, content creator and Founder & CEO of Moromaa, a Mumbai-based skincare brand built on authentic Moroccan beauty ingredients. Before entering Indian entertainment, Soundous completed an MBA in finance and built a career in Paris. Since moving to India, she has appeared on MTV Roadies, won MTV Splitsvilla X4, competed on Khatron Ke Khiladi 13 and The Traitors, and is now part of an upcoming Sanjay Leela Bhansali project.

This is one of the most transparent conversations on the creator economy in India. Soundous shares what she actually earns from content creation, brand deals, song performances and acting, from the six months she went without a single brand deal to commanding ₹30 lakh for a two-day song shoot. She explains why reality TV fame does not automatically attract premium brands, why most actors earn far more from endorsements than from films, and how quickly a public figure's rates can rise or fall.

The conversation also covers her personal finance decisions before she moved to India. Soundous walks through buying an apartment in Paris that has grown from roughly ₹1.5 crore to ₹4 crore, financing it with a home loan at under 1% interest, renting it out for positive cash flow, investing in land in Morocco, and working three jobs to build a safety net before arriving in India with just ₹5 lakh.

Finally, Sharan and Soundous break down the numbers behind Moromaa: identifying a white space in India's beauty and personal care market, raising ₹1.5 crore from Aviral Bhatnagar of AJVC as a solo founder, beating a ₹5 lakh first-month projection with ₹17 lakh in sales, and staying profitable from the first month. For anyone interested in entrepreneurship, startup funding, D2C brands or wealth creation, this episode offers a practical look at how a brand is built on product quality and repeat customers rather than paid acquisition alone.

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Sharan Hegde is a personal finance creator & founder of the 1% Club, simplifying money, markets, and mindset for India's next generation of wealth builders.

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Timeline


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Sharan Hegde is a personal finance creator & founder of the 1% Club, simplifying money, markets, and mindset for India’s next generation of wealth builders.

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00:00 - Introduction
02:06 - Meet Soundous Moufakir
03:51 - How Much Soundous Earns in a Year
05:34 - Six Months Without a Single Brand Deal
07:01 - How Much Influencers Charge for Brand Deals
08:14 - Earning ₹30 Lakh for a Two-Day Song Shoot
09:19 - Why Celebrity Rates Can Drop Overnight
11:14 - Working With Sanjay Leela Bhansali
12:35 - Why Actors Earn More From Endorsements Than Films
14:09 - The Real Prize Money From Splitsvilla
15:16 - What Khatron Ke Khiladi Actually Paid
16:48 - Why Brands Avoid Reality TV Stars
18:03 - The Traitors Elimination and Karan Johar
20:02 - Answering Critics on Looks and Success
22:09 - Leaving a Finance Career in Paris for India
24:20 - Buying a House in Paris and French Citizenship
25:23 - How a ₹1.5 Crore Apartment Became ₹4 Crore
26:35 - A 0.8% Home Loan and Rental Cash Flow
27:42 - Investing in Land and Working Three Jobs
29:27 - Landing in India With Just ₹5 Lakh
32:16 - How Morocco Grew Up on Bollywood
33:29 - Raising ₹1.5 Crore From AJVC
35:03 - First Month Sales vs Projections
35:36 - Spotting a White Space in Indian Beauty
36:58 - Product Pricing and Sourcing From Morocco
37:59 - Live Product Demo
38:53 - Why Authentic Argan Oil Is So Expensive
40:10 - Moromaa's Sales After Two Months
41:38 - Monthly Revenue Growth
42:04 - Business Lessons: Product Quality and the Leaky Bucket
43:12 - Profitability, Valuation and Ownership
44:45 - Closing Thoughts

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