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7 Indian Entrepreneurs you need to know about

Ritesh Agarwal (OYO Rooms)  Ritesh Agrawal is the founder of OYO, which was established in 2015. He was an engineering aspirant who went to study in Kota. Ritesh is also an avid traveler. On his trips, he observed that the majority of places he stayed at charged too much and provided sub-par facilities. He realized that many hotels in India could not fulfill the needs of a budget traveler, which led to his first venture Oravel.

Falguni Nayar (Nykaa)  Falguni Nayar belongs to a business-oriented Gujarati family in Mumbai. She is an MBA graduate from IIM Ahmedabad and has worked for Kotak Mahindra Bank for 19 years, where she even rose to the post of MD! At the age of 50, Falguni quit her job and started her entrepreneurial journey. She launched a multi-brand beauty and cosmetics e-commerce platform called Nykaa, which went on to become a huge success.

Kunal Shah (Freecharge, CRED)  Kunal Shah is undoubtedly one of the most popular names in the game. His tweets have become wall art in offices around the country. He has a bachelor’s degree in Philosophy from Wilson College and briefly pursued an MBA from the Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies before dropping out. Kunal went on to create startups with unique missions and business models. His first company was Paisaback, which provided cashback promotions for organized retailers.

Bhavish Aggarwal and Ankit Bhati (OLA Cabs)  Bhavish Aggarwal and Ankit Bhati graduated from the prestigious IIT-Bombay. Together, they co-founded the most popular online cab service in India – Ola cabs. When they began in 2010, Ola cabs provided services only in Mumbai as well as for outstation services from Mumbai. After receiving a series of major funding from various firms, Ola entered the Australian market in January 2018.

Shradha Sharma (YourStory)  Shradha Sharma is the founder of the online portal YourStory. She had a celebrated career at two famous news media houses – Times of India and CNBC (Mumbai) before launching her startup. While working for these companies, Shradha noticed no one was publishing stories about entrepreneurs and budding businesses. This is when Shradha decided to create YourStory – a platform that tells entrepreneurial stories of success.

Vijay Shekhar Sharma (Paytm)  Vijay Shekhar Sharma has been an achiever from a young age. He graduated as an engineer when he was only 19! During his college days, Vijay started a website called indiasite.net which he later sold for USD $1 million. In 2001, he established the company behind Paytm called One97. PayTM grew into a mass success after Vijay received funding from SAP as well as Ratan Tata.

Deepinder Goyal (Zomato)  Deepinder Goyal is an IIT graduate who started his career as a Senior Associate Consultant for Bain and Company. He became an entrepreneur by building a food delivery website called food. in, which later became foodiebay.com. His venture began operating in Delhi. Deepinder then went on to partner with Pankaj Chaddah to build the business.

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