Ritesh Agarwal - Icons Of India 2019
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Ritesh Agarwal, Founder & CEO of OYO Rooms, started his career at the age of 18. He launched Oravel Stays, a website designed to enable listing and booking of budget accommodation. After three months of research and staying in over 100 bed and breakfast homes, guest houses, and small hotels, he pivoted Oravel to OYO in 2013. Ritesh scaled OYO from 5 cities in December 2014 to 200 cities in 2015. In late 2017, OYO launched OYO Home, an Airbnb-like marketplace for short-term managed rentals.
He was the first resident Indian to be awarded the Peter Thiel Fellowship, received a grant of $100,000. In his free time, he loves cycling and practicing yoga.
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