Ritesh Agarwal

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Ritesh used to sell SIM cards when he was just 13.Though he had enrolled himself for the University of Londons International Programme provided by Indian School of Business and Finance, he never really felt connected to the course and rather attended a number of entrepreneurship events.Ritesh, at 17, when most of the children dont even know what to do, dropped out of the college to pursue his dream of becoming an entrepreneur.Then came OYO Rooms in existence in January 2013. Its an Indian hotel brand that owns, operates and aggregates standardized hotel rooms. The firm operates in Malaysia as well in Nepal.In 2013, he was nominated for Thiel Fellowship, a 2-year program initiated by PayPal founder Peter Theil. Students are trained by some of the revolutionary entrepreneurs like Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, etc. He was also paid a fellowship of $100,00 during that period. He was the first Asian to have received Thiel fellowship.Started in just one city of India, his firm, as of April 2017, has around 70,000 rooms in 7,000 hotels across 200 towns of India.