Success Story Of

Ritesh Agarwal

Presented by: Khem raj

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 Ritesh Agarwal CEO & Founder of Oyo
Rooms Fastest growing Branded network
of hotels offline and online.
He started his entrepreneurial journey at the age
of 17 and is considered to be one of the youngest
CEOs in India
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In 2009, Ritesh left for Kota with an intention to get an entry in top IIT colleges. Later,
he realized Kota wasn’t a place to learn coding and hence gave up on his coding dream.
He was left with a lot of spare time, so he started working on a book: ‘Indian
Engineering Colleges: A Complete Encyclopaedia of Top 100 Engineering
Colleges’. This was a hit.
 Ritesh Agarwal was among 20 students under the age of 20 years who
received the Thiel Fellowship. He received a sum of $100,000 over two years as well
as guidance and resources to drop out of college and create a start-up
OYO Growth

 OYO has continuously grown after 2013. It first started its services in India, and today,
after 8 years of establishment, it operates in 800 cities in more than 80 countries of the
world.

 The company started its international operations in 2018 starting with Malaysia. It then
entered into the markets of the UK, UAE, Dubai, China, Singapore, Indonesia, and
others.

 In 2019, OYO generated a revenue of $951 million and witnessed an increase of 740
million dollars, 4.5 times more than 2018.
Message for Young Enterpreneure

 “Leaders shouldn’t just build and accumulate wealth but give back to society.”
Thank You