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1. o Ritesh Agarwal is an Indian entrepreneur and the founder and
CEO of OYO Rooms.
o He started his business career at age 17. He is the first
resident Indian to win the Thiel Fellowship.
o More recently, he was named by Forbes in its "30 Under 30"
list in the consumer tech sector.
o He first started Oravel Stays at the age of 18, and then
catapulted it into OYO Rooms.
2. o He was born on November 16, 1993, in Bissam Cuttack .
o He went to Sacred Heart School in Rayagada, Odisha.[4] After
finishing class 12th, he enrolled in Indian School of Business &
Finance, Delhi.[5] However, he didn't continue with his college
education and dropped out to start his own company without his
family knowing of this move.
o He has often talked to the media about how he was scared of his
parents getting to know that he has dropped out of college.
3. o He started travelling extensively across India at the age of 17. His
various stay experiences at budget accommodations inspired him to
launch Oravel Stays in 2012
o In the same year, Agarwal was selected for the Thiel Fellowship. The
fellowship created by PayPal founder, Peter Thiel, provides
$100,000 to college drop-outs under 22 years of age to pursue their
idea.Agarwal is the first resident Indian Thiel fellow.
4. OYO Rooms is an Indian brand having a large
network of hotels.
o more than 170 Indian cities
o standardized hotel rooms
o start-up unicorns
5. OYO Rooms is a branded network of hotels
o OYO partners with hotels
o standards are audited
o provides property owners with support
o OYO Rooms reaches out to
o reach out to OYO through their webpage,app
6. o OYO Rooms started with 1 city and 1 hotel (OYO Rooms Huda City
Centre) in Gurgaon in May 2013 and has seen a tremendous
growth.
o The company as of November 2015 has 4,000+ hotels (more than
40,000 rooms) in 170+ cities of India.
o OYO Rooms has been named India's largest budget hotel chain.
o Recently, OYO launched in Malaysia.
7. o Express IT Awards - Start-up of the Year
o India International Travel Mart Award
o Lufthansa ET Now Runway to Success Award
o Top 50 Entrepreneurs in 2013 by TATA First Dot powered by NEN
Awards
o TiE-Lumis Entrepreneurial Excellence Award in 2014
o Business World Young Entrepreneur Award in 2015
o First resident Asian to win Thiel Fellowship, 2013.[14]
o 8 Hottest Teenage Start Up Founders in the World' in 2013 by Business
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![o He was born on November 16, 1993, in Bissam Cuttack .
o He went to Sacred Heart School in Rayagada, Odisha.[4] After
finishing class 12th, he enrolled in Indian School of Business &
Finance, Delhi.[5] However, he didn't continue with his college
education and dropped out to start his own company without his
family knowing of this move.
o He has often talked to the media about how he was scared of his
parents getting to know that he has dropped out of college.](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)