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The teen with 50 Lakh+ in Bank This is the story of the founder of one of the biggest hotel chains of India - Ritesh Agarwal Ritesh was born in a Marwari family in Bissam Cuttack, Orissa with three siblings. And was brought up in Titilagarh. His fa

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One System. Multiple Brands. (Ft. Ritesh Agarwal) Built under PRISM One ecosystem. One vision. Many brands. Stays & Hotels........ °OYO Hotels & Homes – Affordable stays, everywhere °Motel 6 – Simple rooms, honest prices °Studio 6 – Stay longer

Zomato started as a food blog. Now it’s a public company delivering food across India. Lesson? Start small, think big, act fast. OYO didn’t start with hotels. Ritesh Agarwal launched Oravel as an Airbnb clone. The pivot to budget hotels built the em

“He was broke. Jobless. Living off his girlfriend’s paycheck. Four years later, his game made over $300 million—and he built it entirely alone.” In 2011, Eric Barone had no job, no money, and no idea what came next. So he opened his laptop and start

Over 1.1 million travellers booked OYO rooms across the world on 2025 New Year's Eve.

🚀 We're rewriting the rules of direct hotel booking. ✨ India's own AI-based community driven platform at which you can directly connect to the hotels and more. -No more denied check-in. -No extra money, what you pay 100% goes to the hotels --No mid

People laughed at Reed Hastings. Then he built Netflix. People laughed at Brian Acton. Then he built WhatsApp. People laughed at Mark Zuckerberg. Then he built Facebook. People laugh because they're paralyzed in their own dull thinking patterns. Y

𝗚𝗲𝗻𝘇'𝘀 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀: 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟬: Ritesh Agarwal is the founder and CEO of OYO Rooms, one of the world’s largest hospitality chains. Born in 1993 in Bissam Cuttack, Odisha, he developed an