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Ritesh Agarwal, founder and CEO of OYO, has had quite a journey over the years.

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He had founded the company when he wasn’t even 20.

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Ritesh is the first ever Asian to receive the Thiel Fellowship A scholarship worth $100,000 for young innovators.

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Born on 16 November 1993 in Rayagada, a small town in Orissa, India, life’s not always been easy for Ritesh

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He grew up poor and according to him, the first 18 years of his life were one of the toughest times he ever went through.

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Ritesh Agarwal is one of India's richest young men, with a net worth of around $612.1 million (Rs. 4,547 crores).

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Geetansha Sood and OYO's Ritesh Agarwal get hitched

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Geetansha Sood is the director of Farmation Ventures Private Limited and is based in Lucknow

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Geetansha Sood’s company was registered with the Registrar of Companies, Kanpur on August 22, 2020

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In 2011, he started a startup called Oravel Stays after dropping out of engineering college. His first startup used to book budget hotels In 2012, the company got Rs 30 lakh

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