Success Story Behind Bhavish Agarwal's Ola Cabs
While the majority of us dream of owning posh vehicles with cool drivers, meet this Indian entrepreneur who enchanted the lives of millions by curating the best online "Book A Ride" service. The mastermind behind one such 'e-commerce' venture gave people relief from traveling by chaotic rickshaws or buses.
Bhavish Agarwal is an Indian entrepreneur and a co-founder of "Ola Cabs" who hails from Punjab, Ludhiana, and was born on 28th August 1985. He then graduated from IIT Bombay in 2008 with a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and Engineering. He lives in Bangalore now. Apart from working non-stop, he enjoys cycling, playing squash, and owns a photography blog, which shows how much he admires photography. His favorite book includes "Biography of Steve Jobs".
Since Bhavish Agarwal is a savvy tech, he started his own blog as a blogger at Desitech. From 2008 till 2009. Desitech, In loyally hosts content related to tech geek things and is all about Indian start-ups, events, etc. While he was already laddering up the success shield, he kick-started his career with a bang enduring a position with a highly reparative company "Microsoft Research" as a research intern and got restored at a later stage as assistant research for 2 years from 2008 till 2010. At the same time, he got 3 papers published in internal journals by filing 2 patents. Bhavish then soon ditched his job to build an empire of online rental cab service known as "OLA CABS" in 2010 which was a re-branding of his previous venture.
During the start-up Bhavish experienced a rough phase, he once addressed customer calls and drove a customer to the airport.
Success Story Behind Bhavish Agarwal's Ola Cabs
Ola needs no introduction. The first Indian cab aggregator company, Ola has made availing of cab services a smooth experience. Owned by ANI Technologies Pvt. Ltd. and formerly known as OlaCabs, Ola was launched in December 2010 by two IIT Bombay graduates. Being a pioneer among cab companies in India, Ola bridges the gap between cab owners and commuters, and it has done so really well! Bhavish Aggarwal is an Indian entrepreneur and co-founder of Ola Cabs and Ola Electric. Aggarwal was included in Time magazine’s 100 Most Influential People of 2018.
Story of Ola founder Bhavish Aggarwal
Bhavish Aggarwal, the founder of Ola, completed a B.Tech. in computer science from IIT Bombay in 2008. Bhavish, the owner of Ola Cabs, spent his first two years out of college in Bangalore working for Microsoft Research. During his time at Microsoft, he submitted two patent applications and published three research articles in international journals.
He founded an internet business to market short-term vacations and excursions while pursuing his entrepreneurial passion, which he later transformed into Ola Cabs. Both the co-founder and CEO of Ola are named Bhavish Aggarwal. Bhavish Aggarwal, the owner of OLA, was born on August 28, 1985, and as of 2019 data, his personal net worth was projected to be around $350 Million. Bhavish's wealth continued to rise, reaching Rs 7500 crore ($958.43 million) in September 2021.
This earned him a spot on the list of India's 40 wealthiest people, which also includes Sachin and Binny Bansal, Neha Narkhede, Nakul Aggarwal, and Ritesh Arora and is headed by Divyank Turakhia, who has a net worth of Rs 12,500.
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