Ritesh Agarwal - Founder Of OYO.


  • Ritesh Agarwal, founder and CEO of OYO, has had quite a journey over the years.
  • He had founded the company when he wasn’t even 20.
  • Today, OYO is racing with speed to be one of the world’s biggest hotel chains.


As we all know about Ritesh Agarwal , he has not even completed his 25 years age, he got the fame at this little age. He is youngest millionaire of India. He has built something unique at that time when other had no even idea of it. A hotel booking App that would assure the room for anyone at thier favorite hotel on competive prices.

Ritesh Agarwal says, his success journey was not easy that time.
Here is some interesting facts about Ritesh Agarwal,  how he became a youngest millionaire of India? So here we go guys.

Ritesh Agarwal was not confident about his studies

He doubted on his capabilities related to his studies. He don't want to work for anyone, hence he jumped into a different way. 
He says, “I knew if I had gone to college, I would not have done well. And then my family would hate me. So I felt if my family was to hate me anyway, I would rather do what I feel very excited about!”

He failed six times before his success journey

Ritesh had once commented that he failed six times before he succeeded in his OYO venture. Ritesh says, “If you have not failed, you have not hardened yourself.”


Lifestyle before success

He belongs from a simple and middle class family. Ritesh hails from a family running a small local shop in Southern Orissa. If he had not chosen to take different step for his today, he would have ended up overseeing the shop.


Initially the VCs thought he was talking about real estate business

Ritesh’s task of convincing the VCs to fund his venture was not an easy one. When he attempted to find a solution to the hotel booking process, something like OYO had not been built earlier. The investors asked if there was anything similar to what he was trying to build. While they all interpreted his venture as a real estate business, only two months later they all started when competition started building up.

OYO had to climb a steep uphill.

The forward march of OYO into success was not easy as it sounds. Managing the component of predictability was a mammoth task for them. This challenge still continues. After they had standardized 45,000 rooms spread across 160 cities, managing the same set of facilities again and again, dealing with the issues that crop up, maintaining the 4* ratings on TripAdvisor and satisfying the customers on maximum deals were a tough job which they could manage efficiently with a lot of efforts.

OYO has a favorable business scene in the international market

Ritesh says OYO does not have an international competitor who will breathe down its way. So when it comes to discounting and cash burning, OYO possibly has the least amount of burning and so faces a favorable economics on its journey forward.

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