Bhavish Aggarwal

Bhavish Aggarwal
Born (1985-08-28) 28 August 1985
Ludhiana, Punjab, India
Alma mater Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Occupation Co-founder and CEO of Ola Cabs
Spouse(s) Rajalakshmi Aggarwal

Bhavish Aggarwal (born 28 August 1985) is an Indian entrepreneur and co-founder of Ola Cabs.[1][2]

Early life

Agarwal was born in Ludhiana to doctor parents; grew up in Afghanistan and the UK.[3] He completed a bachelor's degree in computer science and engineering at Indian Institute of Technology Bombay in 2008.[4] He started his career with Microsoft Research India as a Research Intern and later got reinstated as an Assistant Researcher. [5]

Career

He began his career with Microsoft, where he worked for two years, filed two patents and published three papers in international journals.[4] In January 2011 he co-founded Ola Cabs with Ankit Bhati in Mumbai.[6] In 2015 Aggarwal and Bhati were the youngest to be included in that year's list of richest Indians.[7]

Awards

References

  1. ↑ Das, Purba (16 Jan 2016). "#Startup India:Ola Cabs' Bhavish Aggarwal is conscious that security is a concern, more measures need to be taken". Business Insider. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
  2. ↑ "Bhavish Aggarwal: Bringing Technology to Fleet Taxis". Forbes India. 12 Feb 2014.
  3. ↑ Arora, Prashasti (2018-08-27). "From Ludhiana to UK via Australia: How Bhavish Aggarwal drove to success". The Economic Times. Retrieved 2018-09-27.
  4. 1 2 "Bhavish Aggarwal & Ankit Bhati: The men behind Olacabs". The Economic Times. 25 Oct 2014.
  5. ↑ "Bhavish Aggarwal - Yo! Success". Yo! Success. 2015-08-12. Retrieved 2018-09-27.
  6. ↑ "Leader in the spotlight-Bhavish Aggarwal". Live Mint. 4 Nov 2014.
  7. ↑ "Ola founders youngest on list of super-rich Indians". Times of India. 12 Sep 2015.
  8. ↑ "ET Awards 2017: The best and the brightest". The Economic Times. 28 October 2017. Retrieved 5 May 2018.



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