Bhavish Aggarwal Biography, Age, Height, Career, OLA Journey, Net Worth
Bhavish Aggarwal is an Indian entrepreneur who co-founded the country's largest ride-hailing platform, Ola Cabs, and its electric vehicle successor Ola Electric which aims to transform the electric vehicle landscape. He founded another company this time AI-focused in 2024 called OlaKrutrim. A new entrant into the startup world, this emerged as India's first unicorn focusing on solely AI, valued at $1 bn.
Early Life and Education Background
Bhavish was born on 28th August 1985. At the moment, Bhavish will be 39 years of age in 2024. Bhavish graduated with a degree in computer engineering from IIT Bombay in the year 2008. Following that, he moved to Microsoft Research India where he worked and even got two patents registered and three pieces of research published.
Family and Personal Life
He is married to Rajalakshmi but Aggarwal, and the couple has two children. Bhavish attributes much of his success to family support and a disciplined approach to life.
Important Milestones in Career
Ola Cabs (2011): Bhavish founded Ola along with Ankit Bhati, in the city of Bengaluru. Bhavish had a terrible experience himself as a taxi but conceived the idea of a safe, tech-enabled cab service. Over the years, Ola spread across cities, diversified into auto-rickshaws and bike taxis eventually even food delivery.
Ola Electric (2017): Bhavish started Ola Electric with the vision of making electric vehicles affordable and accessible when the whole world was talking about sustainability. He has since emerged as one of the top EV makers in India.
OlaKrutrim (2024): OlaKrutrim is an AI foray. It has been quite a bold step into new territory. Bhavish always catches on to the theme that emerges for an emerging sector and learns to bank on the trend.
Achievements and Philosophy
Time's 100 Most Influential People for 2018, Bhavish has many accolades to his credit. Bhavish was a stern protectionist for work culture. Bhavish purportedly reasoned for a 70-hour workweek that did incur much controversy as regards the work-life balance. However, his net worth stands at $2.3 billion, proving for entrepreneurial capability.
Social Media and Public Presence
Bhavish is active on most of the platforms, like Instagram and LinkedIn, where he shares updates about ventures he has been undertaking along with opinions about the industry trends.
