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Bhavish Aggarwal
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Born (1985-08-28) 28 August 1985 (age 39)
Alma materIndian Institute of Technology Bombay
Occupation(s)Co-founder and CEO of Ola Cabs
SpouseRajalakshmi Aggarwal

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

Aggarwal completed a bachelor's degree in computer science and engineering at Indian Institute of Technology Bombay in 2008.[3] He began his career with Microsoft, where he worked for two years, and during which filed two patents and published three papers in international journals.[3] In January 2011 he co-founded Ola Cabs with Ankit Bhati in Mumbai.[4] In 2015 Aggarwal and Bhati were the youngest to be included in that year's list of richest Indians.[5]

Awards and Recognition

  • Entrepreneur award for corporate excellence in 2017 at ET Awards


References

  1. ^ Das, Purba (16 January 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 February 2014.
  3. ^ a b "Bhavish Aggarwal & Ankit Bhati: The men behind Olacabs". Economic Times. 25 October 2014.
  4. ^ "Leader in the spotlight-Bhavish Aggarwal". Live Mint. 4 November 2014.
  5. ^ "Ola founders youngest on list of super-rich Indians". Times of India. 12 September 2015.