Asish Mohapatra Age, Wife, Family, Biography & More

Bio/Wiki
Profession	Entrepreneur
Known For	Being a part of India's first couple, who raised their respective start-ups into unicorns.
Physical Stats & More
Eye Colour	Black
Hair Colour	Black
Personal Life
Date of Birth	Year, 1980 [1]Facebook
Age (as of 2022)	42 Years
Birthplace	Cuttack, Orissa
Zodiac sign	Scorpio
Nationality	Indian
Hometown	Cuttack, Orissa
School	• SCB Medical Public School, Cuttack (ICSE, 10th) • Ravenshaw College, Cuttack (10+2)
College/University	• Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur • Indian School of Business, Hyderabad
Educational Qualification	• B. Tech in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur • MBA from the Indian School of Business, Hyderabad [2]LinkedIn
Political Inclination	BJP
Hobbies	• indulging in sporting records • maintaining collections • creative writing [3]Crunchbase
Relationships & More
Marital Status	Married
Family
Wife/Spouse	Ruchi Kalra
Children	Son- None Daughter- Khushi Mohapatra
Parents	Father- Name not known Mother- Mishra Kuku (was an IIT graduate, Physics teacher in a college)
Siblings	Brother- None Sister- Snigdha Mohapatra
Favourites
Quote	When the going is tough, the tough get going!
Sportsperson	Lin Dan (Chinese professional badminton player)
Singer	Shreya Ghoshal
Month	March

Some Lesser Known Facts About Asish Mohapatra

• Asish Mohapatra is an Indian entrepreneur, who is the co-founder of two unicorn startups in India.

• He began his career in March 2002, when he grabbed a job as a Maintenance Manager, and subsequently an Operations Manager at ITC Ltd. after completing his B. Tech at IIT Kharagpur. While at ITC, he managed a team of a thousand people in the company.
  

  Asish with his college friends during his days at IIT, Kharagpur

• He left ITC in 2005 to pursue MBA. Post earning his master’s degree, he landed a job at McKinsey & Company. He took particular interest in the healthcare sector and spent a long duration at McKinsey serving MNCs and domestic Indian companies in pharmaceuticals, medical equipments, and pharma support services.

• He met his wife, Ruchi Kalra, during his time at McKinsey & Company.

• In 2010, Asish started working at Matrix Management Corporation as a senior associate. He was a board member of 7 companies in healthcare and 9 portfolio companies.

• Around 5 years later, at the end of 2015, Asish left Matrix and found a startup called OFB Tech Pvt. Ltd or OfBusiness, which serves as a single-window for SMEs to get secured and unsecured credit.
  

  The first OfBusiness session, circa Aug 2015

• In 2016, Asish’s pitch for funding got rejected 73 times. ^[4]Forbes

• Six years later, in July 2021, Asish’s OfBusiness turned unicorn after the Japanese multinational conglomerate, SoftBank Group Corp. had backed the company. It closed a $160 million funding round at a valuation of around $1.5 billion.
  

  Co-founders of OfBusiness

• Asish was licensed as an Independent Director by the Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs in November 2020. ^[5]LinkedIn

• The first company Asish was appointed as director was Meditrina Hospitals Pvt. Ltd.

• He is the director of various companies such as Oagriva Alliance Private Limited, Oxyzo Financial Services Private Limited, Ofb Tech Private Limited, Ofg Manufacturing Businesses Private Limited and is a nominee director of Omat Business Private Limited and Samruddhi Organic Farm (India) Private Limited.

• In 2016, Asish, his wife, and a few other loyal members of their team started an offshoot of Asish’s previous startup called Oxyzo, which provides purchase financing to SMEs. Oxyzo also became a unicorn a year after OfBusiness in 2022.

• Asish enjoys writing blogs and is fluent in Bengali, Hindi, English, and Oriya.

• On one of his social media posts, Asish explains his success mantra.