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Asish Mohapatra Age, Wife, Family, Biography & More

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Wife: Ruchi Kalra
Profession: Entrepreneur
Age: 42 Years

Asish Mohapatra

Bio/Wiki
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Known ForBeing a part of India's first couple, who raised their respective start-ups into unicorns.
Physical Stats & More
Eye ColourBlack
Hair ColourBlack
Personal Life
Date of BirthYear, 1980 [1]Facebook
Age (as of 2022)42 Years
BirthplaceCuttack, Orissa
Zodiac signScorpio
NationalityIndian
HometownCuttack, 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 InclinationBJP
Asish Mohapatra follows Narendra Modi on LinkedIn
Hobbies• indulging in sporting records
• maintaining collections
• creative writing [3]Crunchbase
Relationships & More
Marital StatusMarried
Family
Wife/SpouseRuchi Kalra
ChildrenSon- None
Daughter- Khushi Mohapatra
Asish with his daughter
ParentsFather- Name not known
Mother- Mishra Kuku (was an IIT graduate, Physics teacher in a college)
Asish Mohapatra's mother
SiblingsBrother- None
Sister- Snigdha Mohapatra
Favourites
QuoteWhen the going is tough, the tough get going!
SportspersonLin Dan (Chinese professional badminton player)
SingerShreya Ghoshal
MonthMarch

Asish Mohapatra at his workplace

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

    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

    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

    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.
    Asish's success mantra

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