Bhavish Aggarwal Height, Age, Wife, Family, Biography

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Wife: Rajalakshmi Aggarwal

Hometown: Ludhiana, Punjab

Age: 39 Years

Bio/Wiki
Profession(s)	Entrepreneur, CEO and co-founder of Ola
Physical Stats
Height (approx.)	5' 7" (171 cm)
Eye Colour	Black
Hair Colour	Black
Career
Awards	2013: Inbillionth South Asia Award 2014: Global Growth Company Award by World Economic Forum 2014: Innovation in Transportation Award by Frost and Sullivan 2015: Startup of the Year Award by Economic Times 2015: Leadership Award for Outstanding Startups by Forbes India 2016: Unicorn of the Year Award by NDTV 2016: Startup of the Year by Business Standard 2016: Mobility Leader by Express IT Awards 2017: Entrepreneur of the Year Award by Economic Times 2017: Disrupter of the Year Award by Asia Business Leaders 2018: ID Person of the Year by Cybermedia ICT Business Award 2019: CEO of the Year by SABER awards South Asia
Personal Life
Date of Birth	28 August 1985 (Wednesday)
Age (as of 2024)	39 Years
Birthplace	Ludhiana, Punjab
Zodiac sign	Virgo
Nationality	Indian
Hometown	Ludhiana, Punjab
College/University	Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
Educational Qualification	Bachelor's in Technology Degree in Computer Science and Engineering (2004-2008)
Religion	Hinduism
Hobbies	Reading, Travelling
Controversies	• Work Culture at Ola Electrics In October 2022, Bhavish arrived for a visit at the Ola Electric manufacturing plant, he was quick to spot a shuttered entryway which was supposed to be open. He immediately summoned the manager and also punished him for his negligence asking him to run three laps around the seven-acre large plant. This seemingly upset the other employees in the factory, although Bhavish in his defense said he very passionate with his work and expect to promote a culture of merit and hard work among his employee ^[1]Economic Times • Sued by Bangaluru Man On 18 January 2023, the consumer court ordered Bhavish to pay 10,000 rupees after a Bangaluru man named Vikas Bhushan reached court against the cab providing service, Ola. He wanted to seek compensation for the malfunctioned air condition in the cab that he booked for a journey of 80km on 18 October 2021. In the verdict of the case court ordered Bhavish Aggarwal to bear Litigation expenses of Rs 5000 of the complainant, apart from refunding his trip fare of Rs 1837 with interest ^[2]Times of India • Verbal Feud with Kunal Kamra In October 2024, he hit the headlines due to his verbal feud with the comedian Kunal Kamra on Twitter. It all began when Kunal shared a tweet with a picture of various scooters parked outside the Ola service station which could not get serviced, he questioned the ola services once they sold their scooters. To which Bhavish verbally attacked at Kunal's career calling him a "failed comedian". He asked Kunal to work at Ola service station for which he will pay him.
Social Media	• Instagram • Twitter • LinkedIn
Relationships & More
Marital Status	Married
Marriage Date	Year, 2014
Family
Wife/Spouse	Rajalakshmi Aggarwal
Parents	Father- Naresh Aggarwal (Orthopedic Surgeon) Mother- Usha Aggarwal (Pathologist)
Siblings	Brother- Ankush Aggarwal (Founder of Avail Finance) Sister- Arohi Aggarwal
Money Factor
Net Worth (approx.)	$1 billion (As of 2024)

Some Lesser Known Facts About Bhavish Aggarwal

Bhavish spent his childhood in United Kingdoms. His parents moved to Ludhiana, India when he was ten years old.

Bhavish went to Kota, Rajasthan to for the IIT entrance exam, although he could not pass the exam in his first attempt and later went back to Ludhiana, prepared for the exam at home and cleared the IIT entrance exam.

In 2004, he secured rant of 23rd rank in the IIT entrance exam.

He started his career with Microsoft Research India as a research intern and later got reinstated as an assistant researcher.

in July 2010, Bhavish Aggarwal filed two patents and published three papers in international journals at Microsoft, however, he later left Microsoft.

Bhavish shared the story behind the idea of OLA cabs. He shared that while he was traveling from Bangalore to Bandipur in a car, the driver stopped and started negotiating the previously fixed deal and travel fare, when Bhavish denied giving the extra fare that the driver demanded, he left him in the middle of the road, which left Bhavish very annoyed, and that is how he got the inspiration to start an online cab service.

In January 2011 he co-founded Ola Cabs with Ankit Bhati in Bengaluru.

Bhavish Aggarwal (right) with Ankit Bhati

Bhavish first invested 5 Lakhs, which he saved from his previous job and duringg the first round of funding Ola secured 34 Lakhs from Kunal Bahl, Rehan Yar Khan, and Anupam Mittal.

He established Ola’s first office in a 1BHK space in a mall in Powai. They started operating through their website Olatrips.com and later switched to their application for booking rides.

In 2016, he was one the youngest person to be listed in the under 30 list of Forbes India.

On 26 May 2017, Bhavish launched Ola Electrics under ANI Technologies and launched a pilot project in May 2017, Nagpur, Maharashtra by setting up charging stations across the city.

In 2018 Bhavish Aggarwal was included in Time magazine’s 100 Most Influential People.

In 2020, he set up a driver’s fund during the Covid-19 lockdown, where he contributed his one year’s salary to the fund.

In September 2021, Bhavish announced that Ola Electric’s future factory will employee only women as its employees and will give employment to more than 10,000 women.

In April 2022, an internal email to Ola employees was sent out which announced that Bhavish Aggarwal would be stepping down from day-to-day operations of the company to focus on the future of Ola’s venture into electric vehicles and quick commerce.

In April 2023, Krutrim Si Designs was set up by Bhavish Aggarwal along with Krishnamurthy Venugopala Tenneti, a board member at ANI Technologies Limited, the parent company of Ola Cabs and Ola Electric.