Rahul Bhatia Age, Wife, Children, Biography, Family & More

Bio/Wiki
Real Name	Rahul Bhatia
Profession	Businessman
Famous For	Being the Co-Founder of IndiGo Airlines
Physical Stats & More
Height (approx.)	in centimeters- 175 cm in meters- 1.75 m in feet inches- 5’ 9”
Weight (approx.)	in kilograms- 80 kg in pounds- 175 lbs
Eye Colour	Black
Hair Colour	Grey
Personal Life
Date of Birth	18 December 1955
Age (as in 2018)	62 Years
Birthplace	Nainital, India
Zodiac sign/Sun sign	Sagittarius
Nationality	Indian
Hometown	New Delhi, India
College/University	University of Waterloo
Educational Qualification	Bachelor in Engineering
Religion	Hinduism
Food Habit	Non-Vegetarian
Hobby	Playing Golf
Awards, Honours, Achievements	• Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award: 2010 • Economic Times Entrepreneur of the Year Award: 2011
Girls, Affairs and More
Marital Status	Married
Family
Wife/Spouse	Name Not Known
Children	Son- Arunanshu Bhatia Daughter- Avantika Bhatia
Parents	Father- Kapil Bhatia (Executive Chairman of InterGlobe Enterprises Limited) Mother- Name Not Known
Siblings	Not Known
Favourite Things
Favourite Holiday Destination	British Columbia, Canada
Money Factor
Net Worth (approx.)	₹21,000 Crore ($3.1 Billion)

Some Lesser Known Facts About Rahul Bhatia

• Does Rahul Bhatia smoke ?: Not Known

• Does Rahul Bhatia drink alcohol?: Not Known

• His father had a small airline representation firm, Delhi Express with 9 partners.

• He initially wanted to do PhD and become a teacher.

• As a student at the University of Waterloo, Rahul worked with IBM for 2 years. He was involved in a project to establish a fully automated screen manufacturing plant.

• He has also worked for United Airlines in the Information Technology Department. It was here, he met Rakesh Gangwal (Co-Founder of IndiGo) in the airlines’ head-office in Chicago.
  

  Raul Bhatia with his aviation partner Rakesh Gangwal

• While he was in Canada, his father’s travel agency fell into trouble.

• He then came back to India and started his own company InterGlobe Enterprises, dealing with air transport management, in 1989.
  

  InterGlobe’s Logo

• Rahul then ventured into many businesses prominently in the hospitality and travel sectors.

• In 2001, United Airlines was the biggest client of his company InterGlobe. After 9/11, United Airlines stopped flights to India over security concerns. This was a big blow to his company as there was a lot of investment riding on the United Airlines Operations. He didn’t let go of a single employee even in that difficult circumstance.

• In 2004, he established the InterGlobe Hotel with French hospitality group “Accor.”
  

  Rahul Bhatia’s joint venture with Accor

• Rahul and his father always wanted to start an airline. They persuaded Rakesh Gangwal for many years to co-found an airline, but he was sceptical about it. One evening, on a dinner, Rakesh agreed to the idea and co-founded the IndiGo airlines with Rahul, which commenced in August 2006.

• IndiGo ordered 100 Airbus A320-200 in June 2005. The first aircraft was received on 28 July 2006, and on 4 August 2006, IndiGo took its first flight from New Delhi to Guwahati.
  

  IndiGo Airlines’ Aircraft

• On 26 April 2018, he became the Interim Chief Executive Officer of InterGlobe Aviation Limited after Aditya Ghosh resigned from the position.
  

  Rahul Bhatia with Aditya Ghosh