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OLA: A Successful Business Journey of a Regular Office Employee

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Bhavish Aggarwal is the owner of Ola company

He was born on 28 August 1985 in Punjab. 
 

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Bhavish Aggarwal's education

Bhavish graduated with Computer Science and Engineering from IIT Mumbai. 
 

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Job at Microsoft

After graduation, Bhavish Aggarwal worked at Microsoft with a good package.
 

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Bhavish Aggarwal’s family

His father is an orthopaedic doctor and his mother is a pathologist. 
 

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On a trip with friends

Once Bhavish went on a trip to Bandipur from Bangalore with his friends. 
 

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Journey with a taxi

During the journey, the taxi driver demanded a higher amount than what was decided in the beginning of the trip. 
 

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Unexpected turn during the trip

Bhavish expressed his disagreement due to which the taxi driver dropped the passengers mid-way. 
 

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Bhavish covered the rest of the distance with a bus.

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Beginning of something new

The incident made Bhavish think that many regular passengers suffer from the same ordeal. 
 

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Launching the business

In the year 2010, Bhavish Aggarwal launched the company Ola with his friend Ankit Bhati.
 

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Initially, Bhavish faced opposition from his family.

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The family thought that Bhavish was launching a travel agency company.

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However, Bhavish remained focused on his goals.

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Today, the valuation of Ola is around $4.8 billion dollars.

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