Ritesh Agarwal, the founder and CEO of OYO Rooms, on Tuesday, tied the knot with Geetansha Sood at the Taj Palace. The 30-year-old billionaire also hosted a grand reception at a five-star hotel in Delhi post the wedding.
The wedding saw the presence of industry stalwarts such as SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son. Son reached India at 11 am to attend the wedding ceremony. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman also was present at the wedding.
Union Minister Prahlad Singh Patel also attended the wedding. Patel shared pictures on Twitter congratulating the couple. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani, and other VIPs were also expected to attend the reception.
आज दिल्ली में प्रिय रितेश @oyorooms के संस्थापक एवं सौ कां गीतांशा के शुभ विवाह पर हार्दिक शुभकामनाएँ दी। भारतीय मूल्यों के लिए समर्पित नव-दम्पति और अधिक ऊंचाईयाँ छुएँ यही शुभकामनाएँ हैं। @riteshagar @patel_pushplata @_NitinTripathi pic.twitter.com/ekHePfWS2X
— Prahlad Singh Patel (@prahladspatel) March 7, 2023
Agarwal's entrepreneurial journey began when he was just 17 years old. Born and raised in a small town in Odisha, India, he had a passion for technology and programming. He dropped out of college to pursue his dreams of creating a startup, and he began developing an online travel aggregator platform that would eventually become OYO Rooms.
Agarwal has been recognised for his contributions to the business world with several awards and honours. In 2018, he was named on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list in the Consumer Technology category, and he was also named the Economic Times Entrepreneur of the Year. In addition to his entrepreneurial pursuits, Agarwal is also a philanthropist who has been actively involved in supporting various social causes.
(Edited by : Priyanka Deshpande)
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