Royals CodeCamp

  Ritesh Agarwal started a budget accommodation portal, Oravel Stays, for booking budget hotels. It was accepted into the accelerator program by Venture Nursery in September 2012, and later was one of the winners of the 2013 Thiel Fellowship program, receiving a grant of $100,000. The company was launched as OYO Rooms in May 2013. By September 2018, the company raised $1 billion. In July 2019 it was reported that Agarwal purchased $2 billion in shares in the company, tripling his stake. His net worth in 2020 was estimated to be approximately $1.1 billion (INR 7253 crore) according to Hurun Rich List 2020. He is also the youngest self-made billionaire after Kylie Jenner, in the world. Early Days Ritesh during his early days moved to Kota for preparation of IIT. He used to attend Bansal Tutorials and during his spare time used to prefer travelling. During 2011, Ritesh started preparing for SAT. But fortunately or unfortunately SAT never happened, so he used to spend his time attendin...