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Meet Bhavish

Aggarwal, IIT
alumnus who
founded Ola Cabs!
Who is Bhavish Aggarwal?

Bhavish Aggarwal is an Indian entrepreneur and founder of the


ridesharing company Ola Cabs and electric two-wheeler
manufacturing company Ola Electric. He is one of the youngest
and most influential Indian entrepreneurs. He was featured on the
30 under 30 list of Forbes India in 2014 and featured as a pioneer
on the 100 Most influential people in the world in 2018 by TIME
magazine.
Biography
Bhavish Aggarwal was born on
Wednesday, 28 August 1985 (age 37
years; as of 2022) in Afghanistan. He
spent his childhood in the United
Kingdom and his family came back to
Ludhiana, India when he was ten years
old. Later, he went to Kota in Rajasthan
to prepare for the IIT entrance exam;
however, he could not pass the exam
and came back to Ludhiana. He
prepared for one year at his home and
passed the IIT entrance exam. From
2004 to 2008, he pursued a bachelor in
technology degree in computer science
and engineering at the Indian Institute
of Technology, Bombay.
Ola Cabs

We don't need to introduce Ola. Ola, the first Indian cab aggregator business, has made using
cab services simple. Ola, formerly known as OlaCabs and now owned by ANI Technologies Pvt.
Ltd., was established in December 2010 by two IIT Bombay graduates
The Ola founders think that transportation should be included right away. The two IIT
Bombay students are aggressively growing the operations of their online cab aggregation
business, which was founded in 2010 to address the nation's transportation woes
Competition
Uber
Rapido
Meru Cabs
Taxi for sure
Easy Cabs
Indrive and many others.
Strength Analysis
Strength
• First mover advantage
•Acquisition of Taxi For Sure
•Top of the mind service
•High awareness due to aggressive TV, online
and print media marketing
•Huge customer base & due to network effect it
is increasing
•Rapid expansion and online application
•Multiple rounds of VC investments
Ola has the highest Share of Voice
Buzz for Ola
from Social
Media
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