Ritesh Agarwal is the founder and CEO of OYO Rooms, which he started in 2013 as a budget accommodation portal called Oravel Stays. Under his leadership, OYO has grown to offer various accommodation options including hotels, homes, and vacation rentals. While OYO has seen significant growth, it has also faced challenges such as complaints about unpaid dues from hotel owners and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

1. OYO Rooms

2. Meet the Founder:
• Born on 16 November 1993 in Bissam
Cuttack Rayagada, Odisha.
• At the age of 13, started selling SIM
cards.
• Dropped out of college.
• Was selected for the Thiel
Fellowship (started by Peter Thiel) in
2013.
• Started a budget accommodation portal,
Oravel Stays, for booking budget hotels.
• Pivoted Oravel to OYO in 2013.
Ritesh
Agarwal

3. FINANCIALS

4. Services offered
• OYO Townhouse
• OYO Home
• OYO Vacation Homes
• SilverKey
• Capital O
• Palette
• Collection O
• OYO LIFE
• YO! HELP
• Oyo 360

5. Competiti
on
1. Yatra.com
2. Treebo Hotels
3. Cleartrip
4. MakeMyTrip
5. Fab Hotels
6. Airbnb

6. Challenges Faced by Oyo
Rooms
• Unethical growth strategies
• Complaint of unpaid dues
• Protests by hotel owners
• Covid-19 Impact

7. Some Unknown
facts of OYO
• OYO has set up over 25 Skill and training, R and D and Renovation
institutes for its employees.
• OYO has got incredible success in China.

8. THANK
YOU