Ritesh Agarwal — Indian Teen to OYO Billionaire at 26

Agarwal dropped out of college at 17, joined the Thiel Fellowship, and founded OYO Rooms — a budget hotel aggregator that expanded to 80+ countries with 157,000+ hotels. SoftBank invested $1.5 billion. The company peaked at a $10 billion valuation, making Agarwal a billionaire at 26 and the youngest Indian billionaire in history. COVID crushed travel and OYO's valuation crashed to $2.7 billion. His wealth dropped 75%. But OYO recovered, filed for IPO, and Agarwal — still under 30 — is rebuilding. The youngest Indian billionaire in history isn't done. He's just on his second act.