OYO founder Ritesh Agarwal married Geetansha Sood earlier this week
The reception in Delhi was attended by top names of India's start-up ecosystem, including Paytm's Vijay Shekhar Sharma, Lenskart's Piyush Bansal, and Softbank's Masayoshi Son
Geetansha Sood is the director of Farmation Ventures Private Limited and is based in Lucknow
Geetansha Sood’s company was registered with the Registrar of Companies, Kanpur on August 22, 2020
Sood's company has an authorised capital of Rs 1 lakh and also a paid-up capital of Rs 1 lakh
The company has two directors Kuhuk Sood and Geetansha Sood
OYO Rooms founder Ritesh Agarwal is currently one of the youngest billionaires in India
He founded OYO when he was a teenager. His company has a presence in 80 countries and 800 cities
Agarwal was born in Odisha. He completed his school education in Odisha's Rayagada district. He prepared for IIT JEE in Kota
In 2011, he started a startup called Oravel Stays after dropping out of engineering college. His first startup used to book budget hotels
In 2012, the company got Rs 30 lakh as grant under an accelerator program
Agarwal got a grant of $1 lakh under the prestigious Thiel Fellowship. He used the money to set up OYO
SoftBank is the biggest investor in the hospitality chain OYO, which Agarwal launched in 2013 Masayoshi Son has been mentoring Agarwal for almost a decade. He even gave him a personal guarantee for his $2 billion loan, which allowed Agarwal to increase his stake in OYO in 2019