Founder Profile
Bhavish Aggarwal
Last reviewed: October 2026 · By Swet Parvadiya
Who is Bhavish Aggarwal?
Bhavish Aggarwal is a founder of Ola Electric Mobility Limited, which was founded in 2017 with Ankit Jain and Anand Shah. Bhavish Aggarwal is a founder of ANI Technologies (Ola Consumer / Ola Cabs), which was founded in 2010 with Ankit Bhati.
- Companies founded
- Ola Electric Mobility Limited and ANI Technologies (Ola Consumer / Ola Cabs)
- Founded
- 2017
- Co-founders
- Ankit Jain and Anand Shah
Background
Bhavish Aggarwal holds a computer science degree from IIT Bombay (2008) and worked at Microsoft Research India before co-founding Ola Cabs in 2010.
Founding Story
Bhavish Aggarwal co-founded Ola in 2010 and leads ANI Technologies. He also founded and runs Ola Electric, which listed in August 2024, and the AI company Krutrim. He resumed direct control of the ride-hailing business after Hemant Bakshi's exit in April 2024 and has pushed cost cuts, in-house tech such as Ola Maps, and the zero-commission driver model.
Bhavish Aggarwal was born in 1985 in Ludhiana. Education: Indian Institute of Technology Bombay.
Aggarwal was born on August 28, 1985. He also founded Ola Krutrim, an artificial intelligence company, and was named in Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People of 2018.