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Oyo Hotels CEO Ritesh Agarwal. He founded the company in 2013 when he was 19 years old. Since then, it has become India's largest hotel chain. (Photo by Akira Kodaka)

India's Oyo aims to disrupt global hotel industry

Born entrepreneur brings high tech hospitality to budget business

GURGAON, India -- Ritesh Agarwal was born to be an entrepreneur.

The 24-year-old founder of Oyo Hotels was in elementary school when he started computer programming. Today, his app-based hotel chain is India's largest, and he is now preparing to expand into Europe and the Middle East following huge growth in his home country and China.

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