Indian Entrepreneurs Who Are School, College Dropouts

1 March 2024

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Nikhil Kamath, co-founder of Zerodha, is a school dropout. He left school post 10th standard and started working at a call centre

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Ritesh Agarwal, the man behind Oyo Rooms, attended St. John's Senior Secondary School. But he dropped out of college at the age of 19

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Kunal Shah, the founder of CRED, dropped out of his MBA course at the Narsee Monjee Institute of Management after one year of studying

Image: LinkedIn/Ankit Oberoi

Ankit Oberoi, co-founder and CEO of AdPushup, dropped out of Maharaja Agrasen College 

Image: LinkedIn/Kailash Katkar

Kailash Katkar, the man behind Quickheal Technologies, left school after finishing 10th grade 

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Varun Shoor, the CEO of Kayako Infotech Ltd, is a college dropout

Image: LinkedIn/Mahesh Murthy

Mahesh Murthy, founder of ad agency Pinstorm, dropped out of Osmania University

Image: LinkedIn/Pallav Nadhani

Pallav Nadhani is the co-founder and CEO of Fusion Charts and RazorFlow and CEO at Collabion. He dropped out from the University of Calcutta 

Image: LinkedIn/Bhavin Turakhia

Bhavin Turakhia is the founder and CEO of Directi, an internet domain name registrar company. He is an engineering dropout 

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