1: Abhinav Sinha (OYO)

Abhinav Sinha is currently the global COO & CPO at OYO. He launched and built OYO in SEA, UK, US and other foreign geographies.

Headquartered in Gurgaon, OYO is the fastest-growing and second-largest hotel chain in the world. OYO is spread across 800 cities in 80 countries. Most recently it was valued at $10 billion.

SHOW NOTES

• Journey from growing up in India to moving to the US and then moving back to India (1:06)
• His thought process for making the move back to India (4:59)
• How did OYO come about (7:48)
• Favorite stories at OYO (17:20)
• His advise to India-born, US-trained Indians thinking about moving back to India (21:12)
• Skills that he picked up from his experience in the US that ended up becoming valuable in India (28:10)
• His favorite failure (31:22)
• What was the turning point in his life (36:00)
• A book that changed his life. what are one to three books that have greatly influenced his life (39:22)
• What keeps him going (42.48)
• What do his friends know him for (44.45)