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Falguni Nayar: The Woman Behind Nykaa
In 1987, after completing her studies she got married to Sanjay Nayar, who also studied in IIM Ahmedabad. After completing her education, Falguni Nayar worked at Kotak Mahindra Capital Company for 18 consecutive years and then quit to do something different. She did not have enough money to do some business of her own. Still she dared and started Beauty E-commerce Ventures Pvt Ltd Nykaa.com in 2012.
Ritesh Agarwal: Mind Behind India's Largest Hospitality Chain
Born in the small town of Odisha Bissam Cuttack on 16 November 1993, Ritesh Agarwal was computer genius from his childhood. At the age of 8, he started coding and after that computer became his first love. Ritesh loved to learn computer programming languages, and by the time he entered 10th grade, he built enormous interest in studying those languages.
Mithali Raj: Boss Lady of Indian Women Cricket
At the age of 17, she was selected for the Indian team. She did not even get the basic facilities which a player should get. This was a period when Women's cricket did not come under the BCCI. Mitahli raj made her debut on 26 June,1999 against Ireland at Milton Keynes and scored unbeaten 114 runs.
Success Story of Ardeshir Godrej
Ardeshir was born in 1868 in a Parsi-Zoroastrian family in Mumbai. He was a student of law like many other financially well off Indians around that time, but law wasn't made for him and soon after he came back to India. He then began his job as an assistant in a chemist shop through which he started taking interest in manufacturing surgical instruments, which also became his first business.
Jennifer Lopez: Story of An Enigmatic Superstar
Jennifer’s parents were not so rich and she spent her childhood in a small apartment near Castle Hill with her siblings until her parents saved enough money to buy a two-story house. She hails from a very strict family who was completely against the consumption of alcohol.
Roger Federer: A True Inspiration For Every Aspiring Sportsperson
Born in Basel, Switzerland on August 8 1981, Roger Federer started playing Tennis at an early age. At 13, he became one of the top 3 junior tennis players in Switzerland, and when he turned 14, he started playing Tennis tournaments and groomed himself to become a professional Tennis player.
Ritu Kumar: The Fashionista Who Brought Boutique Culture In India
Known as a revivalist in the fashion scenario, bridging the gap between conservative and conventional styles, she started her journey with two small tables and hand block printing techniques in 1969. Initially, she was designing bridal attires and evening wear. She excels in contemporary and classic styles. Her business has also evolved an Indo-Western fusion to attract European buyers.
Tom Cruise: A Success Story With No Mission Impossible
Born in New York in 1962, Tom with his family moved to Ottawa, Canada when he was four-year-old after his father got a new job. His childhood as a dyslexic kid with an abusive father was a rough one and things only started to get better once his mother left his father and moved back to America with Tom and his three sisters. Tom was in sixth grade at the time.
Naomi Osaka: The Rising Asian Tennis Star
By overcoming the prevailing racism faced by non-Americans in America and also in Japan for having Asian color, she made her way to be the highest-paid female athlete and the first Asian to win the Grand Slam Title.
Larry Page: The Man Who Gave Us Google
Born on March 26, 1973, in East Lansing Michigan, Lawerence Edward Page is a computer genius. He comes from a tremendous academic background where his father and mother were computer professors. Larry was surrounded by computers and science magazines which increased his fascination for technology at an early age.
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