Mr Aditya Agarwal Founder & CEO, Wealthy.in

“Think and act for long-term but also enjoy the present” 

Aditya Agarwal Speaks to DQ Channels in a Rapid Fire session

1 - Native Place -

Udaipur, Rajasthan

2 - Currently located in -

Bengaluru

3 - School/College -

IIT Bombay

4 - Company and Designation -

Co-Founder, Wealthy.in

5 - Family -

Wife, an eye-surgeon

6 - My most beautiful memory -

The day I quit my job is a beautiful memory. It was a decision I made that morning. And I told my boss that I am done while he was smoking a cigarette on the sea facing terrace of our office.

7 - In my next life what won't like to do -

Drive in Indian city traffic

8 - My first job -

Management Consultant, Monitor Group

9 - My motto in life -

Think and act for long-term but also enjoy the present

10 - My role model -

My mother-in-law

11 - My favourite food -

Mom's Kabuli Pulao

12 - My favourite pastime -

Watching Arsenal play Football

13 - My favourite place -

Udaipur

14 - Most impressive book I read -

Surely you're joking Mr Feynman

15 - One weakness I have -

I don't always apply myself 100% to the task-at-hand

16 - Social media profiles -

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/adagarwal

Twitter - https://twitter.com/AgarwalAditya

20 - One compliment I would like to give myself -

I can hold my nerve when the going is tough

21 - I give the credit of my success to -

Success is a relative term and I don't think I am worthy enough of any comparisons

22 - Social cause I engage in -

Education of girl child

23 - I aspire to be in future -

A good husband and a worthy leader of the Wealthy.in

24 - If I were not doing this work, I would be -

Helping my dad in his business

25 - Work for me is -

A way to 'create' something new26 - My idea of happiness -

Good food, more time with family, less-time in traffic and continued opportunity to build something new

27 - Message for the youngsters -

In life there are some balance sheet years and there are some cash-flow years. Early on in life focus on your balance-sheet (adding skills, building networks, figuring out your passion) and cash-flow (account balance of bank) years will follow.