Ups and Downs of Deep Karla | Make My Trip | CEO Of Largest Indian Online Travel Company
At some point, most of us might have looked up ‘make my trip’ to get better discounts and better packages while planning trips. Let’s find out a little about the brains behind this travel portal.
Indian businessman Deep Kalra is the founder and group CEO of the largest Indian online travel company MakeMyTrip which provides online travel services like hotel reservations, Air tickets, domestic and international holiday packages, Cab Booking, train booking and bus tickets. After completing his MBA from IIM Ahmedabad, he went on to work for companies like ABN AMRO Bank and GE Capital! At GE Money, Deep’s career progressed well. After working for three years at the bank, Deep decided to turn into an entrepreneur.
Deep Kalra took a huge risk by quitting a good paying and stable job at ABN Bank. He, then, brought AMF Bowling, an American company that was hoping to enter the Indian market to start the 10-pin bowling revolution in the country. However, the venture failed to roll on, and he went back to the mundane regular job. After realising the possibilities of the internet, Deep began his new entrepreneurial journey?MakeMyTrip, an online travel agency. MakeMyTrip turned out to be a huge success.
After 21 years, now, Deep Kalra is moving on from his role as group executive chairman to the position of chief mentor and group chairman. Deep Kalra will devote his time to providing mentorship to MakeMyTrip’s leadership team, as well as continuing to pursue strategic initiatives such as product innovation and expansion
With this, we come to the end of yet another wonderful inspiring journey of successful entrepreneurs. Stay tuned with channel IM and keep yourself up-to-date with the latest news in the business industry.
