Kunwar Prithvi Singh Chauhan
Kunwar Prithvi Singh Chauhan (born September 14, 1995 in Ajmer) is an Indian entrepreneur. He is the founder, CEO and Chairman of Anamika Group, a group of companies operating in India dealing with Digital Marketing, IT solutions and Online Media. Kunwar Prithvi founded his first company, Anamika InfoTech Private Limited at the age of 18 years and 8 days (Making him the youngest Indian to own a company), years after starting to work as a freelancer.
Kunwar Prithvi started working at an age of 9, starting with a blog and earning his first income at the age of 11. At the age of 14, he got his first few clients to scale up and eventually convert the structure to a Private Limited company at the age of 18.
Kunwar Prithvi is the youngest ever Recipient of the Rajasthan Shiromani award, an award given by the Rajasthan Government in order to recognize people working for the society in the state.
Early life
Kunwar Prithvi was born in Ajmer in The INDIAN state of Rajasthan to his father, an Indian Army Officer and mother, a housewife. He was brought up in a very traditional Rajput family. Inspired by an article in a newspaper, Kunwar Prithvi got the enthusiasm to learn AbOUT blogging and started his first ever blog at the age of 9.
At the age of 11, Kunwar Prithvi started his first professional blog with self hosted WordPress platform, the same year, he got his first earning, mere Rs 582 ($18).
After finishing with 10th standard at St Xavier's, he moved to the IT city of India, Bangalore to pursue his dream to become an entrepreneur. Soon, after realizing his true potential, Kunwar Prithvi dropped out of the studies right after finishing High School at The Oxford Senior Secondary School, Bangalore.
Dropping out of the school meant that he could focus entirely onto his blogging career, which made him the youngest professional blogger from India at an age of 16 years.
Life as an Entrepreneur
After dropping out of the High School, Kunwar Prithvi started to hire some freelancers to deal with the huge volume of projects he had in hand. Soon after turning 18, Kunwar Prithvi started his first company called Anamika InfoTech Private Limited, a company based out of Bangalore, providing services in IT, Marketing and Development. Later in 2013, he acquired another Bangalore based company dealing with 3D modeling to expand his business.
Kunwar Prithvi has spoken in various colleges and conferences as a motivational young entrepreneur. He is constantly connected with some NGOs across the country.
Recognition
- Kunwar Prithvi was awarded as Rajasthan Shiromani on the occasion of Rajasthan Day in 2012 for his work towards the education of under privileged children in Rural Areas of Rajasthan.
- Kunwar Prithvi featured in Deccan Chronicle anniversary EDition as a young entrepreneur.
- MensXP (part of Times Internet Group) featured him as India's youngest CEO
References
http://kunwarprithvi.me
http://epaper.deccanchronicle.com/articledetailpage.aspx?id=532994
http://www.mensxp.com/work-life/entrepreneurship/22723-meet-an-18year-old-indian-ceo.html
http://www.youth24x7.com/specials/item/640-in-conversation-with-kunwar-prithvi-singh-chauhan
http://www.crunchbase.com/person/kunwar-prithvi-singh-chauhan-2