CA n IIM graduate Earning 4.5 crore monthly

 Meet woman, an IIM graduate who became CA at 21, quit job to start small outlet in 2021; now earns Rs 4.5 crore monthly

From being mocked for selling Idli on the streets after IIM Ahmedabad to earning over Rs 50 Crore yearly business, Divya and Raghav’s story is an inspiration for anyone who dreams of making it big on their own and wants to take risks in life.

Some people are very successful in life but they still don’t stop hustling, as they want to do something of their own and not work for others. Thus, they believe in their instincts, take risks in life and achieve something that nobody else could.

One such story is of Divya Rao, who was born into a lower-middle-class family and she barely got ₹1000 as monthly pocket money. Despite this, she showed unwavering determination and became a CA at 21 and went to IIM Ahmedabad to pursue MBA in finance. “I was very careful with money when I was growing up. I knew my family’s finances were weak, I used to wait for a week to be able to eat a single egg puff. We had no assets, and I knew I had to study to earn money to take care of my parents. I’d studied really hard to become a CA, changing 2-3 buses to get to tuition. I was the first CA in my family,” she said.

While at IIM Ahmedabad, Divya first came across the idea to start a food business.“The course had detailed case studies on McDonald’s, KFC, Starbucks, and how they became successful,” she shared. “One of the professors remarked that Indians weren’t good at running such food chains. This triggered me: it was true that there was no world-class food chain from India. I wanted to introduce traditional South Indian food to the entire globe,” she said.