Geetansha Sood: All About OYO Founder Ritesh Agarwal’s Wife!

Geetansha Sood is the wife of Ritesh Agarwal, the founder, and CEO of OYO Rooms. Ritesh is one of the youngest billionaires in India and his brainchild OYO rooms is the country’s leading online hotel booking chain.

Geetansha became the center of attraction after her fiance Ritesh, on February 7th, 2023 went along with her and his mother to invite Narendra Modi, the Indian Prime Minister to their wedding. The following month, Geetansha got married to Ritesh and on March 7th, the couple hosted a wedding reception at the Taj Palace in New Delhi. 

Geetansha Sood Physical Stats

Geetansha Sood Relationships

Geetansha Sood was in a relationship with Ritesh for a long 12 years. It all began with writing an engineering college guide and the couple later fell in love with each other. On the occasion of their marriage, Aditya Ghosh, former CEO-South Asia and Board member of OYO Rooms on Instagram wished the newly wedded couple a lifetime of happiness.

He went on to state that nobody knew that writing an engineering college guide would lead to 12 years of dating and companionship for a lifetime.

Geetansha Sood Education

Geetansha did her schooling at La Martiniere Girls College in Lucknow, her hometown. In 1996 she joined the institution and passed out in 2010. The following year, she joined UPES to pursue her engineering in material sciences. After four years of studies, in 2015, Geetansha passed out with a grade of 3.61/4.00.

Geetansha Sood Profession

In November 2013, Geetansha Sood got an opportunity to be a Summiteer of the ‘The Thiel Foundation’ for a duration of four months. The summit was conducted in the Greater New York City Area and she got a chance to network and brainstorm with the leading entrepreneurs, scientists, biologists, and engineers. The following year, she joined the Defence Research and Development Organisation’s New Delhi office as a summer trainee. Her assignment with DRDO lasted for a period of two months.

A major turning point in Geetansha’s career was joining Microsoft as a Marketing Assistant in August 2015. Within five months of working in that role, she got promoted to Marketing Manager. Her posting was in Gurgaon and she was working with Microsoft’s Developer Experience and Evangelism [DX] ISV division. She continued in that role for 1 year and 6 months.

In July 2017, Geetansha Sood joined Facebook, the social media behemoth as a Marketing Manager at their Bangalore office. Her major responsibilities included creating awareness and helping startups to leverage Facebook programs and expand their businesses in India.

After working for two years with Facebook, in July 2019, she bid goodbye to the organization.

For the next two years, Geetansha was self-employed and worked as a marketing consultant at Gurugram, Haryana. As per her LinkedIn profile, from August 2021 onwards, Geetansha has been working as Business Head at LinkHelp.

According to news reports, Geetansha Sood is the director of Formation Ventures Limited, a private firm that is 2 years and 6 months old. The company was registered under the Kanpur Registrar of companies on August 22, 2020. Formation Ventures has a paid-up capital of Rs.1,00,000 and authorized capital of Rs.1,00,000. As per sources, Geetansha has paid a sum of Rs.1,00,000 towards the company’s shares. Apart from her, there are two other directors in the company, and one is Kuhook Sood.

Geetansha Sood Source Of Income

Geetansha’s main source of income is the role of director at Formation Ventures Limited. There is no information available in public sources about her net worth.

Lesser Known Facts About Geetansha Sood

• Geetansha’s nickname is Geet. She explains that the literal meaning of her name ‘Geet’ in Hindi is a song. However, she is someone who loves to dream. According to her, she travels with a camera in one hand and a camera in the other.

• She is RYT 200 qualified. Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT) is a designation conferred by the Yoga Alliance U.S. to a person who has undergone the 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training Certification.

• Geetansha Sood loves to binge on good food.

• She writes at times and has a WordPress account by the name ‘ebullientmind’. Her word press profile has the title ‘seeking-exploring-embracing’.

• Though she is an ardent photographer, she doesn’t let others click on her pictures, except her best friend RA.

• She loves meeting people from different places and talking to them.

• At their wedding reception, Geetansha and Ritesh touched the feet of Masayoshi Son, the CEO of SoftBank, and sought his blessings.

• The newly wedded couple Ritesh and Geetansha Sood went to meet Draupadi Murmu, the honorable President of India. Later, Ritesh posted the photos of their meeting on Instagram and mentioned that speaking to the President in Odiya felt like home. 

• Her wedding reception function was attended by prominent business honchos such as SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son, Paytm CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma, Flipkart CEO Kalyan Krishnamurthy,  Bharti Airtel chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal, and Lenskart CEO Peyush Bansal.

• On March 10th, Geetansha’s father-in-law Mr. Ramesh Agarwal died after falling from a high-rise building in Gurugram. When Ramesh fell from the 20th floor, his wife, Ritesh, and Geetansha were inside the flat. The untoward incident happened just a few days after her wedding.

• In February 2023, Ritesh, his mother, and Geetansha Sood met Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to invite him to his wedding. Back then, the media was left absolutely clueless about the whereabouts of Ritesh’s fiancee. Later, Ritesh posted the meeting photos on Instagram by mentioning the words ‘Geet, from Express(Uttar) Pradesh’.

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