This, here, is the success story of one Ramesh Babu, who started off as barber in Bangalore, and now is multi-millionaire. Ramesh Babu poses with two of the most expensive cars in his fleet. Ramesh had a very difficult childhood. His father passed away when he was only nine years old, leaving him and his family in poverty. To take care of his mother, grandmother, and siblings, Ramesh had to drop out of school and look for employment.
Ramesh then took over the salon and began his own hairdressing business. By the end of , he was running a successful taxi operation business by the name of Ramesh Tours and Travels. In , he got into the luxury car rental and self-drive business after the government opened up the tourism sector. Ramesh Tours and Travels hasn't looked back since. He first invested in a Mercedes E Class luxury sedan that cost him Rs 38 lakh. He has a fleet of imported Mercedes vans and Toyota mini-buses. Amazingly, Ramesh charges Rs a day for the Rolls and his usual clients are corporate bigwigs and visiting Bollywood and Tollywood stars.
However, Ramesh's fancy automotive fleet does not include only cars, he also owns a Suzuki Intruder high-end bike that is worth Rs 16 lakh. He rides this bike during weekends and uses it only for private purposes. Even today, being such a rich man he did not forget his roots.
He cuts the hair of his regular customers for just Rs Babu owes his success to doing what he thought was best. Latest Business News. Kohli thanks Shastri and support staff for 'an amazing journey as team'. India on way to becoming fastest growing economy in world: FinMin report. Best gaming laptops to buy in Opinion Environmental protection cannot be at the cost of national security.
Bigg Boss 15's Afsana Khan eliminated, singer picks up knife to hurt herself. Superfast Watch the latest news from India and around the world November 10, Ramesh stepped into business with no resources except the determination to succeed. He used family savings to renovate the saloon and roped in two workers to run the place. It took three months of perseverance when a chance visit turned Ramesh towards hairstyling himself.
He is still my customer. As Ramesh took up hairstyling himself, the business began to flourish and a year later, he began to sign up for hairstyling courses to hone his seemingly natural talent.
The purchase came with steep EMIs and Ramesh began to rent out his car to raise the amount. She taught me the basics of doing this kind of business. She became like a sister to me and remains a big part of my life even today. From onward I seriously got into the car rental business. Gradually, I started adding more cars to the fleet. Till , I only had about five to six cars.
I was focused on getting the saloon business off the ground, so this was not my priority. The business was not doing well as the competition at this level was intense. Everyone had small cars. I thought of getting into luxury cars because that is something that no one else was doing.
When I was buying my first luxury car, in , everyone told me that I was making a big mistake. Forty lakhs in for a car, even a luxury car, was a very big deal. I was extremely apprehensive, but simply had to take the chance. I told myself that I would sell off the car if worse came to worst. Fortunately for me, the risk paid off remarkably. No other car rental service had luxury cars of this stature.
There were ones who had purchased second hand models and the conditions of those cars were far from pristine. I was the first person in Bangalore to invest in a brand new luxury car and it did very well. If you want to do business, you must be willing to take risks. When I bought my Rolls Royce in , people warned me about the scope of failures against buying such a tremendously expensive car.
It cost me almost four crore rupees, to buy the car.
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