Rikant Pittie

Some Lesser Known Facts About Rikant Pittie

• Rikant started working as an entrepreneur at the age of 17, in 2008.

• Initially, he and his brother Nishant created a website named Duke Travels to book airline tickets online. Their family and friends provided the funding for it.

• Later, when the website Duke Travels started making a profit, the Airline company Air Deccan offered the brothers to become their company’s partner.

• They changed their brand name from Duke Travels’ to EaseMyTrip after they partnered with Air Deccan.
  

• They incorporated the company EaseMyTrip Private Limited on 20 July 2012.

• In 2019, the company had 42,000 travel agents, 1,200 franchise outlets, 640 white-label solutions, and 1,600 distributors.

• Other than India, EaseMyTrip is available in countries such as UAE, US, UK, Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand.

• The company collaborated with other travel companies such as Oyo Rooms, Airbnb, and Yatra in 2021 to form the Confederation of Hospitality, Technology and Tourism Industry (CHATT).

• Rikant Pitti holds the directorship of various other companies including Easy Builders Private Limited (2012), Bhoomika Fabricators Private Limited (2013), Spree Hotels and Real Estate Private Limited (2021), MoneyLeader Finance India Private Limited (2021), EaseMyTrip Foundation (2021), and Yolobus Private Limited (2022).

• He co-produced the Hindi films Madaari (2016), Guest iin London (2017), Batti Gul Meter Chalu (2018), Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi (2019), and Taish (2020).
  

• EaseMyTrip contributed Rs 10 lakh to the victims of the Kerela flood in 2018.

• During the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, the company provided 55 oxygen concentrators and a full refund for ticket cancellation.

• Hindi film actors Vijay Raaz and Varun Sharma were made the brand ambassadors of EaseMyTrip in 2021.

  

• Rikant owned 1 stock worth Rs. 2,258.8 crores in 2023. ^[3]Trendylyne

• In 2023, Rikant Pitti was selected as one of the angel investors on the Jio Cinema show “Indian Angels.”
  

• Rikant bought a property worth Rs. 99.34 crore in Gurugram, Haryana, in 2024. ^[4]Business Today