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The Daily Opinions,
Decisions, and Quirks
of Ritesh Malik
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Ritesh Malik, the Lifestory
Ritesh grew up watching his parents save lives: his father, a paediatrician and his mother, a gynaecologist. Medicine wasn't just the family profession; it was the family religion. So Ritesh did what was expected. He enrolled in medical school, wore the white coat, and showed up to the wards.
But there was always this other voice.
It got louder at LSE. Louder still at Harvard. And by the time he was finishing his internship at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in Delhi, he already knew the hospital wasn't the only place where his story would be written.
He built an AR startup during his MBBS. Then came Innov8, a coworking company born in a Y Combinator batch in San Francisco and sold to SoftBank-backed OYO three years later. Forbes, Fortune, Economic Times, and CEO of the Year, the recognitions piled up. Ritesh never slowed down to collect them.
Today, he runs a family office, has backed over 60 startups, co-founded Plaksha University, and advises institutions from MIT to the Government of India. The World Economic Forum calls him a Young Global Leader. His community just calls him Ritesh.
This newsletter is how he thinks out loud, about India, about building, about the things most people are too careful to say. He invites you to think alongside him.
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Latest post
Ritesh Malik, the Lifestory
Ritesh grew up watching his parents save lives: his father, a paediatrician and his mother, a gynaecologist. Medicine wasn't just the family profession; it was the family religion. So Ritesh did what was expected. He enrolled in medical school, wore the white coat, and showed up to the wards.
But there was always this other voice.
It got louder at LSE. Louder still at Harvard. And by the time he was finishing his internship at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in Delhi, he already knew the hospital wasn't the only place where his story would be written.
He built an AR startup during his MBBS. Then came Innov8, a coworking company born in a Y Combinator batch in San Francisco and sold to SoftBank-backed OYO three years later. Forbes, Fortune, Economic Times, and CEO of the Year, the recognitions piled up. Ritesh never slowed down to collect them.
Today, he runs a family office, has backed over 60 startups, co-founded Plaksha University, and advises institutions from MIT to the Government of India. The World Economic Forum calls him a Young Global Leader. His community just calls him Ritesh.
This newsletter is how he thinks out loud, about India, about building, about the things most people are too careful to say. He invites you to think alongside him.
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What is this newsletter, and who is it for?
This is Ritesh Malik's personal newsletter, a direct line into the mind of someone who has built companies, exited them, co-founded a university, and never stopped forming sharp opinions about the world. It is written for people who are building something, thinking about building something, or simply want to see India, entrepreneurship, and life through a lens that doesn't soften the edges.
What will I get in this newsletter?
Ritesh's unfiltered take on entrepreneurship, India, money, philosophy, and whatever is keeping him up at night.
How often does it land in my inbox?
Once a week. Enough to stay with you, not enough to overwhelm you.
What kind of topics does Ritesh write about?
Ritesh writes at the intersection of entrepreneurship, philosophy, society, and India's economic moment. Past issues have examined the attention economy and how it rewires our minds, applied Stoic philosophy to the chaos of modern life, the brutal honesty of what it takes to build a startup, and why momentum is the true engine of success.
Is this only for entrepreneurs and founders?
Not at all. If you're curious about how the world works, business, society, ideas, India's place in it, you'll find something here. You don't need to be building a startup to care about the things Ritesh writes about.
I want to know more about Ritesh before I subscribe. Where do I look?
Start with his website drriteshmalik.com, follow him on LinkedIn where he posts regularly and always says something worth reading, or find him on Instagram for a more personal window into how he lives and thinks.
Is it free?
Yes. Always has been.
