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{{Short description|Indian entrepreneur (born 1989)}}

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{{Infobox person

| name = Rahul Yadav

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| alt = Rahul Yadav's photo

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| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1989}}

| birth_place = [[Khairthal, Rajasthan]], India

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| education = [[IIT Bombay]]

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| occupation = {{ubl|Former CTO - Anarock Property Consultants (formerly JLL Residential)|Former co-founder & CEO [[Housing.com]]| Co-founder of Intelligent Interfaces}}

| years_active = 2012–present

| known_for = Housing.com brokernetwork

| notable_works = Housing.com, exambaba, Broker network

| spouse = Karishma Khokhar

'''Rahul Yadav''' (born 1989) is an Indian entrepreneur best known for being the co-founder and former CEO of Indian [[real estate]] search portal [[Housing.com]].

Citing his young age,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/industry/ceo-rahul-yadav-gives-away-all-his-rs-200-crore-worth-shares-to-2251-employees/72221/|title=Housing.com CEO Rahul Yadav gives away all his Rs 200 cr worth shares to 2,251 employees|date=2015-05-13|website=The Financial Express|access-date=2019-03-14}}</ref> he distributed all of his personal equity in Housing.com, worth around 200 crore rupees, to its 2,251 employees.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.firstpost.com/business/rs-200-cr-gift-to-employees-is-housing-com-ceo-rahul-yadav-the-monk-who-sold-his-ferrari-2243666.html|title=Rs 200 cr gift to employees: Is Housing.com CEO Rahul Yadav the monk who sold his Ferrari?|website=Firstpost|access-date=2019-03-14}}</ref> His dismissal as CEO by Housing.com's board of directors<ref name="story you've never heard">{{cite news|last1=Chawla|first1=Haresh|title=The Rahul Yadav story you've never heard|url=http://www.foundingfuel.com/article/the-rahul-yadav-story-youve-never-heard-before/|access-date=8 September 2015|work=Foundingfuel.com|date=3 July 2015}}</ref> attracted considerable media attention. Subsequently, Yadav announced his latest venture, Intelligent Interfaces which would assist companies and organisations in automating processes.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Yuvraj Singh’s firm YouWeCan Ventures makes seed investment in Rahul Yadav’s Intelligent Interfaces - The Economic Times|url = http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/small-biz/startups/yuvraj-singhs-firm-youwecan-ventures-makes-seed-investment-in-rahul-yadavs-intelligent-interfaces/articleshow/50387581.cms|website = The Economic Times|access-date = 2015-12-31}}</ref>

==Early life and education==

Yadav was born to middle-class parents from [[Khairthal|Khairtal]], [[Rajasthan]] in 1989.<ref name="ET">{{cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/finding-rahul-115080100009_1.html|title=Finding Rahul Yadav|date=2015|work=The business standard}}</ref> He enrolled at the [[Indian Institute of Technology Bombay]] in 2007, specialising in metallurgy.<ref name="ET" /><ref>{{cite web | url=http://qz.com/442651/what-rahul-yadavs-friends-from-iit-bombay-have-to-say-about-him/ | title=What Rahul Yadav’s friends from IIT Bombay have to say about him | publisher=Quartz India | date=2 July 2015 | access-date=2 July 2015 | author=Walia, Shelly}}</ref> He served as the representative and secretary for the university's student association.<ref name=bio>{{cite news|title=Timeline: The rise and fall of Rahul Yadav, the bad boy of Indian startups|url=http://qz.com/442399/timeline-the-rise-and-fall-of-rahul-yadav-the-bad-boy-of-indian-startups/|access-date=4 September 2015|work=Quartz|date=1 July 2015}}</ref> After first building Exambaba.com, an online question bank of old exam papers that IIT Bombay asked Yadav to close, Rahul dropped out of college in his final year.<ref name="ET" /> In the process of building Exambaba.com, he had learned programming, which enabled him to subsequently design a series of Google applications.

==Housing.com==

Housing.co.in was founded in 2012, by Yadav along with eleven other classmates, after they had a difficult time finding accommodation in [[Mumbai]].<ref name="ET" /><ref name="born of housing hunt">{{cite news|last1=Bhat|first1=Shravan|title=Housing.com: Born out of its founders' house hunt|url=http://forbesindia.com/article/30-under-30/housing.com-born-out-of-its-founders-house-hunt/37151/1|access-date=8 September 2015|work=Forbes India|date=21 February 2014}}</ref> The portal was later renamed to Housing.com. Yadav says that he started up Housing.com in response to a severe housing shortage in India. By mid-2015, under Yadav's leadership, Housing.com had three offices in Powai, a suburb of Mumbai.<ref name="Rahul Yadav">{{cite news|last1=Peer|first1=Nikita|title=Meet the real Rahul Yadav|url=https://www.techinasia.com/india-housing-ceo-rahul-yadav/|access-date=8 September 2015|work=TechinAsia|date=30 June 2015}}</ref> The site aims to increase transparency in the real estate market. Its original line-up of products include map-based rental search, verified purchase of apartments, buildings and even land in villages and rural areas and 'Slice View' which allows customers to take a virtual tour of chosen properties of big real estate companies. Having successfully solicited major investors to back the site, Yadav retained only a five per cent share in the business which later made it possible for investors to oust him.<ref name=unplugged>{{cite news|last1=Chaudhary|first1=Deepti|title=Rahul Yadav Unplugged|url=http://forbesindia.com/article/work-in-progress/rahul-yadav-unplugged/40629/1|access-date=8 September 2015|work=Forbes India|date=4 July 2015}}</ref>

Housing.com was named one of the hottest tech startups in 2012. SoftBank was among its funding partners, and the fledgling company also partnered with Tata Housing and Tata Value Homes.<ref name=value>{{cite news|last1=Pai|first1=Vivek|title=Housing.com launches interactive home booking platform Slice View|url=http://www.medianama.com/2014/11/223-housing-com-launches-interactive-home-booking-platform-slice-view/|access-date=8 September 2015|work=Medianama.com|date=25 November 2014}}</ref> According to Forbes India, Housing.com sold eight million dollars' worth of real estate in its first week.<ref name="thirty">{{cite news|last1=Griffin|first1=Peter|date=20 February 2015|title=30 Under 30|work=Forbes India|url=http://forbesindia.com/article/30-under-30/the-30-under-30-class-of-2014-a-report-card/39557/1|access-date=8 September 2015}}</ref>

In June 2015, Rahul was fired by the company board citing "his behaviour towards investors, ecosystem and the media".<ref>{{cite news | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/tech-news/Housing-com-CEO-Rahul-Yadav-fired/articleshow/47894037.cms?from=mdr | title=Housing.com CEO Rahul Yadav fired | work=The Times of India | date=1 July 2015 | agency=ET Bureau | access-date=2 July 2015 | author=Shrivastava, Aditi}}</ref> The shares of his business that Yadav donated to his former employees was considered to be the equivalent to a year's salary. In an apparent explanation of his actions, Yadav said, "I'm just 26 and it's too early in life to get serious about money, etc," in an interview with the Financial Express.<ref name="gave away shares">{{cite news|url=http://www.financialexpress.com/article/industry/companies/ceo-rahul-yadav-gives-away-all-his-rs-200-crore-worth-shares-to-2251-employees/72221/|title=Housing.com CEO Rahul Yadav gives away all his Rs 200 cr worth shares to 2,251 employees|date=15 May 2015|work=Financialexpress.com|access-date=8 September 2015}}</ref>

== Intelligent Interfaces ==

In September 2015, Yadav announced his new venture Intelligent Interfaces. Intelligent Interfaces is reportedly a data analytics company and visualisation company which caters to e-commerce companies.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rahul Yadav back with e-governance startup; Flipkart’s Bansals play angels {{!}} VCCircle|url=http://www.vccircle.com/news/technology/2015/12/11/rahul-yadav-back-e-governance-startup-flipkart%E2%80%99s-bansals-play-angels|access-date=2015-12-25|website=www.vccircle.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Rahul Yadav's 'Intelligent Interfaces' Gets Backing From Flipkart's Sachin And Binny Bansal - The Tech Portal|url=http://thetechportal.in/2015/12/12/rahul-yadav-intelligent-interfaces/|access-date=2015-12-25|website=thetechportal.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Rahul Yadav Reportedly Launching a Data Analytics Company|url=http://gadgets.ndtv.com/internet/news/rahul-yadav-reportedly-launching-a-data-analytics-company-738427|access-date=2015-12-25|website=NDTV Gadgets360.com}}</ref>

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