I'm a son to my 3 parents, husband to my wife of 32 years, dad to our three beautiful girls, and a grand-dad to the love of my life. I'm a friend you can implicitly trust and an award winning entrepreneur with 36+ years of successes & failures 🥃

I created a large services business in India and the UK with a valuation in excess of £270 Mn. My business employed over 97,000 employees at our peak, and we operated from 200 offices spread across 7 countries in Asia, Middle East and Europe.

Between 2015 to 2022 I faced some unfortunate financial challenges. The UK company, Shield had borrowed a working capital debt of £10 Mn for paying salaries to our 3,000+ employees, and to support this endeavour, I agreed to offer my personal guarantee, and also mortgaged all our family properties worth £7.5 Mn in London and Mumbai. In 2016, Shield was sold to an Irish buyer but since the bank could not realise it's entire dues from the sale, they put the Indian company, Topsgrup into administration in 2021, and took possession of all my properties in India and the UK. Everything that I had painstakingly built brick by brick, came crashing down. I lost everything, became extremely depressed, and was left with no choice but to declare bankruptcy. This period was the worst phase of my life but it taught me many invaluable lessons!

At the age of 53, I am rebuilding my life again. I am way more experienced, know exactly what to do, and most importantly know what NOT to do! Check this study which conducted a detailed research amongst 2.7 million start-ups and it concluded, that entrepreneurs in their 50's are twice more likely to succeed at creating a successful tech start-up business as compared to 20 or 30 year olds.

I now act as a Business Advisor, and am currently helping build a news-tech platform called PRESSHOP which aims to democratise the $1.7 trillion news and media industry, and revolutionise how content is monetised by 6.9 billion smartphone users around the World. We aim to launch PRESSHOP in London in July - August 2024, and then across the pond in Los Angeles in March 2025🐰

With Shri Krishna's blessings, I will rise again 🚀

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Matters close to my heart

Donated thousand pairs of eyes for the Kargil War in India

As a mark of respect for the war heroes who sacrificed their lives saving their motherland, Ritchie took the initiative and pledged over 1,000 pairs of eyes for the beneficiaries of the victims of the Kargil war.

Sponsored the education of 100 girls in Uttar PRadesh, India

Ritchie has been at the forefront of eductaing children. He sponsored the education of 100 young girls in a non-profit school - Smt. Jairaji Devi Jairam Singh Balika Vidyalaya, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh.

Adopted 7 children of team members who lost their lives during employment

In India, we had adopted seven children of our team members who lost their lives whilst working with us. All these children were given financial and moral support for developing their bright and secured futures including free lifelong education, uniforms, stationary and books, right up to their graduation levels.

Protecting the environment - fighting against use of tobacco

To safeguard our tomorrow, it is vital that we preserve our environment today. Ritchie supports the Crusade Against Tobacco (CAT) and worked with India’s leading singer, and crusader, Ruby Bhatia and a host of other celebrities in their campaign in various schools and colleges against the harmful effects of tobacco usage in children.