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Rishab Agarwal

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Founder and CEO at Polartern
📍 Jaipur, Rajasthan, India

Rishab is the Founder and CEO of Polartern, a travel-tech social platform, and the Managing Partner of Louis Backpackers Hostel. After a period at Bain & Company, he pivoted to entrepreneurship, driven by his passion for travel. People who have worked with him describe him as a "highly motivated" and "focussed" individual.

An avid traveler, Rishab once took a 12-week backpacking trip across Central and Southeast Asia. This experience heavily influences his ventures, which are aimed at improving the solo travel experience. He is also a published author and was a member of his colleges creative writing society.

He is writing a second book about his travels titled, “Why I dont like to travel, while I travel.

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Experience
5 Years
Current Role
Founder and CEO
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
Personality Overview

How Rishab shows up

Demanding
ROI Conscious
Judgemental

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Priorities

Topics Rishab cares about

Travel Technology
Founder of Polartern, a social platform for travelers designed to enhance community and simplify planning, with a focus on integrating AI to connect people.
Solo Backpacking
His career break was a multi-country backpacking trip across Asia, and his current ventures, Polartern and Louis Backpackers Hostel, cater to this community.
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Career

Work history

4-2024
Founder and CEO
Polartern
9-2025
Managing Partner
Louis Backpackers Hostel
11-2023 - 4-2024
Travel
Career Break
9-2021 - 10-2023
Associate
Bain & Company
1-2022 - 1-2023
Strategy, Growth & New Initiatives
Mingout
In the press

Media appearances

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Education
2017 - 2020
Bachelors of commerce (Hons)
Shaheed Bhagat Singh College
2005 - 2017
Commerce with Maths
Maheshwari Public School
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

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