Nitesh Shetty, a first-generation entrepreneur, is the Founder and Chairman of Nitesh Group of companies. A former tennis player, he started his career in 1997 at the young age of 19 with a modest budget of US$300 borrowed from his mother to start a billboard business. His first company, Serve & Volley outdoors, went on to become a well-recognised company in the out of home advertisement industry. With the vision of the group to be in the key sectors of the Indian economy, he forayed into property development, financial services, self-storage, agriculture, media, and hotels. Nitesh has also ventured into different sectors like Waste & Water Management, Vacation Rentals and Stock Photographs. He has won the title of Asia’s Greatest Brand & Leader 2016. He has associations and affiliations with Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and Federation of Indian Commerce and Industry (FICI).