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Ashish Kapur

Ashish Kapur

Age: 30
Company: Yo! China

Ashish Kapur left behind a stable and promising career in the U.S. to return to India and start Yo! China, India's first chain of Chinese restaurants. The company, founded in May 2003, now boasts 41 franchises in 14 cities. Yo! China prides itself on its innovative fast-food services like the recently launched dim sum carts called Yo! Dimsum located in cinema halls, universities, and airports. Yo! China recently attracted a $6 million investment from venture capital firm Matrix Partners. Kapur is a graduate of McGill University in Montreal, where he studied telecom and electronics engineering.