Ashini Gogoi
Ashini Gogoi (born June 28, 2000)[1] is an Indian musical artist, and is known as the founder, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), and board member of ALPHS Enterprises Holdings, Inc.[2], a privately held organization with a valuation of USD 7 Million as of 2023, Forbes estimated.[1]
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Early life
According to Forbes, Ashini is an enigmatic individual who had a difficult childhood and was strictly trained to solve complex puzzles in his early years. He didn't get along with his classmates because of his different personality and was subjected to jealousy by others as he came from a wealthy family that was well-known locally. Between ages six and thirteen, he had violent mood swings that often got him into fights, and when he was eight years old, he beat one of his friends to the point of being hospitalized because Ashini was bullied for his loneliness. He hated the therapists he was forced to meet with because none of them were helping him. By the time he turned eleven years old, to ease the pain of lonesomeness and depression, he started pleasing himself by painting alone in a dark room in the basement of his house. "He is a sensitive painter", Forbes declared.
In 2014, aged fourteen, Ashini made his name in high school by solving challenging mathematical problems. His parents were worried about his future, so in 2016, they decided to make him independent, and to improve his social skills, he was forcefully sent to a strict boarding school (2016-2018).
Career
2018-2021: Early career
In 2018, Ashini attended college at the National Institute Of Technology, Silchar. He discovered his interest in software and began programming at eighteen. During his second year in college in 2019, he was suspended from the academic institution. He was afraid of his inner self, his childhood trauma gave him nightmares, dreams, and other sleep disturbances. When he was nineteen years old, he was declared one of the top 20 Indian winners who cracked the first stage of an online competitive test conducted by the American multinational technology company, Google LLC. "That's it, that was my turning point," he later told Forbes, adding, "Suddenly my body was overflown with confidence—you know—believe it or not, I bloody felt it."
According to Crunchbase, during the global pandemic in 2020, Ashini took a massive loan from his friends and family and went to Bangalore, Karnataka, India.[1] He originally thought of calling his company TheLuscious, Inc.[1] In December 2020, following his vision, he created a refined lifestyle community on Instagram named TheLuscious and began posting high-quality content of himself visiting luxury hotels and traveling in first class to draw the attention of dedicated followers from Tier 1 countries, hence leading to the early stage of the empire, ALPHS Enterprises Holdings, Inc.[1]
2021-2022: Downfall
On September 3, 2021, legal charges were brought against Ashini. Still, fortunately, he was saved by his family members.[1] It was reported that he made an awful scene with threatening gestures and had a conflict with a few fellas in a five-star hotel in Bangalore.[1] Further investigations suggest that during the incident, he was accompanied by Sunil Sindagi from Pune, India, a musician widely known as IQQANVE on Instagram.[1] IQQANVE cited lately, "I met him for the first time during that incident, he never tolerates disrespect," adding, "The incident took place in one of the restaurants in the hotel, it was about half past six in the evening, the restaurant was empty, and I witnessed him sitting alone in a shiny black suit. A few other fellas came sometime later, and a debate happened between them brutally. You know, I thought to mind my own business, but it seemed he had a strong personality, so I interrupted to check what was going on."[1] After this horrible incident, he left Bangalore in mid-September and started to lay low for a few months, from September to November 2021.[1] His entire adverse publicity was wiped off, and in October 2021, he was forcefully sent to his uncle, a lawyer, in Himachal Pradesh, India to lessen the attention from media publications.[1]
Following his vision, on November 15, 2021, Ashini aggressively jeopardized the remaining loan amount (USD 15,000) by sponsoring prestigious events to build brand awareness, but all was in vain because Crunchbase declared that he lost the whole amount within a few months.[2] Consequently, in early 2022, his father seized his bank accounts according to Forbes, hence leading to the gradual diminishing of his fancy lifestyle on social media.[1]
2022-present: Breakthrough and rise
In mid-July 2022, Ashini went to Bangalore and started working at Meta Platforms, Inc., as a Data Scientist.[1] As seen in Forbes, after losing more than twenty grand (U.S.) over the last two years, his desire to accomplish big, hairy, and audacious goals gave him sleepless nights.[1] He wanted to give it a last best shot—accordingly—he requested IQQANVE to be the co-founder and that he would pay IQQANVE a portion of his salary every month until an investment would arrive.[1] "I felt pity so I agreed and supported him, above all, I believed in his work and admired his confidence," IQQANVE told Forbes in a recent interview.[1]
On July 31, 2022, despite having a fallen business model, Ashini used his mathematical skills in creating an artificial (fake) report and made three investors believe that his organization would yield a fortune, thus raising USD 65,000 in the first seed round.[2] In August 2022, after securing the investment, he understood that his prior business model would not work out, therefore, he immediately pivoted his idea and burned plenty of the investor's funds by testing different scenarios to find a business solution that would last in today's competitive market.[1] As seen in Crunchbase, it wasn't long before his organization was about to file for bankruptcy, but he subsequently saved it by delivering a winsome model that showed promise to the investors.[2] "The guy is fairly surprising and always keeps a backup, one of a kind," Y Combinator told Forbes.[1]
In November 2022, Ashini was terminated from Meta Platforms, Inc., for violating the company's guidelines and policies.[1] Meta revealed that he utilized insider technology to catch the attention of prominent celebrities such as Wiz Khalifa and Cardi B in a way that was as if Meta was contacting them.[1] In late October 2022, he spent USD 30,000 of his investor's money to do a few promotions of his organization's products through major celebs, contacted through Meta, resulting in his brand recognition and a rapid boost in sales.[1] Nevertheless, two weeks later, Meta laid him off after discovering it.[1] "It's fair to say that everything he did was an act of an ambitious leader," says Stephanie Wissink, an equity analyst.[1] "We come by a few risk-takers like him in today's competitive world."[1]
Under Ashini's leadership, on February 9, 2023, his organization raised half a million dollars (USD 500,000) in seed funding from five investors, including Y Combinator as the lead investor.[2]
Awards and recognition
Ashini Gogoi was a member of Forbes' 30 Under 30 Asia list in February 2023, and Forbes declared: that he is, indeed, a young yet enigmatic self-made CEO.[3]
- 2023: Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia list 2023[3]
References
Citations
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 1.23 1.24 1.25 1.26 "Ashini Gogoi (Date of birth, place of birth, education, Forbes valuation, and more)". https://www.imdb.com/name/nm13872732.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 "Ashini Gogoi (Indian musical artist, and known as the founder, Chief Executive Office, and board member of ALPHS Enterprises Holdings, Inc.)". https://www.crunchbase.com/person/ashini-gogoi.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Ashini Gogoi (Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia list 2023: Retail & Ecommerce)". https://www.crunchbase.com/person/ashini-gogoi.
