Party like a Ninja

Anup Agarwal left his banking job to feed people

- Shruti Pandit

An investment banker who was just a step away from becoming the youngest partner/director ever at PwC, runs one of the biggest catering companies in India - Cater Ninja. Passion for food and the urge to do something on his own pushed him to leave his comfort zone and follow his heart.

Being the youngest partner would have been like in the Forbes list. "I was one shot away from being a partner at PwC as a director before I resigned. I felt like I peaked too early. I don't know," says Anup. "Maybe I mean, those lives... where I draw a huge salary etc... don't matter to be very frank with you. What matters is the kind of impact you create on society around you. Creating bigger impact and that's when the thought came more with, you know, that I can create a bigger impact on a wider canvas."

Why catering? "My grandfather, who had a retail shop in Kolkata, used to say roti-kapda can never be out of fashion. They are recession proof, they were not pandemic proof, but they were recession proof," he says. And I am kind of impressed by the philosophy.