# 93 Ashok Shastry / DriveU

BlitzBusiness Indian Podcast

DriveU is India’s largest car driver service and a super-app for car owners. DriveU has revolutionised the way consumers hire drivers for their private cars, and how businesses maintain a strong, reliable supply chain of professional drivers to transport vehicles. Operating in all the major cities of India and trusted by over 650,000+ customers, 150+ businesses, that are served by 65,000+ background-verified, uniformed professional drivers, and have completed 5+ million trips. In 2021, DriveU launched India’s first Car Ownership Super App that allows users to book any service around car ownership such as general maintenance, roadside assistance, car cleaning, and much much more! DriveU rewards car ownership. Car owners can gain reward coins that can be immediately redeemed for exclusive partner offers, discounts, or products. DriveU is committed to helping driver partners become micro-entrepreneurs and increase their income. DriveU also strives to improve the quality of life for its driver partners through training in etiquette, hygiene, service quality etc.

Ashok Shastry Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer - DriveU Ashok Shastry is the Co-Founder and CEO of DriveU, India’s largest on-demand private driver service trusted by over 650,000+ customers, and 150+ businesses, that are served by 50,000+ background verified, uniformed, trained professional drivers, who have completed 5+ Million trips. DriveU is present in all of the major cities like Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi & NCR, Hyderabad Mumbai, Kolkata, and Coimbatore for B2C & B2B services. Ashok is a young entrepreneur, who started DriveU, in May 2015, with the dual objective of making life simple for millions of car owners across India through technology, while creating reliable incomes for those who need it the most. He had an entrepreneurial inclination since childhood and graduated from California State University in Hayward with a focus on marketing, finance and psychology. Ashok has a hands-on approach to solving real-world problems and he focuses towards building strategy, marketing, and operations. Prior to DriveU, he worked in marketing and operational roles at TaxiForSure which was acquired by Ola - one of the largest cab services in India. Ashok is based out of Bengaluru, India and likes to enjoy his weekends with close friends, trekking nearby trails, and experimenting in the kitchen. He is also an avid animal lover and fitness enthusiast, who's adopted three Indie dogs from the streets who live at home, and another 3 who call DriveU’s HQ theirs.

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