Who is Rahul Vohra? From a ₹144 crore LinkedIn exit to a health crisis that changed his work-life balance
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- ✓Rahul Vohra sold his first startup to LinkedIn for ₹144.47 crore in February 2012.
- ✓Before the deal, the 27-year-old collapsed from extreme stress.
- ✓He said, “I didn’t think I was stressed, but I think that’s just because when you’re stressed all the time, you don’t even notice it anymore.”
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Rahul Vohra was only 27 when his first startup was acquired by networking site LinkedIn for $15 million (approximately ₹144.47 crore). But behind the success was a period of intense pressure that eventually sent the young entrepreneur to the hospital.
More than a decade later, Vohra has spoken about how that experience changed the way he approached work, health and entrepreneurship. His second startup, Superhuman, was eventually acquired by Grammarly for $825 million in 2025.
Who is Rahul Vohra?
Rahul Vohra is an Indo-British entrepreneur and the founder of productivity-focused email startup Superhuman. Before building Superhuman, he co-founded Rapportive, a browser plug-in that integrated information about contacts into email.
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