Indian-origin entrepreneur collapsed from stress at 27, then built $825 million startup
Rahul Vohra was just 27 when he added millions to his net worth selling his startup to LinkedIn. However, the stress of running a successful company landed him in the hospital. The Indo-British entrepreneur has now opened up about his journey from sickness to health and to building another successful startup.Rahul Vohra, 42, spent a week in the hospital when he was 27.For some contextVohra had founded Rapportive in 2009 as a browser plug-in email service. In February 2012, LinkedIn acquired the startup in a deal valued at $15 million.However, just a few months before the deal closed, Rahul Vohra—then serving as CEO and co-founder of Rapportive—ended up in the hospital because of stress.“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,” he told Fortune.(Also read:
