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Akshay Ruparelia: The Teen Entrepreneur Who Built a £12 Million Business

Introduction Akshay Ruparelia is a British-Indian entrepreneur, investor and business speaker. He became famous for founding Doorsteps.co.uk, an online estate agency, while still a teenager. His idea was surprisingly simple. Selling a house shouldn’t cost thousands. By 2017, his company had reached a reported £12 million valuation. He was only 19. Newspapers started calling him one of Britain’s youngest self-made…