Who is Shark Tank India 4's new shark Srikanth Bolla; visually impaired entrepreneur whose journey turned into Rajkummar Rao starrer film

Srikanth Bolla was born on July 7, 1991, in Seetharamapuram, Machilipatnam, Andhra Pradesh, to a Telugu family. His parents had no formal education and worked as farmers. He was the first visually challenged student to study management science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Sloan School of Management.

Srikanth Bolla is an Indian industrialist who founded Bollant Industries with Ravi Mantha in 2012. He is the CEO, Co-Founder, and Chairman of Bollant Industries Private Limited. Bolla's company, Bollant, employs over 500 people today and has an annual revenue of more than $150 million USD. Rajkummar Rao starred in the Bollywood film Srikanth, which is based on his real story.

Aside from academics, he excelled in national-level blind cricket, international chess, and other sports like baseball and swimming.

Bolla married Veera Swathi in 2022. They married after dating for over ten years. In 2024, the couple welcomed a daughter named Nayana.

Sharing a photo with sharks. Srikanth Bolla, along with Namita Thapar, Aman Gupta, Anupam Mittal, and others, has announced his addition to the acclaimed Shark Tank India 4 panel of judges. He said in the caption of this image, "To survive a pool of sharks, you need to become one yourself."

The caption of Srikanth's post further read, "So yes, I got an opportunity to become a shark on Shark Tank India. Being on the set made me realize that dreams aren’t just for thinkers— they’re for the doers! It was a blast meeting all these accomplished entrepreneurs in the panel and the pitches made were very inspiring — smelled innovation in the air!"

Srikanth went on to praise Shark Tank India and put light on entrepreneurship, "To be honest, entrepreneurship in India has taken a very heartwarming boost because of @sharktank.india People at the show seemed poised to solve some age-old problems and some modern issues in the society while being visionary."

Srikanth also praised the sharks, "It was a great time learning from @chiragnakrani.official @anupammittal.me @namitathapar @jeet_adani1 @boatxaman Your love, encouragement and appreciation have kindled my fire even more. Witnessing some great pitches, I’ll just say one thing to all my fellow citizens, don’t just think about your idea, act on it, or someone else will! Thank you for having me, Shark Tank India—this is just the beginning!” #srikanthbolla #sharktank."