Vivek Oberoi says after Bollywood ostracized him, he focused on business to run his home: ‘My income from movies dried up’

 

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He then spoke about earning and saving enough money to go to the US for his further studies before he turned to acting. He said, “Once I started earning more I started investing in stock market, I trained with brokers for that. I started my stock market portfolio when I was 16- 17 (years old). Then I did some commodity trading. I was 19 when I first set up my business in Whitefield, Bangalore. I sold my stake at 21 and went to New York for further studies.”

Vivek continued to invest in businesses even when he was at the top of his acting career. He shared, “I returned and became an actor, Company happened, Saathiya happened. Life was good, but I always wanted to start as an investor. However I ended up becoming an active businessman. It helped me.”

 

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Opening up about how he stopped getting acting jobs even after his work as an actor was critically appreciated, and filmmakers stopped offering him roles, he started focusing on his businesses more. The actor had previously, in an interview with indianexpress.com, had opened up on how he faced a time in his career when he had no work despite delivering hits and powerful performances.

“When I started struggling in Bollywood, when I started facing difficulties even after being a successful actor… I was facing challenges even after proving my skills, there was a different kind of pressure when I wasn’t getting offered any films. That was my source of income — I was running my house, charitable foundation with the money I earned through my business and acting in movies, doing events and making appearances, I paid my staff with it too,” he shared.

Vivek shared that while his acting career was hanging in the air, it was his sound business sense that kept him afloat and made him financially secured and has invested in 29 companies up till now.

“I was running a school in Vrindavan, helping cancer patients, so when my income from movies started drying up, stopped getting roles, I knew I wouldn’t be able to continue all these things. Philanthropy is a part of my life, and I needed to be financially secured, I never asked for money from anyone, I didn’t ask my father, so I wouldn’t ask anyone else either. That’s when I started active business. Got into real estate, founded some companies, some technology companies grew very big. Today I have invested in around 29 companies,” Vivek concluded.

On the work front, Vivek was last seen in Rohit Shetty’s Indian Police Force with Shilpa Shetty and Siddharth Malhotra.