India, Sept. 28 -- Many actors enter the film industry, achieve fame and later step away to build careers in completely different fields. One such actor is Arvind Swamy. He was rejected by his college theatre group but went on to become a 1990s heartthrob with just a few films. However, at the height of his acting career, he stepped away from cinema and went on to build a company worth thousands of crores.

Arvind never planned to become an actor. He completed his Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com) at Loyola College, Chennai, and went on to earn a Master's degree in International Business from Wake Forest University in North Carolina. While in college, he took up modelling to earn some extra money, unaware that it would change the course of his...