America, long regarded as the home of the American dream, has shown its age as of the most recent decades. What used to be a land full of bright, new ideas for innovation, productivity, and development has faltered into an age of unwarranted contentment in life. It seems more and more that the youth are falling into the 9-to-5 trap of a life, and Sachin Patel is here to advocate for otherwise.
Patel is a first-generation Indian-American, born and raised in suburban Houston, Texas, has seen much of the industrial age’s gifts to society. The Houston skyline is not one to forget, and neither are its many strips of office buildings housing the future of business. Patel tells us that high school is where he began to notice the stark disparities in the mindset of his and those of his classmates’. While he was discussing creations or start-ups, his friends talked of corporate cubicles and cash registers. This was very different from what Patel had been raised by—two entrepreneurs who built widespread Houstonian business from nothing. As of now, Sachin’s mother owns five check-cashing locations all across Houston and the greater-Houston areas, while his father and idol Rajendra Patel runs one of the largest automobile service centers in Houston-Texas Auto Trim. To be raised around such prosperous, innovative people as his parents served to show Sachin how there is always a way to the top; it’s just a matter of how hard one is willing to work to get there.
Now as a recent University of San Antonio graduate, Sachin has chosen to put his heart and soul into building upon the industries of his parents. He has taken over most daily operations for them in hopes of expanding them beyond Houston’s city limits. Sachin states that besides the drive to do well for his parents and himself, his biggest driving factor is to “set an example for confused kids, because [he] sees [himself] in them.” As every child does, Sachin started out very unsure of where to go in life. Thanks to the great examples set by his parents, Sachin knew to strive for the top rather than settle as so many around him did. Now, he wishes to be the role model for others just as his parents were to him. In the future, Sachin tells us that he would ideally create a non-profit organization dedicated to giving the youth the instruments and opportunities necessary to become entrepreneurs themselves. “To be able to teach the next generation of investors, business owners, and millionaires would be a dream come true,” says Sachin.
To keep up with where Sachin goes next, he can be found on his Instagram: @ptp_sachin
