By constantly referring to one of the world's youngest billionaires as "India's Elon Musk," the media has done a disservice to Bhavish Aggarwal. The 39-year-old founder of Bengaluru-based Ola Electric Mobility Ltd. seems to have started believing that hurling insults online is how tycoons must deal with pesky naysayers, folks who just can't grasp their uncommon vision.

Well, the past week ought to have taught Aggarwal a lesson: Not everyone gets to play the world's richest man.