Naval Ravikant asks Portugal-based founder to delete ‘made-up’ viral post about his life story

Entrepreneur and investor Naval Ravikant publicly called out a Portugal-based founder on X (formerly Twitter) for sharing a viral post that he claimed contained fabricated details about his personal history. The businessman, known for his influential insights in the tech and investment space, requested that the post be taken down, citing false information.

The now-deleted post was written by Nik Huno, a founder based in Portugal, and had garnered close to three million views on the platform before it was removed. In the post, Huno claimed to narrate the “untold story” of Naval Ravikant, framing it as an inspirational account of overcoming adversity.

“Born poor in India. Abandoned by his father at 9. Raised in NYC libraries by a single mother. He turned nothing into $2B predicting the future. The untold story of how Naval Ravikant hacked reality with his intelligence,” Huno had written in his post, which quickly went viral.

However, Ravikant responded directly under the post, debunking the story and urging its removal. “Sorry Nik, but this whole thread is full of made up numbers and ‘facts.’ Best to just delete it,” he wrote. Following the comment, Huno promptly deleted the thread.

In a separate post, Huno addressed the situation, stating: “I deleted the Naval Ravikant thread that had millions of views. I wrote it because I thought his story was inspiring. But Naval DMed and asked me to delete the thread because some of the facts/data were incorrect and could potentially do harm.”