INDIA'S RICHEST STARTUPS
LIST OF INDIA'S RICHEST STARTUP FOUNDERS AND ENTREPRENEURS
Let see the list of latest & youngest billionaires in India;
1. Divyank Turakhia,
Founder: Media.net
Net worth: Rs. 12,100 crore
Description: Divyank is India’s richest start up founder with a net worth of Rs. 12,100 crore in 2019. Divyank Turakhia and his brother Bhavin runs a ad-tech firm Media.net, which was sold in $900 million to a Chinese company. Divyank Turakhia has Indian citizenship but now lives in Dubai.
2. Vijay Shekhar Sharma
Founder: Paytm
Net worth: Rs. 10900 cr
This is one of the most happening name in the Indian start ups. Paytm offers products from phone recharge, electricity bills to soap and washing powder and clothes etc. Now Paytm has its own online mall just like Big Bazar.
Paytm is most successful start ups in India that is the reason that Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway has invested $10 billion in Paytm.
3. Nithin Kamath and Family
Founder: Zerodha
Net worth: Rs. 8,600 crore
Nithin Kamath founded the Zerodha in 2007. It has started the discount broking model in India and allowing its users to buy and sell stocks at much cheaper prices than the competitors. Now Zerodha is the third biggest stock broker in the country, behind HDFC and ICICI.
4. Dhiraj Rajaram
Founder: Mu Sigma
Net worth: Rs. 7,400 crore
Mu Sigma is an Indian management consulting firm that primarily offers data analytics services.
The name of the firm is fetched from the statistical terms "Mu" and "Sigma" which symbolize the mean and the standard deviation respectively. Mu Sigma was founded in 2004 and in 2016 it has 3,500+ Number of employees.
The name of the firm is fetched from the statistical terms "Mu" and "Sigma" which symbolize the mean and the standard deviation respectively. Mu Sigma was founded in 2004 and in 2016 it has 3,500+ Number of employees.
5. Binny Bansal
Co-Founder: Flipkart
Net Worth: Rs. 6,500 crore
Description: Flipkart is an e-commerce company started by the Sachin Bansal and Binny Bansal in 2007. It is based in Bangaluru.
Flipkart has been acquired by Walmart at a valuation of $21 billion in 2018. So now the Walmart is the Parent organization for the Flipkart. Binny Bansal chose to remain with the acquired entity while Sachin left.
6. Sachin Bansal
Co founder: Flipkart
Net Worth: Rs. 6,200 crore
Description: Sachin Bansal is the co-founder of the Flipkart. This IIT Delhi graduate was the co-founder of Flipkart and hold the position of Chief Executive Officer and Executive Chairman till 2018. But after the flipkart is being acquired by the Walmart in 2018 he exited from flipkart.
In 2018, Bansal held 5.5% stake in Flipkart, which he sold off to Walmart and his net worth at that time was a little over $1 billion.
7. Bhavish Agarwal
Founder: Ola cab
Net worth: Rs. 3,900 crore
Description: Bhavish Agarwal was born in Ludhiana and completed his bachelor's degree in computer science and engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Bombay in 2008. In January 2011 he co-founded Ola Cabs in Bengaluru. As on May 2019, Ola was valued at about $6.2 billion.
8. Bjyu Raveendran
Founder: Byju’s
Net worth: Rs. 3,300 crore
Description: BYJU’S - The Learning App is the brand name for Think and Learn Private Limited. This company was set up by the Bjyu Raveendran in 2011. BYJU is an online tutoring firm which acquired the Indian cricket team's jersey rights since September 2019 upto 2022.
In March 2019, BYJU was the world’s most valued edutech company valued at $5.4 billion (Rs 37,000 crore). It has around 3200 Number of employees in 2019.
9. Ritesh Agarwal
Founder: Oyo Rooms
Net worth: Rs. 2,600 crore
Description: Ritesh Agarwal is the founder and CEO of OYO Rooms despite being a drop out from the college.
He was born on 16 November 1993 in Bissam Cuttack, Odisha. At the age of 13, he started selling SIM cards and launched the OYO Rooms in May 2013.
OYO has 4,50,000 listings in 500 cities in India,United States, China,Nepal,Japan, Sri Lanka,United Kingdom, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia United Arab Emirates,Indonesia and Philippines.
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