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Deepinder Goyal

Deepinder Goyal is an Indian entrepreneur and the founder of the business that developed Zomato. Eternal Limited's board profile identifies him as its vice chairman and non-executive director. Before founding the venture, he worked at Bain & Company. [1] Education and early career Goyal received an integrated M.Tech in Mathematics and Computing from IIT Delhi in 2005. IIT Delhi's alumni-award record documents his degree and his subsequent work as a management consultant at Bain & Company. [2] Foodiebay and Zomato The business began in 2008 as a way to…

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Nikhil Kamath

Nikhil Kamath

Nikhil Kamath (born 5 September 1986) is an Indian entrepreneur and investor. [2] He is the co-founder of Zerodha, a retail stockbroker, and True Beacon, an asset management company. [3] [4] [5] As of December 2025, Kamath is worth $3.3 billion, according to Forbes. [6] He, along with his brother Nithin, is also part of Forbes' list of India's 100 Richest for 2024. [7] Early life and education Kamath was born on 5 September 1986, in Shimoga and was raised in Bengaluru, Karnataka. He was born into a Konkani speaking Hindu family. [8] Kamath's father,…

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Ritesh Agarwal

Ritesh Agarwal

Ritesh Agarwal (born 16 November 1993) is an Indian billionaire entrepreneur [2] and the founder and CEO of PRISM, a hospitality chain. [3] [4] He has been a panellist on Shark Tank India (season 3) in 2024. [5] Agarwal listed among Top 10 youngest Indian billionaires in Hurun Rich List of India 2024, with a net worth of $225 million (₹2,160 crore). [6] [7] Personal life Ritesh Agarwal was born in a Marwari family [8] in Bissam Cuttack, Orissa, India and was brought up in Titilagarh. [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] His family operated a small shop in Rayagada,…

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Bhavish Aggarwal

Bhavish Aggarwal (born 28 August 1985) is an Indian entrepreneur. He is the co-founder and CEO of Ola Consumer, founder of Ola Electric [1] and founder of Ola Krutrim, a large language model artificial intelligence (AI) company which became India's first AI unicorn in 2024 an estimated valuation of $1 billion. [2] [3] Aggarwal was included in Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People of 2018. [4] With a net worth of $2.3 billion, Aggarwal is one of the youngest self-made billionaires in the world. [5] [6] Early life Aggarwal was born and brought up in…

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Vijay Shekhar Sharma

Vijay Shekhar Sharma

Vijay Shekhar Sharma (born 7 June 1978) is an Indian technology entrepreneur known as the founder and chief executive officer of One97 Communications and its consumer brand Paytm. [1] [2] [3] [4] In January 2022, the ICANN-supported Universal Acceptance Steering Group appointed him as its Universal Acceptance (UA) Ambassador [5] in India. [6] As of September 2022, he had a net worth of US$1.1 billion according to Forbes . [7] [8] Early life and education Vijay Shekhar Sharma was born in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh on 7 June 1978, the third of the four…

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Falguni Nayar

Falguni Sanjay Nayar (born 1963) is an Indian billionaire businesswoman, [3] who is the founder and CEO of the beauty and lifestyle retail company Nykaa, formally known as FSN E-Commerce Ventures which is an acronym of her own name. [4] [5] As per Forbes list of India’s 100 richest tycoons, dated October 09, 2024, Falguni Nayar & family was ranked 71st with a net worth of $4.2 Billion. [6] Early life and education Nayar was born and raised in a Gujarati family in Mumbai, Maharashtra. Her father was a businessman and ran a small bearings company,…

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Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw (born 23 March 1953) is an Indian billionaire entrepreneur. [3] She is the executive chairperson and founder of Biocon Limited and Biocon Biologics Limited, [4] a biotechnology company based in Bangalore, India [5] and the former chairperson of Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore. [6] In 2014, she was awarded the Othmer Gold Medal for outstanding contributions to the progress of science and chemistry. [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] She was on the Financial Times 2011 top 50 women in business list. [12] In 2019, she was listed as the…

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Kumar Mangalam Birla

Kumar Mangalam Birla

Kumar Mangalam Birla (born 14 June 1967) is an Indian billionaire businessman. He is the chairman of the Aditya Birla Group, one of the largest conglomerates in India. He is the chancellor of the Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani [1] and former chairman of Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad. [2] In 2023, Birla received the Padma Bhushan, the third highest civilian honour in India. [3] As of August 2026, Forbes estimated his net worth at US$24 billion. [4] Born to Aditya Vikram Birla, the eldest of two children, he took over as…

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Anand Mahindra

Anand Mahindra

Anand Gopal Mahindra (born 1 May 1955) is an Indian billionaire businessman, and the chairman of Mahindra Group, a Mumbai-based business conglomerate. [3] [4] [5] [6] The group operates in aerospace, agribusiness, aftermarket, automotive, components, construction equipment, defence, energy, farm equipment, finance and insurance, industrial equipment, information technology, leisure and hospitality, logistics, real estate and retail. [7] Mahindra is the grandson of Jagdish Chandra Mahindra, co-founder of Mahindra & Mahindra. As of 2023, his net worth…

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Azim Premji

Azim Premji

Azim Hashim Premji (born 24 July 1945) is an Indian billionaire businessman and philanthropist who was the chairman of Wipro. Premji remains a non-executive member of the board and founding chairman. [4] [5] [6] In 2010, he was voted among the 20 most powerful men in the world by Asiaweek . [7] He was listed among the 100 most influential people by Time magazine, in 2004 and 2011. [8] For years, he has been regularly listed one among The 500 Most Influential Muslims . [9] [10] He also serves as the Chancellor of Azim Premji University, Bangalore. Premji…

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Shiv Nadar

Shiv Nadar

Shiv Nadar (born 14 July 1945) [2] is an Indian billionaire businessman and philanthropist. [3] He is the founder and chairman of HCL Technologies, and is chairman of the Shiv Nadar Foundation. Nadar founded HCL in 1976 and transformed the IT hardware company into an IT enterprise over the next three decades. [4] In 2008, Nadar was awarded the Padma Bhushan for his efforts in the IT industry. [5] Nadar, nicknamed by friends as Magus (Old Persian for "wizard"), [6] since the mid-1990s he has focused his efforts on developing the educational system of…

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N. R. Narayana Murthy

N. R. Narayana Murthy

Nagavara Ramarao Narayana Murthy (born 20 August 1946) is an Indian billionaire businessman. He is one of the founders of Infosys, [6] and was the chairman, chief executive officer (CEO), president and chief mentor [7] of the company before retiring and becoming chairman emeritus. [8] [9] [10] As of January 2025, his net worth was estimated at US$5.0 billion, according to Forbes . [11] Murthy was born and raised in Sidlaghatta, Karnataka. He first worked at the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, as chief systems programmer, and Patni Computer…

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Ratan Tata

Ratan Tata

Ratan Naval Tata [1] (28 December 1937 – 9 October 2024) was an Indian billionaire , industrialist and philanthropist. He served as the chairman of Tata Group and Tata Sons from 1991 to 2012, and he held the position of the interim chairman from October 2016 to February 2017. [4] [5] In 2000, he received the Padma Bhushan, the third-highest civilian honour in India, followed by the Padma Vibhushan, the country's second-highest civilian honour, in 2008. [6] Ratan Tata was the son of Naval Tata, who was adopted by Ratanji Tata, son of Jamsetji Taattended…

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Gautam Adani

Gautam Adani

Gautam Shantilal Adani (Gujarati: [ɡəʊt̪əm ʃãn̪t̪ilal əd̪aɳiː]) (born 24 June 1962) is an Indian billionaire businessman who is the founder and chairman of the Adani Group, a multinational conglomerate involved in port development and operations in India. [1] [2] As of June 2026, Adani is ranked as the second richest person in India and 24th in the world, with a net worth of $89.6 billion. [3] In 2022, Time magazine included him in the 100 most influential people in the world. [4] As a teenager, Adani moved to Mumbai in 1978 to work as a diamond sorter…

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Mukesh Ambani

Mukesh Ambani

Mukesh Dhirubhai Ambani (born 19 April 1957) is an Indian businessman. He is the chairman and managing director of Reliance Industries, the largest public company in India by market capitalisation in 2025. As of June 2026, he is the richest person in Asia and the 22nd richest in the world, with a net worth of US$91.8 billion. [5] [6] He has attracted fame due to his growth and wealth, and criticism for being a plutocrat, [7] and reports of market manipulation, political corruption, cronyism, and exploitation. [8] [9] [10] [11] Born in 1957 to Dhirubhai…

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