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Entrepreneurship In India ...
This is a list of notable Indian entrepreneurs. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Indian entrepreneurs Entrepreneurs Entrepreneurship is the creation or extraction of economic value in ways that generally entail beyond the minimal amount of risk (assumed by a traditional business), and potentially involving values besides simply economic ones. An entreprene ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Achyuta Samanta
Achyuta Samanta (born 20 January 1965) is an Indian educationist, social worker, and politician, known for founding the Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) and the Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS) in Bhubaneswar, Odisha. He served as a member of parliament in the Lok Sabha, representing the Kandhamal constituency of Odisha from 2019 to 2024. Early life and education Samanta was born in Kalarabanka village in Cuttack district of Odisha, India. He lost his father at the age of four and was raised in poverty by his mother, along with six siblings. He completed a master's degree in chemistry from Utkal University. Career and institutions founded In 1992, Samanta established KIIT with limited resources, which grew into a private university offering multidisciplinary programs. In 1993, he founded KISS, a fully residential institution providing free education, food, and healthcare to tribal students. In 2013, Samanta launched the "Art of Giving" initiati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baba Kalyani
Babasaheb Neelkanth Kalyani (born 7 January 1949) is an Indian billionaire businessman who served as the chairman and managing director of Bharat Forge, the flagship company of the Kalyani Group and the world's second-largest forging manufacturer after ThyssenKrupp of Germany. Family, Early life and education Babasaheb Kalyani was born in a Lingayat family on 7 January 1949 to Sulochana and Neelakanth Rao Kalyani, a Pune-based technocrat and maker of automotive components. He completed his high school from Rashtriya Military School, Belgaum; and also attended Dr. (Mrs.) Erin N. Nagarvala School (formerly National Model School), Pune. He attended BITS Pilani, from where he earned a BE (Hons.) in Mechanical Engineering in 1970, and later Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he earned an MS degree. Babasaheb Kalyani is locked in a bitter dispute with his brother Gaurishankar over a will to distribute family wealth. Gaurishankar has disputed the 2012 will which favo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geojit Financial Services
Geojit Financial Services Ltd. is an investment services company in India headquartered in Kochi, Kerala. It operates a network of offices across India and the Middle East. Geojit was the first company in India to launch online-trading facilities, develop franchise models of sub-broking, form joint ventures in West Asia and the first to begin commodity futures trading in pepper, cardamom, gold and silver in India. The product offerings of the company include equities and derivatives to mutual funds, life and general insurance, commodities derivatives and portfolio management services. The company has 512 offices across the country. Through joint ventures and associates, the company has expanded its presence globally with offices in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Al Ain, Muscat, Riyadh, Dammam, Bahrain and Kuwait. Geojit is listed on the National Stock Exchange (NSE) and the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE). About Geojit was founded by C J George in 1987 and the major stakeholders of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
C J George
Chenayappillil John George is an Indian businessman and philanthropist. He is the founder and managing director of Geojit Financial Services. Personal life George was born in Pothanikkad, a suburb of Ernakulam in the south Indian state of Kerala. He is married to Shiny George and the couple has two sons. Career While pursuing a part-time LLB in Delhi, George began working as an analyst with Batliwala and Karani Securities (B&K Securities). Later George dropped out from his LLM course and moved to Cochin to join B&K Securities' Cochin office. George's founding partner, Ranajit Kanjilal, was then a client of B&K. Together, in 1987, they set up the firm Geojit & Co, by combining the names of both partners (''"Geo"'' from George and ''"Jit"'' from Renajit) Kanjilal retired from the firm in 1991 selling his shares to George, thereby bringing Geojit under his sole proprietorship. Associations George is also the executive committee member of the National Stock Exchange of India ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flipkart
Flipkart Inc. is an Indian e-commerce company, headquartered in Bangalore, and incorporated in Singapore as a private limited company. The company initially focused on online book sales before expanding into other product categories such as consumer electronics, fashion, home bravia bedsheets essentials, groceries, and lifestyle products. In 2025, the company shifted domicile from Singapore to India. The service competes primarily with Amazon India and domestic rival Snapdeal. As of FY23, Flipkart held a 48% market share in the Indian e-commerce industry. Flipkart has a dominant position in the apparel segment, bolstered by its acquisition of Myntra, and was described as being "neck and neck" with Amazon in the sale of electronics and mobile phones. History 2007–2010: Start-up phase Flipkart was founded in October 2007 in Bangalore by Sachin Bansal and Binny Bansal, alumni of the IIT Delhi and former Amazon employees. The company was started from a two-bedroom ap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sachin Bansal
Sachin Bansal (born 5 August 1981) is an Indian entrepreneur. He is best known as the founder of Flipkart During his over 11 year career at Flipkart, Bansal was CEO and chairman. In 2018, Bansal exited Flipkart following the Walmart deal. In 2007, Sachin Bansal and Binny Bansal (not related) founded Flipkart whose valuation in 2018 was $20.8 billion. In 2018, Bansal held a 5.5 per cent stake in Flipkart, which he sold to Walmart and his net worth then was a little over $1 billion. Sachin Bansal is now the managing director of Navi Group, a financial services company. Early life Bansal was born in Chandigarh, India, on 5 August 1981. His father is a businessman and his mother, is a homemaker. Bansal was educated at St. Anne's Convent School, Chandigarh. After completing his schooling Sachin appeared for IIT JEE exam on his first attempt he got all India rank of 2470. It was there that he regularised his schedule even more. And then in his second attempt he got an All India ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Binny Bansal
Binny Bansal (born 1982/1983) is an Indian billionaire Internet entrepreneur. As of February 2024, his net worth was estimated at US$1.4 billion. In 2007 he co-founded the e-commerce platform Flipkart. He was the chief operating officer until January 2016, when he was promoted to chief executive officer (CEO). In January 2017 he was promoted to group CEO, then resigned in November 2018 due to personal misconduct allegations of Flipkart. He is an anchor investor in the venture firm 021 Capital. In 2019, Bansal invested in the endowment fund of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi. Early life Binny Bansal was born around 1982/1983. His father was a chief manager at a bank and his mother is in the government sector. He is originally from Chandigarh, the capital city of Punjab and Haryana. He was educated at St. Anne's Convent School, Chandigarh. He studied software programming at IIT Delhi. He graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi with a degree in co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ola Cabs
Ola Consumer, formerly Ola Cabs, is an Indian transportation company that provides ride-hailing services and operates other business verticals such as financial services and cloud kitchens. It is headquartered in Bangalore, and operates in 250+ Indian cities. A variety of venture capitalists including Softbank have large stakes in the company. In January 2018, Ola extended into its first overseas market, Australia, and launched in New Zealand in September 2018. In March 2019, Ola began its operations in the UK. In April 2024, the company announced that it is exiting all of its international markets to focus on the Indian market. In August 2024, the company rebranded itself to Ola Consumer. History In 2010, Bhavish Aggarwal established Olatrip.com, a trip planning company operating in the Delhi region. In January 2011, recognizing a growing demand for on-demand cab services, Aggarwal and co-founder Ankit Bhati launched Ola Cabs, a taxi aggregation firm. It originally allowed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 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. Aggarwal was included in ''Time'' magazine's ''100 Most Influential People of 2018.'' With a net worth of $2.3 billion, Aggarwal is one of the youngest self-made billionaires in the world. Early life Aggarwal was born and brought up in Ludhiana, Punjab. He completed a bachelor's degree in computer engineering at Indian Institute of Technology Bombay in 2008. He started his career with Microsoft Research India as a research intern and later got reinstated as an assistant researcher. Career He began his career with Microsoft, where he worked for two years, filed two patents and published three papers in international journals. In January 2011 he co-founded Ola Cabs with A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
LogicBoxes
LogicBoxes is a web product, and consulting company that specializes in providing private labeled, web presence, and communication applications to ICANN Registrars, large web hosts, domain resellers, ISPs, and telcos. In addition, it offers consulting and a SaaS platform that provides end-to-end business automation to its clients. It was founded in 2003 and bought by Endurance International Group in 201314. It provides ERP solutions that handle sales, marketing, finance, billing, and provisioning automation for domain registrars and Resellers. The company is based in Mumbai, India, with its HQ located at Nesco IT Park. Company History LogicBoxes was launched in 2003 as a separate business unit of Directi, to provide registrar software to Directi’s in-house domain registrar, ResellerClub, and other registrars. It was the first business automation solution for registrars and is currently the largest. In 201314, Endurance International Group, a US-based provider of cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zeta
Zeta (, ; uppercase Ζ, lowercase ζ; , , classical or ''zē̂ta''; ''zíta'') is the sixth letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals, it has a value of 7. It was derived from the Phoenician alphabet, Phoenician letter zayin . Letters that arose from zeta include the Roman Z and Cyrillic Ze (Cyrillic), З. Name Unlike the other Greek alphabet, Greek letters, this letter did not take its name from the Phoenician alphabet, Phoenician letter from which it was derived; it was given a new name on the pattern of Beta (letter), beta, eta and theta. The word ''zeta'' is the ancestor of ''zed'', the name of the Latin letter Z in Commonwealth English. Swedish language, Swedish and many Romance languages (such as Italian language, Italian and Spanish language, Spanish) do not distinguish between the Greek and Roman forms of the letter; "''zeta''" is used to refer to the Roman letter Z as well as the Greek letter. Uses Letter The letter ζ represents the voiced ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bhavin Turakhia
Bhavin Turakhia (born 21 December 1979), is an entrepreneur, and the founder of Titan, Flock, Radix, CodeChef, and Zeta. In 2016, Bhavin, a billionaire, was ranked as the 95th richest person in India, along with his brother Divyank Turakhia, according to ''Forbes''. He was a 2011 Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. Early life Bhavin was born in Mumbai in a middle-class Jain family. He did his schooling from Arya Vidya Mandir, Bandra. He attended D.G. Ruparel College to study science and later dropped out. He completed his bachelor's degree in commerce from Sydenham College of Commerce and Economics. As of 2017, he is based in London. Career In 1998, at the age of 18 and with a capital of ₹25,000 (equal to roughly US$675 in 1998), Bhavin Turakhia started his first tech venture Directi with his brother Divyank Turakhia. In 2014, Bhavin and Divyank sold four of their web companies – BigRock, LogicBoxes, Reseller Club, and Webhosting.info – to web-host ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
