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India’s new billionaire founders rewrite wealth creation rules
Business Today's latest issue profiles the new generation of Indian billionaires, featuring Prateek Maheshwari of Physics Wallah, Harshil Mathur of Razorpay, and Ruchi Kalra of OfBusiness on the cover. The issue examines…
The Story in Brief
Business Today's latest issue profiles the new generation of Indian billionaires, featuring Prateek Maheshwari of Physics Wallah, Harshil Mathur of Razorpay, and Ruchi Kalra of OfBusiness on the cover. The issue examines how these founders are building billion-dollar companies from scratch, leveraging smartphones, affordable data, UPI, Aadhaar, and venture capital. It explores the shift from volume-led growth to innovation-driven strategies across fintech, education, and enterprise tech. The second source, dated 16 August 2026, includes interviews where Maheshwari discusses focusing on students over milestones, and Mathur on why being first matters. The coverage highlights how founders are compressing the journey from idea to scale, and how serial entrepreneurs are launching second acts in space-tech and beyond.
The Indian Opinion
The narrative around India's new billionaires often veers into either breathless hype or cynical dismissal. These founders are not just chasing valuations; they are building companies that solve real problems, affordable education, seamless payments, enterprise supply chains. Yet celebrating them as the sole engine of growth ignores the millions who still lack access to basic capital and digital literacy. The real test will be whether this generation can create lasting jobs and spread wealth beyond the founders' circles, or whether the gap between the new rich and the rest only widens.
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