At 19, Mayara Neeraj Sharma is managing Multifit, a gym chain her family took over during Covid. She helped grow the brand from losses to Rs. 26 crore in turnover with 30 centres worldwide, all while continuing her journey as a passionate golfer

Kaushalya Chaudhary, a young woman from Kuri village near Jodhpur in Rajasthan, started a YouTube channel in 2017 with a Rs 7,500 smartphone. Today, she runs Sidhi Marwadi, a food brand, and created jobs for 35 women, with 1.6M subscribers on YouTube

Engineers Sagnik Mukherjee and Sanjoy Banerjee left their corporate jobs to start Pepcom India, a Kolkata-based company making eco-friendly food containers. Their food packaging business has touched a turnover of Rs 2.5 crore in just three years

Himanshu Arya, a former banker and first-generation entrepreneur, started two companies, Grapes Worldwide and Luxury Cart. Together, they have a turnover of over Rs 160 crore. One operates in digital marketing and the other in pre-owned luxury cars

Nepal’s only billionaire, Binod Chaudhary, made Wai Wai noodles a household name and built CG Corp into a global giant. P C Vinoj Kumar traces his journey from a family that once sold sarees to Nepal’s royals to a $2 billion global business empire

Abhinav Jain, who learnt business at his father’s cloth store in Dabra, co-founded Almonds AI in 2017 with Rs 1 lakh. Helping large brands run digital loyalty programs for channel partners, the B2B startup has touched a turnover of Rs 264 crore