Isha Ambani, a non-executive director at Reliance Retail, and Parita Parekh from Toddle have been honored as the youngest women on the inaugural 2024 Hurun India Under-35s list. This prestigious list celebrates the achievements of 150 entrepreneurs aged 35 and under who are making significant contributions to India's economy.
According to the Hurun report, “The 2024 Hurun India Under-35s recognizes 150 exceptional entrepreneurs under 35, with a minimum business valuation of $50 million for first-generation and $100 million for next-generation leaders.”
Among those recognized, Ankush Sachdeva, aged 31 from Sharechat, was noted as the youngest individual on the list, while Akash Ambani secured the 32nd position.
The report highlights that a remarkable 82% of the featured entrepreneurs are first-generation business founders, totaling 123 individuals in this category.
Additionally, seven other women entrepreneurs were included, such as Aneri Patel, Aneesha Tiwari, and Anjali Merchant, all aged 33 or 34. They represent a new wave of female leadership in family businesses. Saloni Anand, also 34, was recognized for her innovative work in the hair care industry with Traya Health, while Ghazal Alagh, who is 35, was acknowledged for her successful management of Mama Earth, a startup that is now publicly traded.
Bengaluru and Mumbai emerged as the top cities for representation on the list, featuring 29 and 26 entrepreneurs, respectively. The financial services sector led with 21 representatives, followed by software and services with 14 entries.
Overall, service-oriented companies are the backbone of India's startup ecosystem, accounting for 59% of the entrepreneurs listed as under:-
Hurun India Under35s' Indian Entrepreneurs' List:
- Ankush Sachdeva (31) - Sharechat
- Neetish Sarda (31) - Smartworks
- Akshit Jain (31) - Goldmedal Electricals
- Chaitanya Rathi (31) - Bijnis
- Jay Vijay Shirke (31) - BG Shirke Construction Technology
- Rahul Raj (31) - Flobiz
- Rajan Bajaj (31) - Slice
- Raghav Gupta (31) - Jakson Infra
- Rishi Raj Rathore (31) - Arzooo
- Hemesh Singh (31) - Unacademy
- Saransh Garg (31) - Nova Benefits
- Raghav Bagai (31) - Sociowash
- Vinod Kumar Meena (31) - Kuku FM
- Arjun Ahluwalia (32) - Jai Kisan
- Nishant Chandra (32) - Newton School
- Manan Shah (32) - Man Infraconstruction
- Pranav Agarwal (32) - Sociowash
- Keshav Reddy (32) - Aragen Life Sciences
- Rohan Nayak (32) - Pocket FM
- Siddharth Vij (32) - Bijnis
- Rishabh Desai (32) - Apar Industries
- Mihir Gupta (32) - Teachmint
- Alakh Pandey (32) - Physics Wallah
- Akshit Gupta (32) - KEI Industries
- Pallon Mistry (32) - Shapoorji Mistry Group
- Ramanshu Mahaur (32) - Spinny
- Vaibhav Khandelwal (32) - Shadowfax
- Saurav Swaroop (32) - Velocity
- Nishanth KS (32) - Pocket FM
- Parita Parekh (32) - Toddle
- Isha Ambani (32) - Reliance Retail
- Aakash Ambani (32) - Reliance Jio Infocomm
- Ajeesh Achuthan (32) - Open
- Bala Sarda (32) - Vahdam India
- Aman Mehta (32) - Torrent Pharma
- Alekh Sanghera (32) - AgriTech Farmart
- Sushant Goel (33) - Third Wave Coffee Bengaluru
- Roman Saini (33) - Unacademy
- Apoorv Kumar (33) - Refyne
- Sumit Gupta (33) - CoinDCX
- Yashvardhan Patil (33) - Kolte-Patil Developers
- Venkata Sajeev Alluri (33) - Avanti Feeds
- Ankit Tomar (33) - Bizongo
- Vasant Sridhar (33) - OfBusiness
- Kartheeswaran K K (33) - Ninjacart
- Arun Vinayak (33) - Exponent Energy
- Ajinkya Kulkarni (33) - Wint Wealth
- Mukul Rustagi (33) - Classplus
- Aneri Patel (33) - Ganesh Housing Corporation
- Naveesh Reddy (33) - Financepeer
- Rahul Attuluri (33) - NxtWave
- Aneesha Tewari (33) - USV
- Nirav Bajaj (33) - Mukand
- Deepit Purkayastha (33) - Inshort
- Amit Jangir (33) - Karbon Card
- Bhaswat Agarwal (33) - Classplus
- Raunak Bhinge (33) - Infinite Uptime
- Harshil Mathur (33) - Razorpay
- Aravind Sanka (33) - Rapido
- Ayush Bathwal (33) - Third Wave Coffee
- Pavan Guntupalli (33) - Rapido
- Abhishek Bansal (33) - Shadowfax
- Aniket Nikumb (33) - Mensa Brands
- Sanket Shah (33) - InVideo
- Shom Hinduja (33) - Ashok Leyland Mumbai
- Siddharth Sikka (33) - Battery Smart
- Rahul Sharma (33) - Zetwerk
- Shashank Kumar (33) - Razorpay
- Agnishwar Jayaprakash (34) - Garuda Aerospace
- Lal Chand Bisu (34) - Kuku FM
- Anjali Merchant (34) - Encore Healthcare
- Yogesh Agarwal (34) - Onsurity
- Dhvanil Sheth (34) - Skillmatics
- Pulkit Khurana (34) - Battery Smart
- Naveen Deewangan (34) - Kutumb
- Sachin Agrawal (34) - Bizongo
- Akshay Chaturvedi (34) - Leverage Edu
- Vidit Aatrey (34) - Meesho
- Pawan Kumar Chandana (34) - Skyroot Aerospace
- Jyotiranjan Harichandan (34) - Bolt Earth
- Syed Khadri (34) - Agnikul Cosmos
- Parth Jindal (34) - JSW Cement
- Govind Soni (34) - CoinSwitch
- Prashant Sachan (34) - Appsforbharat
- Ayush Choudhary (34) - Scrut Automation
- Neeraj Khandelwal (34) - CoinDCX
- Shashwat Goenka (34) - Spencers Retail
- Anurag Saboo (34) - DaMENSCH
- Raghav Chandra (34) - Urban Company
- Agam Khare (34) - Absolute
- Ravish Naresh (34) - Khatabook
- Raheel Shah (34) - BDR Pharmaceuticals International
- Shobhit Jain (34) - Vegrow
- Sibabrata Das (34) - Atomberg Technology
- Praneeth Kumar Boganadhula (34) - Vegrow
- Saloni Anand (34) - Traya Health
- Vimal Sagar Tiwari (34) - CoinSwitch
- Tanmai Gopal (34) - Hasura
- Ashiis Goenka (34) - 3F Oil Palm
- Pranav Goel (34) - Porter
- Gaurav Pushkar (34) - DaMENSCH
- Tarun Mehta (34) - Ather Energy
- Darryl Dias (34) - Magenta Mobility
- Sangeet Agrawal (34) - Mokobara
- Anant Ahuja (34) - Shahi Exports
- Udit Todi (34) - Lux Industries
- Harshvardhan Lal (34) - The Souled Store
- Saket Todi (34) - Lux Industries
- Aniket Deb (34) - Bizongo
- Prabhkiran Singh (34) - Bewakoof
- Uttam Digga (34) - Porter
- Naga Bharath Daka (34) - Skyroot Aerospace
- Sanjay Byalal Jagannath (34) - Exponent Energy
- Saurav Kumar (35) - Euler Motors
- Sanjeev Barnwal (35) - Meesho
- Mohit Kumar (35) - Ultrahuman
- Swapnil Jain (35) - Ather Energy
- Enbasekar Dinadayalane (35) - MediBuddy
- Vinayak Bhavnani (35) - Chalo
- Rohith Salim (35) - SpotDraft
- Chanakya Hridaya (35) - Blackbuck
- Rishi C. Sanghvi (35) - Sanghvi Movers
- Libin V Babu (35) - Animall
- Chitresh Sharma (35) - Refyne
- Priyank Shah (35) - The Souled Store
- Vedang Patel (35) - The Souled Store
- Aditya Sharma (35) - Textiles, Apparels & Accessories The Souled Store
- Amrendra Singh (35) - DeHaat
- Harsh Binani (35) - Smartworks
- Adarsh Srivastava (35) - DeHaat
- Nirmal Kotle (35) - Kolte-Patil Developers
- Dhruvil Sanghvi (35) - LogiNext Technologies
- Madhav Bhagat (35) - SpotDraft
- Hardik Dedhia (35) - PharmEasy
- Ashish Singhal (35) - CoinSwitch
- Bibhu Prasad Das (35) - Propelld
- Sudarshan Venu (35) - TVS Motor Company
- Anshuman Singh (35) - Scaler Academy
- Satish Kannan (35) - MediBuddy
- Dhruv Madhok (35) - Parsley Health
- Vikas Goyal (35) - Licious
- Aman Goyal (35) - D2C Company
- Vikash Bansal (35) - 3F Oil Palm
- Mayank Chhapparia (35) - LegalRaasta
- Sankalp Soni (35) - Plaksha University
- Nitin Agarwal (35) - CoinDCX
- Ashish Kaushik (35) - UNFOLD
- Aditi Dandekar (35) - The Souled Store
- Sumit Bansal (35) - CoinDCX
- Arjun Chaudhary (35) - UrbanClap
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