6 Indian Entrepreneurs Who Made $100 Million Before 40


BANGALORE: What it takes to build a wealthy empire? A sharp business plan, long years of hardwork and destiny, surely it takes years to attain those heights in business. And there are some fortunate entrepreneurs in India who have nailed it by creating billion dollar success stories.  Here is a list of entrepreneurs who made $100 million before turning 40, as compiled by Economic Times.

#1.Sachin and Binny Bansal 

Sachin Bansal and Binny Bansal are the great intellects behind the successful venture Flipkart. Flipkart.com is the largest e commerce company, they first focused only on selling books, and soon they expanded their business, by selling other products like electronic goods, air conditioners, air coolers, stationery supplies and life style products.

They built a $7 billion dollar company before turning 40 with perseverance and hard work.

#2.Divyank Turakhia(32) and Bhavin Turakhia(34)

Bhavin Turakhia and his brother Divyank Turakhia who are widely known as the first Indian Internet Entrepreneurs, started their journey by founding an Internet and Web hosting company ‘Directi’ in 1998 with a modest investment of 25,000, the money that they borrowed from their father.

As of 2011, the company was estimated to be worth $350 million with over 550 employees and offices in Mumbai, Bangalore, Delhi, China and United Arab Emirates. Early this year, they sold the business to Nasdaq-listed Endurance Group, but they still own the internet advertising business and top-level domains such as .press, .website, and .space. Divyank, a hobby pilot, owns a single-engine Cessna.

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