4 Indians in Fortune's '40 Under 40'

Kunal Bahl:

Bahl who co-founded Snapdeal with his high school friend Rohit Bansal, has exploded to become India's largest in Indian online marketplace in less than three years. He is also an IIT Delhi Alumnus.

Snapdeal was once a group deals site, parallel to Groupon, offering customers discounts at restaurants, hotels, movie theatres and the like. Bahl and Bansal made a stunning announcement that they were turning the company's line of business on the whole.

The company that is backed by eBay now has 2,500 employees, over 50,000 merchants and has over $1 billion sales in 2014.

Ratan Tata, Chairman emeritus of the Tata Group personally invested in Snapdeal.

Fortune lauded Snapdeal saying, "Unfazed by competition from Amazon's foray into India, Bahl is doubling down on a diverse product lineup including DNA testing, automobiles, and real estate, targeting $2 billion in sales by year-end."

Vijaya Gadde:

Indian-born Vijaya Gadde has proved to be a valuable asset for Twitter at international expansion. Though over 70 percent of Twitter's 271 million users are overseas, it has been banned in multiple countries.

When the Turkish government blocked Twitter last March, Gadde with her 90 people legal team filed lawsuits in local courts.

Her list of recent triumphs include, helping steer the company through one of the most anticipated initial public offerings in recent years.

Her most important aspect of the job is allowing as much content to flow freely while respecting local laws.

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