Failed in his first startup, built a 16,100 CR company after, IPO oversubscribed by 109 times.

Who is Abhiraj Singh Bahl? 🧵 1. After completing his electrical engineering at IIT Kanpur and an MBA from IIM Ahmedabad, Abhiraj Singh Bahl began his career as a strategic consultant at Boston Consulting Group. For three years, he had advised Fortune 500 companies, yet he thought something else. 🤔

Started from a village shed in Andhra Pradesh and built a 67,500 CR company.

Who is PP Reddy? 🧵 1. Born in the Dokiparru village of the Krishna district in Andhra Pradesh, Pamireddy Pitchi (PP) Reddy used to see his father in the fields all day, struggling with proper irrigation and wasting half of his crop, and wanted to solve the problem. 🤔

How did two brothers from Jaipur sell their company to HUL for 3200 CR?

(A thread 🧵) ➡️ October 2020—Mohit and Rahul Yadav launch Minimalist in Jaipur, a Tier 2 city. They challenge misleading skincare claims with a science-backed approach inspired by The Ordinary. Their debut products include Niacinamide and Vitamin C serums.

Scary accident at 24, no funds for 10 years, builds a 3500 CR famous pastry company. 🍰

(A thread 🧵) 1. When Kainaz Messman was 16 and on a trip to France, she decided to dedicate her life to making pastries. After studying at Oberoi Centre of Learning & Development, she became a pastry chef at the Oberoi Udaivilas in Udaipur. But then something terrible happened. 👇

Started at 45 as a single mother and built an 8300 CR famous skincare brand.

A thread 🧵 1. At 28, Mira Kulkarni found herself at a crossroads in life. A failed marriage and losing both her parents had left her as a single mother of two young children without any support. She had to do something to survive. Then something strange happened in 1999. 🤔

Lost father at 22, separated from family and built a 5000 CR shampoo.
(A thread 🧵) 1. Born in the coastal town of Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu, Chinni Krishnan Ranganathan was deeply inspired by his father, who pioneered selling shampoo in sachets. At the time, he distributed the famous Velvette Shampoo, but tragedy struck in 1982. 👇

Man who donated 65% of his 7.89 lakh CR wealth to charity.
(A thread 🧵) 1962➡️ Ratan Tata joined the Tata Group in 1962 after working for multiple companies, receiving his B.Arch. Degree from Cornell and briefly working with Jones and Emmons in Los Angeles.

Built a 30,000 CR company with 10 lakh poor girls as employees in his factory. (A thread 🧵) 1. Born in Kalliampudur Village of the Erode district in Tamil Nadu, KP Ramaswamy had to drop out of college and return to his village. His father, a farmer, could not afford education for all four sons, so he had to do something to survive. 🤔

Son of a farmer builds a famous 9000 CR stock market company. (A thread 🧵) 1. Born to a Jain family in the small village of Padru in Barmer(Rajasthan), Motilal Oswal's father had a fledgling grains trading business. But Motilal wanted to leave the family trade and become the first person in his family to go to college. 👨‍🎓

Donated shares worth 6120 CR to employees and doesn't own a mobile phone. (A thread 🧵) 1. Born in a middle-class Brahmin family in Chennai, R Thyagarajan wanted to be financially independent. As he was looking for money, he saw an advertisement. 🤔

Fought a 600 CR loss to build a 14,000 CR famous company. ( A thread 🧵) 1. Born in a Dawoodi Bohra family, Habil Khorakiwala was inspired by his father (Fakhruddin), who owned India's first departmental store - "Akbarallys" near Gunbow Street in Bombay. The store became a monopoly in 1957, and Habil had to run it, but he had other plans. 🤔

Went to IIT, left his high paying US job and built a 60,000 CR famous company in India. (A thread 🧵) 1. Anand Deshpande cleared the entrance exams for NDA and MANIT but opted to study computer science engineering at IIT Kharagpur. He made everyone proud as the boy from Akola in Maharashtra was doing his PhD in computer science at Indiana University in the USA. 🙌

Professor at BITS Pilani builds a 73,000 CR Startup. (A thread 🧵) 1. At 20, Deshbandhu Gupta (DBG) started studying for a master's and impressed Maharaja Brajendra Singh of Bharatpur. The Maharaja immediately called Ghanshyam Birla to recommend DBG as an associate professor at the prestigious BITS, Pilani. 👨‍🏫

Divorced, removed from his own company, still builds an 8000 CR startup. (A thread 🧵) 1. Dhiraj Rajaram had a tough childhood. His father battled with alcohol abuse, so he lived with his grandfather, a typist in Times of India. He still worked hard and got an offer to do an MBA from the prestigious Booth School of Business in the US. 🙌

Failed CA twice and created a 15,000 CR Bank. 🤯

(A thread 🧵) 1. Born in Jaipur, Rajasthan, Sanjay Aggarwal had a tough start. He failed in Class 8th and after that, he failed to clear the CA exam twice. Cursing himself, Sanjay worked and got to the merit list in the third attempt. He was offered a job in Mumbai, but he had other plans. 🤔

American man who built an Indian clothes brand that Tata wants to buy for 17,000 CR. 🤯

( A thread 🧵) 1. John Bissell came from Hartford (USA) to India in 1958 when he got a 2-year grant from the Ford Foundation. He advised the Central Cottage Industries Corporation in exports. During his stay, he fell in love with the Indian culture. John decided to stay back. 🇮🇳

How did MTR become the largest snack company? (A thread 🧵) 1. Sadananda Maiya took over his family's restaurant - Mavali Tiffin Rooms (MTR), started by his grandfather. In 1924. MTR was the centre point for lip-smacking Idlis and coffee in the coastal town of Mavalli, Karnataka. As it shifted to Bangalore, a problem came up. 👇

Left his job at 45 and created a 45,000 CR Bank from his car. 🚗🤯
(A thread 🧵) 1. Vasudevan Pathangi Narasimhan worked in Murugappa Group's vehicle finance arm - Cholamandalam Finance in Tamil Nadu. But Vasu wanted to finance low-income people like slum dwellers and beggars underserved by banks. After fourteen years, he left his job. 🤯

Who is PNC Menon, the man from Kerala who built a 15,000 CR empire 👑? (A thread 🧵) 1. Born in Palakkad (Kerala), Puthan Naduvakkatt Chenthamaraksha (PNC) Menon had a tough start. At the age of ten, he lost his father and had to survive with an illiterate grandfather and an often sick mother. Menon had to drop out of college to do something for his family.

Who is Harsh Jain, the man rejected 150 times before building a 65,000 CR company? (A thread 🧵) 1. Harsh Jain majored in economics at the University of Pennsylvania and interned at Microsoft. But soon, Harsh came to India to look at his family's steel manufacturing business, Jai Corp, in 2007. While managing marketing, he realised he wanted to do something of his own. 🙌

Who is Pavan Guntupalli, the man who fought Uber, Ola and built a 6700 CR company. (A thread 🧵) 1. Born in the state of Telangana, Pavan Guntupalli had been brilliant right from the start. He learnt computer programming trading in childhood and got an electrical engineering seat at the prestigious IIT Kharagpur. However, Pavan wanted to start something of his own. 🙌