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Neysa
Company · Artificial Intelligence

Neysa

The man who built India's largest data centre company did it again, for AI. Founded in 2023, Neysa now runs 20,000+ GPUs across Mumbai and Hyderabad — close to 30% of India's high-end AI compute — backed by a Blackstone-led raise of up to $1.2 billion.

📍 Mumbai
Mahindra & Mahindra
Company · Automotive

Mahindra & Mahindra

It started in 1945 as a steel trading firm called Mahindra & Mohammed. When Mohammed left for Pakistan, the family couldn't afford to reprint stationery reading 'M&M' — so they became Mahindra & Mahindra. Today it is India's largest SUV maker and the world's largest tractor manufacturer by volume.

📍 Mumbai
Ronnie Screwvala
Business Owner · Media & Entertainment

Ronnie Screwvala

He started with a toothbrush factory, pioneered cable television in India, built UTV into a media group he sold to Disney for $1.4 billion — and then went and built an edtech company, a sports league and a film studio.

📍 Mumbai
Anupam Mittal
Business Owner · Internet & Consumer Tech

Anupam Mittal

A bad experience with a matrimonial consultant in 1997 turned into Sagai.com, then Shaadi.com. Twenty-eight years later he has backed over 250 startups, chaired India's internet industry body, and acted in two Bollywood films.

📍 Mumbai
Radhika Apte
Influencer · Digital Creators

Radhika Apte

Homeschooled by her friends' parents, trained eight years in Kathak, told once she was too fat for a film — and then, in 2018, the first Indian actress ever nominated for an International Emmy.

📍 Mumbai
Sharvari
Influencer · Digital Creators

Sharvari

She spent three years behind the camera as an assistant director to Luv Ranjan and Sanjay Leela Bhansali before she ever stood in front of one. Then: a Filmfare debut award, Munjya's sleeper hit, and the YRF Spy Universe.

📍 Mumbai
Adarsh Gourav
Influencer · Digital Creators

Adarsh Gourav

Rejected twice from Sa Re Ga Ma Pa as a child, spotted singing at Kala Ghoda, cast as young Shah Rukh Khan — and then nominated for a BAFTA for The White Tiger. Adarsh Gourav's route was nobody's plan.

📍 Mumbai
Shriya Pilgaonkar
Influencer · Digital Creators

Shriya Pilgaonkar

Daughter of two actors who trained as a competitive swimmer, went to Harvard summer school to learn directing, and then became one of the most dependable leads in Indian streaming — Mirzapur, Guilty Minds, Taaza Khabar.

📍 Mumbai
Mithila Palkar
Influencer · Digital Creators

Mithila Palkar

She failed her first audition and was given a backstage job instead. That job introduced her to the writer of Little Things — and a Marathi cup song did the rest. Two Filmfare OTT Awards later, 3.9M follow her.

📍 Mumbai