Small Business  

The founder of Zoho Corporation, Sridhar Vembu, had humble beginnings, and yet, with sheer hardwork, he managed to establish a business empire. According to Forbes, Sridhar Vembu’s net worth is around Rs 39,000 crore.

Jayshree V Ullal is the CEO and President of Arista Networks. Her assets are more than the combined assets of CEOs like Sundar Pichai and Satya Nadella. Her total net worth is Rs 28,000 crore as of 12 October 2023. Forbes included her in America’s self-made top four richest women.

Sandeep Engineer is the owner of the company Astral Pipes. He had no background in business and failed in the implementation of his first two business ideas. Today, according to Forbes, he is counted among top 100 richest people from India. His company has a value of Rs 27,893 crore.

Chandresh Bayad had a difficult childhood and despite everything, he single-handedly worked towards making his life better. He received education from Cyprus and returned to India to establish his own tea business. Today, he operates 75 outlets across the country and plans to expand his business to the US, UK and Thailand.

Radhakishan Damani, the founder of retail company D-Mart, is the 8^th richest person in the country. He launched his business with an investment of Rs 5,000 and today his company is worth Rs 1.44 lakh crore. Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, (deceased) business tycoon, considered Radhakishan Damani as his guru in the stock market.

Neeraj Chopra was operating his family business in Hong Kong since he was 18. Due to some circumstances, he returned to India in 2012. Neeraj launched a new business in India. He began importing power banks and distributing them nationwide. He worked on a new idea and started repairing and selling old mobile phones. He sold around 100 mobiles in the first month and gradually the sales increased to 20 to 25 thousand mobiles each month. Neeraj Chopra’s company is now valued at more than Rs 50 crore.

Tanu Jain is an IAS officer from 2014 batch. She completed her schooling from Cambridge School, Srinivaspuri, Delhi. Tanu pursued a BDS degree from Subharti University, Meerut. She received immense support from IAS Vatsalya Pandit and cleared the UPSC 2014 exams by securing 648^th rank. Tanu Jain established a coaching centre named ‘Tathastu IAS.’ She makes short videos and reels and shares study tips with UPSC aspirants.

Nandini Piramal is the Executive Director of Piramal Enterprises Limited, and she also serves as the Chairperson of Piramal Pharma Limited. Her role extends to managing Human Resources and Information Technology within the company. She also leads the company’s five-year transformation strategy.

While doing his engineering, Ajmer’s Shobhit Soni came up with the idea of building a company for making kulhad glasses. He has around 42 plants all over the country and earns in lakhs.

Divya has successfully become an entrepreneur through the establishment of ‘Divya Lalitha Dolls.’ Divya holds MSc and BEd degrees. After completing her education, she worked as a teacher for a few years. Her husband lost his job due to the pandemic. At the age of 28, she commenced her venture of decorating dolls. She dressed a doll in a saree and received positive response. 

Jetaram Chaudhary grew up in a life of poverty, and despite all the challenges he faced, he established a company worth Rs 215 crore. Services like KYC, bill payments, money transfer, mini-ATM, ticket booking, e-Mitra are provided on the platform.

During the pandemic, Heramb Dixit lost his job as a Chartered Accountant and returned back to his village. The future seemed uncertain, so he decided to start his own business of milk production. Heramb has seven buffaloes and ten cows. He produces more than 100 litres of milk every day from his animals. Today, he makes lakhs of rupees in a month.

Yash Kalraa from Rajasthan left his job to start his own business. He named his oats brand ‘GoOats’. Since the launch of the company, more than 5000 products have been sold. GoOat products are sold in 5 flavours, coffee, strawberry, mango, chocolate and blueberry. 
 

India's middle class is estimated to have grown dramatically over the last few decades, with many families moving from poverty to the middle class. This rise has been aided by policies set forth by the government to ensure that people have access to the resources they need to make the necessary changes to their lifestyle.

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