17 Oct 2026

Indian Founders & Entrepreneur Stories

Discover inspiring Indian entrepreneurs, startup founders and business leaders. Read their businesses, struggles, turning points, achievements and growth journeys.

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Masaba Gupta - Founder of House of Masaba
Fashion

Masaba Gupta

Founder & Creative Director • House of Masaba
📍 Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Masaba Gupta is known for building House of Masaba around turning a distinctive Indian design identity into a modern fas...

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Falguni Nayar - Founder of Nykaa
Beauty

Falguni Nayar

Founder, Executive Chairperson, MD & CEO • Nykaa
📍 Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Falguni Nayar is known for building Nykaa around leaving investment banking to build a beauty ecommerce and omnichannel...

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Vineeta Singh - Founder of SUGAR Cosmetics
Beauty

Vineeta Singh

Co-Founder & CEO • SUGAR Cosmetics
📍 Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Vineeta Singh is known for building SUGAR Cosmetics around building a cosmetics brand designed for Indian consumers and...

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Kaushik Mukherjee - Founder of SUGAR Cosmetics
Beauty

Kaushik Mukherjee

Co-Founder & COO • SUGAR Cosmetics
📍 Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Kaushik Mukherjee is known for building SUGAR Cosmetics around scaling operations, ecommerce and retail for a fast-growi...

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Shankar Prasad - Founder of Plum
Beauty

Shankar Prasad

Founder & CEO • Plum
📍 Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Shankar Prasad is known for building Plum around building a clean-beauty and personal-care brand around product formulat...

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Megha Asher - Founder of Juicy Chemistry
Beauty

Megha Asher

Co-Founder & COO • Juicy Chemistry
📍 Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India

Megha Asher is known for building Juicy Chemistry around building an organic skincare brand around ingredient transparen...

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Mukesh Bansal - Founder of cult.fit
Fitness

Mukesh Bansal

Co-Founder • cult.fit
📍 Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Mukesh Bansal is known for building cult.fit around combining gyms, group workouts, digital fitness and wellness into a...

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Jitendra Chouksey - Founder of FITTR
Fitness

Jitendra Chouksey

Founder & CEO • FITTR
📍 Pune, Maharashtra, India

Jitendra Chouksey is known for building FITTR around building an online fitness community and coaching platform around e...

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Tushar Vashisht - Founder of HealthifyMe
Fitness

Tushar Vashisht

Co-Founder & CEO • HealthifyMe
📍 Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Tushar Vashisht is known for building HealthifyMe around using technology, nutrition coaching and AI to make fitness gui...

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Sachin Shenoy - Founder of HealthifyMe
Fitness

Sachin Shenoy

Co-Founder • HealthifyMe
📍 Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Sachin Shenoy is known for building HealthifyMe around building technology infrastructure for a digital health and fitne...

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Vishal Gondal - Founder of GOQii
Fitness

Vishal Gondal

Founder & CEO • GOQii
📍 Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Vishal Gondal is known for building GOQii around combining wearables, coaching and preventive-health engagement in a fit...

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Harsh Jain - Founder of Dream Sports
Sports

Harsh Jain

Co-Founder & CEO • Dream Sports
📍 Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Harsh Jain is known for building Dream Sports around building a sports-technology company around fantasy sports and fan...

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