India’s digital rails created a new generation of consumer-platform billionaires

A Business Today feature traces how low-cost Android phones, Jio data, Aadhaar, UPI and venture funding helped scale businesses including Flipkart, Zomato-Blinkit, Razorpay, Zerodha, Ola and OYO from the late 2000s onward.

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Feature examines how cheap smartphones, Jio data, Aadhaar, UPI and venture capital accelerated Indian digital businesses including Flipkart, Zomato-Blinkit, Razorpay, Zerodha, Ola and OYO, creating a younger generation of self-made billionaires.

Why this matters

The feature extends Zomato’s pattern from its July 2021 IPO, which drew 1.05x Day 1 subscription led by retail investors, to the digital infrastructure and funding conditions behind its scale.

Retail-company signals are accelerating, up 225300% QoQ.