India’s young billionaire class is increasingly built on apps, fintech and digital commerce
Forbes India’s list counts 11 self-made entrepreneurs under 45 with nearly $15.9 billion combined wealth. Razorpay’s Shashank Kumar and Harshil Mathur are valued at $1 billion each, while Flipkart’s Binny Bansal and Navi’s Sachin Bansal remain among the leading digital-economy founders.
Forbes India’s youngest-billionaires list highlights the rise of Indian tech, fintech and digital-commerce founders. Razorpay is expanding into AI payments, embedded finance and cross-border commerce ahead of a possible Indian listing, while Flipkart founders remain prominent.
Why this matters
The ranking extends Razorpay’s recent momentum: it partnered with Replit to localise payments for India and won RBI approval to aggregate in-store payments.
Leadership is steady at 950 signals in 90 days; QoQ change was not provided.