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Forbes India 13th Anniversary: Rewind of Key Milestones of India's Corporates and Startups

A rewind of the key milestones in India's corporates and startups, through the lens of 13 years of Forbes India

Aviation's high-flying billionaires

All six are from Asia; IndiGo's Rahul Bhatia and Rakesh Gangwal are the top two names on the list with SpiceJet's Ajay Singh poised to enter the club

The right app-titude

Games are the most popular mobile apps, while user retention is the top challenge for app marketers, finds InMobi study

28% GST looks like a penalty on the common woman: L'Oréal India's Jean-Christophe Letellier

The MD of cosmetics and beauty products for the luxury brand hopes the government will reconsider the tax rate

Jimmy Choo's own adventure

Byju Raveendran: The sharp, canny teacher-entrepreneur

Byju Raveendran has created India's most valued ed-tech firm by spotting opportunities at every stage

GreenSky's David Zalik: The middleman of middle America

David Zalik never graduated from high school, much less college. But the numbers whiz could do the math: Making money from both sides of a home-renovation loan, without the risk of defaults, can make you a billionaire

Velodyne: Eyes on the road

How Velodyne's vision sensors are ushering in the self-driving-car revolution

Asia-Pacific's blue chips

Asia's Best publicly traded big companies

Vertex Pharmaceuticals: The price of inspiration

Vertex Pharmaceuticals' new $200,000-a-year cystic fibrosis drug could help 90 percent of patients breathe. It's an amazing—and profitable—innovation. But will that windfall spur the 28-year-old startup to do it again?

Yunnan Baiyao: The picture of health

Combining traditional Chinese medicine with modern marketing, Yunnan Baiyao is building a major pharmaceutical company

Bajaj Finserv: Indian consumer's best friend

Sanjiv Bajaj is making it easier to take out loans for small purchases and turning his family's Bajaj Finserv into an Indian consumer's best friend

The world of Alibaba

The Hangzhou online giant is on an acquisition binge that has seen its tentacles stretch to virtually every corner of the Chinese economy and beyond

Fab 50: Indian IT companies fail to make the cut

Turmoil in the sector results in not a single Indian IT company featuring on this year's list

SK Hynix: A new lease of life

SK Hynix, South Korea's second-biggest manufacturer of memory chips, is trying to narrow the gap with Samsung

Amaan and Ayaan Ali Khan: A fine musical balance

Amaan and Ayaan Ali Khan talk about being the sons and disciples of Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, performing solo and as partners, and representing a centuries-old tradition to younger audiences

Meraki: Taking Indian folk art global with its bags

An Indian-expat businesswoman in Hong Kong veers from a career in ecommerce to making colourful purses

Thoughts on inventions

Wellthy Therapeutics: Taming diabetes

Medication apart, keeping the silent killer at bay requires behavioural changes. Abhishek Shah steps up to the plate with Wellthy Therapeutics, an AI-based mobile app with a focus on results

Alang: Looking at a healthier future

Alang, the world's largest graveyard for ships, has been notorious for its human and environmental safety standards. But it could now be looking at a healthier future

The long road ahead for electric vehicles

The government has decided to stop the sale of petrol and diesel cars by 2030. But is the country ready?

Presently, India does not need driverless cars: Nitin Gadkari

Union minister for road transport & highways and shipping Nitin Gadkari speaks on the turnaround his ministry has accomplished through innovative decision-making, his progressive agenda and the need for job creation

The best days of IT are still ahead: Cognizant Technology Solutions CEO

The future of IT services companies remain bright as they evolve into the very basis of competitive advantage for their clients, says CEO Francisco D'Souza

Byju's: Swipe and learn from this near-unicorn

At a time when most consumer internet firms are battling a cash crunch, Byju's is aiming to be India's next homegrown unicorn

Barcelona: Breathtakingly beautiful and the hub of architectural grandeur

The city, located between the sea and mountains, straddles history and modernity

Infosys: Redux, again

Nandan Nilekani, who returns to Infosys as non-executive chairman, has a task on hand: To lay the foundation for transformation so that a founder doesn't have to keep coming back