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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

IPOs hit four-year low

Listed firms rely on qualified institutional placements to raise capital

Marriott will open a W Hotel in Mumbai's Lower Parel

Bruce Ryde, vice president of luxury brands and brand marketing at Marriott International Asia Pacific, speaks to Forbes India on the opportunities in luxury hospitality in India

India's top 15 emerging jobs for 2020 are...

A majority of growing careers are tech-oriented, finds a LinkedIn report, with artificial intelligence and blockchain at the top

More videos being watched in non-metros than cities: Hotstar report

Regional content has grown to account for 40 percent of overall content consumption

Manufacturing: Too much slack again

A fall in manufacturing should take capacity utilisation to levels last seen in 2014-15

Why investors are pulling out of equity mutual funds

Indian investors are getting nervous about their equity investments; mid and small-cap funds seem to have been the worst-hit

Amazon opens digital payments battle with Paytm, Google Pay and PhonePe

Amazon's digital payments platform offers a bouquet of services. In its quest to become a one-stop transaction app, Amazon will lock horns with deep pocketed rivals

Boris Jordan's net worth

Marijuana billionaire Boris Jordan first invested in Curaleaf in 2012

2019 Celebrity 100: What the money says

Two women—Alia Bhatt and Deepika Padukone—are in the top 10; south stars earn big; non-cricket sportspersons emerge

Why Nayanthara, Nagarjuna dropped off the Forbes India Celebrity 100 list

Despite high earnings or popularity, some big names go missing, highlighting issues like pay parity

Celebrity 100: Rajinikanth, Mohanlal, other South stars seek pan-India presence

Southern superstars, who focussed on their own turfs for decades, are slowly beginning to flex their muscle as their movies find more takers across wider geographies

Celebrity 100: PV Sindhu to Sunil Chhetri, non-cricket sportstars shine through

Seven non-cricketers find a place on the list, but a few big names, including Saina Nehwal and PV Sindhu, see a dip in earnings

Forbes India Celebrity 100: A new category for celeb chefs

From Sanjeev Kapoor to Ranveer Brar, a host of chefs are entering living rooms with the explosion of food content, becoming bonafide celebrities

Celebrity 100: Women cricketers strike it big

Three women cricketers—Mithali Raj, Smriti Mandhana and Harmanpreet Kaur—make it to the Forbes India Celebrity 100 list for 2019

Indian fashion's big fortune

From Manish Malhotra to Sabyasachi, we profile four designers who have businesses raking in over ₹200 crore in our period under review and count billionaire heiresses and Bollywood's who's who among their clientele

Cover story: Can Kamal Haasan replicate his success in politics?

For six decades, art has been his medium and message. Now, Kamal Haasan is leveraging his personal value to steer another all-consuming ambition: Electoral success

'My audience has grown with me': Russell Peters

The standup comic speaks to Forbes India on the highs and challenges of the profession and why there can be a saturation of the market

Taapsee Pannu: Girl, uninterrupted

Taapsee Pannu is the underdog who has made it big in a long, zig-zag climb to the top. And she shows no signs of slowing down

Standup comedy 2.0: In Tamil, Gujarati, Marathi

Standup comedy is moving to regional languages and OTT platforms to expand its reach

Neena Gupta to Gajraj Rao: Supporting actors are finally getting their due

Characters apart from the protagonists are now getting due importance because of meaningful scripts, the digital revolution and an evolving audience

Cricketer Harmanpreet Kaur tears down the boundaries

With her destructive game, Harmanpreet Kaur has broken down gender divides and has given women's cricket the visibility it never had

Vicky Kaushal: The josh machine

With the success of Uri, Vicky Kaushal has firmly established what his early-day colleagues already knew about him—that he's star material

Going Long on Shorts

The rise in digital platforms and their ever-growing audience are enabling filmmakers to experiment with the short film format and take it beyond film festivals

The unheard story behind Amitabh Bachchan's baritone

With a voice that needs no introduction, Amitabh Bachchan has enthralled audiences as a singer and voice artiste for five decades

Meet the Box Office Badshah you didn't know: Sajid Nadiadwala

With a strike rate of over 95 percent, Sajid Nadiadwala is arguably the most successful producer in Bollywood

What the Celebrity 100 list says about pay parity, fame

While there's no gap when it comes to performance, the inevitability of such lists being dominated by men tell the tale of disparity in every local film industry and in every sport

Travel: A unique tour of a former 'student prison' in Germany

At Heidelberg University, the 'prison' is a glimpse into the fun and philosophy that shaped young minds over many decades

Cricketer Henry Olonga on the moment that changed his life

Former Zimbabwean cricketer Henry Olonga talks about his career on the field, and the protest that changed it all

Private equity's new billionaire machine

As calls for taxes on the super-rich grow louder, Wall Street's smartest dealmakers have quietly discovered a new way to unlock value and circumvent taxes. It's minting buyout billionaires by the dozen

The $100 Billion Man: How LVMH's Bernard Arnault stitched together a giant fortune

With Louis Vuitton, Dior and 77 other brands, Arnault has created the world's largest luxury empire. Now, he's looking to scale up

Thoughts on fame

In Photos: The stories behind the big films

A selection of nostalgic images from major movie sets across the country, which tell stories of films beyond what you've seen on-screen