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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

Meet banking's newest billionaire: AU Small Finance Bank's Sanjay Agarwal

Under Sanjay Agarwal, AU Small Finance Bank has carved an enviable niche for itself

Sanjay Agarwal: Building ground up for the hinterland

With a net worth of $1.3 billion, Sanjay Agarwal debuts on Forbes's list of world's billionaires. His AU Small Finance Bank aims to be counted
among its larger peers over the next decade

Global wealth saw record acceleration in 2020, a crisis year. Could it be a reason to celebrate?

Covid-19 brought terrible suffering, economic pain, geopolitical tension—and the greatest acceleration of wealth in human history. Why this pandemic paradox could become a cause for celebration, not concern

Winklevoss Brothers: They say Facebook was their idea but they lost the battle for ownership. Now they are bitcoin billionaires

After losing an epic battle with Mark Zuckerberg over ownership of Facebook and being shunned in Silicon Valley, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss are back—this time as budding bitcoin billionaires at the centre of the future of money, the creative economy and quite possibly a new operating model for Big Tech itself

Judy Faulkner is the pioneer of electronic health records. In the Covid-19 era, competition is catching up

The billionaire founder of Epic Systems, pioneered—then dominated—electronic medical records. She's been the industry's leading actor for decades, but now the pandemic is fuelling a digital health care race that may finally cost her the spotlight

How David Velez built no-fee Nubank in Brazil into the most valuable digital bank in the world

David Vélez set out to kill off the fat fees and lousy service of Brazil's big banks. The operation succeeded beyond his wildest dreams: Today, his no-fee Nubank is the most valuable digital bank in the world, with 35 million customers—and he's gunning for more

Corporate cryptomania: Bitcoin catches the C-suite gaze

Up 300 percent in 2020, bitcoin is suddenly getting respect in the C-suite. Here's how PayPal, Square and the 48 other big companies on Forbes's third annual Blockchain 50 are outpacing their competition using bitcoin and the underlying blockchain

Building a cannabis company without betting on getting customers high

Billionaire Beau Wrigley is building his cannabis company, Parallel, to be bigger than his family's chewing gum business

How SRF is transforming itself into a speciality chemicals player with global ambitions

Arun Bharat Ram's sons are determined to not make the same mistakes as other family businesses. With eyes on the global market, they are stewarding the ship

Danish Sait, the funny guy

Multi-hyphenate comedian Danish Sait has broken out of his regional playground during the lockdown months and expanded his footprint nationally. And he's only getting started

The rise of European-style breads in the Indian household

From the humble sourdough to flakey croissants, European-style breads have gone mainstream in urban India, thanks to a growing bunch of bakers, and a push from the Covid-19 pandemic

Thoughts on ownership