Indian engineers nowadays don’t follow the old ways of making a career by getting a degree and then bagging a job with a high-paying package in a multinational company. These techies with their innovation are now the changing the face of India Inc. The startup environments are filled with success stories of the top entrepreneurs who graduated from IITs and other nationally known engineering institutes.
Here is a list of top 5 Entrepreneurs who have never attended business school but have established lucrative companies with an amazing team.
Vijay Shekhar Sharma
He dreamt of becoming a billionaire as he struggled to make his end meets with only Rs. 10 with him. This engineer turned entrepreneur now owns a company which is worth of $3 billion in the market. He is considered to be the man behind India’s popular e-payment brand who apparently got his graduation only to make his mother happy.
Bhavish Aggarwal
With the intention of solving the commuting problems of the Indian office goers, Bhavish Aggarwal and Ankit Bhati launched Ola Cabs in India. The science graduate from IIT Bombay, Bhavish began his career at Microsoft Research. He later realized that he wasn’t meant for the 9 to 5 job and created a technology platform to solve the everyday issue of urban Indians.
Mukesh Bansal
Myntra.com has become India’s largest personalized brand for products and cool merchandise. Mukesh Bansal is an IIT student who worked with Deloitte for two years. The portal allows individuals and even companies to upload their products.
Sachin Bansal
He is the co-founder of India’s first e-commerce website Flipkart.com. The portal is known for its fast delivery and an amazing range of products. The company is worth over $5 billion. Bansal is computer engineer graduate who also worked at Amazon before starting Flipkart.
Deepinder Goyal
He is the founder of Zomato.com along with his brother Pankaj. The portal is all about restaurants and where to find the best of food. From a dhabha to the elegant restaurants in your city Zomato has the information on all with details like menu, map, reviews, ratings, contacts and even photographs. Deepinder has an integrated Masters degree in Mathematics and Computing from IIT Delhi.
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