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Satyanarayana Chava
Satyanarayana Chava is an Indian pharmaceutical entrepreneur who founded Laurus Labs in Hyderabad in 2005 and leads it as Chief Executive Officer, winning EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2021.
Saurabh Bhutna
Saurabh Bhutna, also known as Sunny Bhutna, is an Indian entrepreneur who co-founded Lahori drinks maker Archian Foods in 2017 with his cousins, serving as Chief Business Officer.
Saurabh Munjal
Saurabh Munjal is an Indian entrepreneur who co-founded Archian Foods, maker of the Lahori Zeera cumin drink, in 2017 with his cousins and serves as its chief executive officer.
Saurav Patnaik
Saurav Patnaik is an Indian entrepreneur who co-founded Anveya Living, a Bengaluru premium beauty and personal care company, with Vivek Singh in 2018; Ananta Capital acquired a majority stake in 2024.
SEWA
SEWA (Self Employed Women's Association) is an Indian trade union of poor, self-employed women in the informal economy, founded by Ela Bhatt in Ahmedabad in 1972.
Shikhar Pahariya (शिखर पहाड़िया)
Shikhar Pahariya is an Indian entrepreneur, born in 1997, who founded the Mumbai gaming startups Jeetoh and Indiawyn and is a grandson of former Maharashtra chief minister Sushilkumar Shinde.
Shoetopia
Shoetopia is a Delhi-based, digitally native women's footwear brand founded in 2013, selling boots, heels, sandals, and flats at Rs. 499–899 through Amazon, Flipkart, Myntra, AJIO, and Nykaa Fashion.
Shree Cement
Shree Cement Limited is an Indian cement manufacturer incorporated in 1979, headquartered in Beawar, Rajasthan, and controlled by the Bangur family; its installed capacity was 66.8 million tonnes.
Shree Renuka Sugars
Shree Renuka Sugars is an Indian sugar manufacturer and refiner headquartered in Belagavi, Karnataka, founded by Vidya and Narendra Murkumbi in 1995 and majority-owned by Wilmar International of Singapore.
Shrey Jain
Shrey Jain is an Indian entrepreneur and company director who founded Alphavedic in 2019, a bootstrapped, profitable direct-to-consumer ayurvedic beauty and personal care brand based in Mumbai.
Shyam Sunder Bhartia
Shyam Sunder Bhartia is an Indian businessman who, with his younger brother Hari, founded and chairs the New Delhi-based Jubilant Bhartia Group, active in pharmaceuticals, chemicals, and food service.
Sibabrata Das
Sibabrata (Shibam) Das is an Indian business executive who co-founded Atomberg Technologies, a Mumbai maker of energy-efficient ceiling fans, and became its CEO in April 2026.
Siddharth Munot
Siddharth Munot is an Indian entrepreneur who co-founded Bewakoof.com, a Mumbai-based youth apparel brand, in 2012 with Prabhkiran Singh while they studied civil engineering at IIT Bombay.
Sidhant Keshwani
Sidhant Keshwani is an Indian entrepreneur who founded Libas, a fast-fashion Indian ethnic-wear brand, and grew it past a ₹1,000 crore annual run rate by 2026.
Sunil Vachani
Sunil Vachani is an Indian electronics manufacturing entrepreneur who founded Dixon Technologies in Noida in 1993, growing it into India's largest home-grown contract electronics manufacturer.
Suresh Krishna (Indian industrialist)
Suresh Krishna is an Indian industrialist of the TVS family who has chaired Sundram Fasteners since 1979, growing it into a global auto parts exporter.
T. P. G. Nambiar
T. P. G. Nambiar founded BPL in 1963, initially making precision meters. He later led the company to peak revenues of Rs 43 billion in the 1990s.
Tarun Sharma
Tarun Sharma is an Indian business executive who co-founded and serves as CEO of mCaffeine, a Mumbai-based caffeine-infused personal care brand launched in October 2016, named to Fortune India's 40 Under 40 for 2025.
Torrent Pharmaceuticals
Torrent Pharmaceuticals is an Indian pharmaceutical manufacturer headquartered in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, founded by U. N. Mehta in 1959 and among India's largest drugmakers by domestic sales.
True Elements
True Elements is a Pune-based Indian brand of healthy breakfast and snack foods, founded by Puru Gupta and Sreejith Moolayil and wholly owned by Marico since 2025.
V Vaidyanathan
V Vaidyanathan is an Indian banker who spent a decade each at Citibank and ICICI Bank, founded Capital First in 2010, and has led IDFC FIRST Bank since its 2018 merger.
VAHDAM India
VAHDAM India is an Indian direct-to-consumer tea and wellness brand founded by Bala Sarda in 2015, selling Indian teas and supplements mainly in North America and Europe.
Varun Alagh
Varun Alagh is an Indian business executive who co-founded Honasa Consumer, the Mamaearth parent company, with his wife Ghazal Alagh in 2016 and serves as its Chairman and CEO.
Varun Beverages
Varun Beverages is an Indian franchise bottler that manufactures and distributes PepsiCo beverages under license. Founded by Ravi Jaipuria in 1995, it is PepsiCo's largest franchisee in India.
Vedant Fashions
Vedant Fashions is a Kolkata-headquartered Indian retailer of wedding and celebration wear, best known for its Manyavar brand, founded by first-generation entrepreneur Ravi Modi in 2002.
Vijay J. Mansukhani
Vijay J. Mansukhani (Vijay Jaikrishin Mansukhani) is an Indian businessman who co-founded MIRC Electronics, maker of Onida televisions, in 1981 and leads it as Chairman & Managing Director.
Vinita Bali
Vinita Bali is an Indian business executive who led Britannia Industries as managing director and CEO from 2005 to 2014, after earlier careers at Cadbury and Coca-Cola.
Viren Doshi
Viren Chimanlal Doshi is an Indian promoter and whole-time director of Waaree Energies, India's largest solar panel manufacturer, where he oversees engineering, procurement, and construction; Forbes estimates his wealth at $1.5 billion.
Vithal Balkrishna Gandhi
Vithal Balkrishna Gandhi was an Indian entrepreneur, economist, and parliamentarian who founded USV Private Limited in Mumbai in 1961, later India's largest maker of oral anti-diabetes drugs.
Vivek Gupta (Indian entrepreneur)
Vivek Gupta is an Indian entrepreneur and chartered accountant from Chandigarh who co-founded Licious, the Bengaluru-based direct-to-consumer fresh meat and seafood company, in 2015; it became a unicorn in 2021.