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Nandan Reddy

Nandan Reddy (नंदन रेड्डी), full name Lakshmi Nandan Reddy Obul, is an Indian entrepreneur who co-founded Swiggy in Bengaluru in 2014 and led innovation there until resigning in 2026.

Narendra Patni

Narendra Patni was an Indian-born technology entrepreneur who founded Patni Computer Systems, an IT services firm, and ran one of the earliest offshore business models in 1972.

Neha Bansal

Neha Bansal is an Indian business executive and chartered accountant who co-founded the eyewear company Lenskart in 2008, serving as Executive Director and Global Head of Merchandising.

Nilesh Patel

Nilesh Patel is an Indian software entrepreneur, co-founder and CEO of the Bengaluru-based sales execution company LeadSquared, India's 103rd unicorn, and earlier founded the software firm Proteans.

Ninja Van

Ninja Van is a Singapore-based last-mile logistics company founded in 2014 that delivers parcels across Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, the Philippines, and Thailand, with investors including Alibaba.

Nobuo Kawakami

Nobuo Kawakami (川上量生), born 1968, is a Japanese internet entrepreneur who founded Dwango in 1997, built the niconico video platform, and later led KADOKAWA DWANGO.

Nugroho Herucahyono

Nugroho Herucahyono is an Indonesian software engineer who co-founded the Jakarta-based online marketplace Bukalapak in 2010 with Achmad Zaky and Fajrin Rasyid, serving as Chief Technology Officer until March 2020.

Ohm Stock Broker Pvt. Ltd.

Ohm Stock Broker Pvt. Ltd. is a privately held Indian financial services company in Mumbai, founded by Amal Parikh in 1999, offering equity broking and SEBI-registered portfolio management.

OKWave

OKWAVE is a Japanese question-and-answer community website launched in January 2000 by Kaneto Kanemoto, generally credited as Japan's first Q&A site and once among its largest knowledge communities.

Ola

Ola is an Indian ride-hailing platform operated by ANI Technologies, founded by Bhavish Aggarwal in 2010 and headquartered in Bengaluru, which exited its international markets in 2024 to focus on India.

Oliver Curtis

Oliver Curtis is an Australian businessman who co-founded the AI infrastructure company Firmus Technologies in 2019 and is its co-CEO, owning 13 percent; he was jailed for insider trading in 2016.

Opn

Opn, also known as Omise and formerly SYNQA, is a payments and financial technology company founded in Thailand in 2013, registered in Tokyo, and valued at about $1 billion in 2022.

OTD Corporation

OTD Corporation (주식회사 오티디코퍼레이션) is a Seoul-based space-curation company founded by Son Chang-hyun in 2014, known for Korea's first "select dining" shop, Over the Dish, and brands like Arc.n.Book.

Otto Toto Sugiri

Otto Toto Sugiri, also known as Toto Sugiri, is an Indonesian technology entrepreneur and CEO of DCI Indonesia, the largest data center operator in Indonesia, which he took public in 2021.

Paavan Nanda

Paavan Nanda is an Indian internet entrepreneur who co-founded the gaming platform WinZO in 2018, after earlier building the hostel chain Zostel and ZO Rooms.

Pankaj Bansal

Pankaj Bansal is an Indian entrepreneur who co-founded the human capital management company PeopleStrong in Gurugram in 2005 and led it as group chief executive.

Pankaj Chaddah

Pankaj Chaddah is an Indian entrepreneur who co-founded Zomato, now Eternal Limited, with Deepinder Goyal in 2008, serving as chief operating officer before leaving in 2018 to co-found the wellness venture Shyft.

Patni Computer Systems

Patni Computer Systems was an Indian IT services company founded in Mumbai in 1978, a pioneer of offshore software development acquired by iGATE in 2011.

Patrick Grove

Patrick Grove is an Australian technology entrepreneur in Kuala Lumpur, co-founder and CEO of Catcha Group and co-founder of iflix, sold to Tencent in 2020.

Paul Bassat

Paul Bassat is an Australian technology investor and entrepreneur who co-founded the online employment company SEEK in 1997, leading it as chief executive until 2011.

Paul Srivorakul

Paul Srivorakul is a Thai American internet entrepreneur, co-founder and Group CEO of aCommerce, an e-commerce enablement company founded in 2013 in Bangkok, and co-founder of Ardent Capital.

PB Fintech

PB Fintech is an Indian financial services holding company founded by Yashish Dahiya in 2008 that operates Policybazaar, an online insurance marketplace, and Paisabazaar, a consumer credit marketplace.

PeopleStrong

PeopleStrong is an Indian human capital management software company headquartered in Gurugram, founded in 2005 by Pankaj Bansal and Shelly Singh, with Goldman Sachs acquiring a majority stake in 2025.

Peter Gray (fintech executive)

Peter Gray is an Australian fintech executive who co-founded the buy now, pay later company Zip Co (formerly ZipMoney) with Larry Diamond in 2013, later serving as its global chief operating officer and ANZ chief executive.

Peyush Bansal

Peyush Bansal (पीयूष बंसल) is an Indian entrepreneur who co-founded Lenskart in 2008, India's largest organized eyewear retailer, and serves as its chairman, managing director, and CEO.

PharmEasy

PharmEasy is an Indian online pharmacy and diagnostics marketplace founded in Mumbai in 2015 by Dharmil Sheth and Dhaval Shah, operated under parent company API Holdings.

Pomelo Fashion

Pomelo Fashion is a Bangkok-based own-brand fashion e-commerce and omnichannel retailer founded in 2013 by David Jou, Casey Liang, and Win Thanapisitikul, backed by JD.com and Central Group.

Prabhkiran Singh

Prabhkiran Singh, born in 1990, is an Indian entrepreneur who co-founded the Mumbai-based D2C fashion brand Bewakoof in 2012 and was its chief executive for 14 years.

Prabhu Ramachandran

Prabhu Ramachandran is an Indian software entrepreneur, founder and CEO of Facilio, a property-operations software company founded in 2017, after about 17 years leading Zoho's WebNMS IoT division.

Pranav Goel

Pranav Goel is an Indian entrepreneur who co-founded Porter, an intra-city logistics marketplace, in 2014, led it as CEO until 2023, and took it to unicorn status in 2025.