India Inc's Davos moment: Unicorns in selfie mode; Zerodha founder meets Bill Gates, Vedanta boss bats big for desi start-ups

Every year around the same time, the world leaders meet under one roof to discuss global issues and the best way to tackle them. The World Economic Forum is held at Davos, a resort in the Alps region of Switzerland's Geneva.

However, this year was different and special. The world witnessed an extraordinary presence from India at the annual meet as unicorns take centre stage.

Zerodha and True Beacon co-founder Nikhil Kamath took Twitter by storm with a picture of himself posing with one of the richest men in the world, Bill Gates. He simple captioned his post, "To the most enlightening hour."



Anil Agarwal, Chairman of Vedanta Resources Limited, was also at Davos. Sharing a string of images from his visit, the businessman said that he was positive about the entrepreneurial energy and creativity India's youth possesses to transform the world in the coming years.

He said that technology-driven solutions, rooted in sustainability, will pave the path for a better tomorrow.


Rajan Anandan, Managing Director of Sequoia Capital, made the most of his Twitter account and shared a number of pictures from Davos.

Sequoia India's Public Policy Head Shweta Rajpal Kohli shared an epic picture from Davos with the Unicorn bosses. "India’s startup stars shining at Davos 2022," her caption read.

Her picture featured Anandan, Kamath, Sequoia India's Mohit Bhatnagar, Meesho founder and CEO Vidit Aatrey, and OYO Rooms founder and Group CEO Ritesh Agarwal.


The Invest India team was also present at the meeting.


Aatrey had an epiphany at Davos. He said he was amazed to see how just one to two events in a person's life can shape their values and behaviours.


The Meesho boss also caught up with former Unilever boss Manvinder Banga and Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj S Bommai.



Rishad Premji, Chairman of Wipro, took home an interesting lesson home from Davos. Instead of asking people ‘what they do?’, it's better to ask them ‘how do they spend their time?’


Meanwhile, HCL on Tuesday committed $15 million (about Rs 116 crore) over five years as part of its efforts to drive freshwater conservation and management agenda and underlined the urgent need for global water security.

HCL Group's CEO Roshni Nadar Malhotra, also the first woman to chair a listed IT company in India (HCL Technologies), is championing the initiative, together with the UpLink platform.


Adani Group Chairman Gautam Adani, who is at Davos with the rest of the business leaders, said he was disappointed to see how the world has multi-polarised and changed dramatically. However, he did see a light at the end of the tunnel. "The best news is that India is becoming more assertive, more conscious of the leadership role it can play," he added.


Indians are making a splash at every global event, and this is just the beginning.