Bengaluru tops Hurun India under-35 list with 54 young entrepreneurs, Mumbai and Delhi follow

Bengaluru, often called India’s Silicon Valley, is alive with young entrepreneurs transforming industries. The city leads the Avendus Wealth – Hurun India U35 List 2025 with 54 standout leaders aged 31–35, reinforcing its role as the nation’s powerhouse for technology, startups, and innovation.

The list spotlights 155 rising Indian business leaders, celebrating both first-generation founders and next-generation executives in established companies, showing that India’s under-35s are not just disruptors but builders of lasting enterprises. Mumbai follows with 29 entrants, while New Delhi contributes 22, highlighting the concentration of emerging talent in these key hubs.

Top cities by U35 entrepreneurs

Rank	City	Number of Entrants	Notable Entrepreneurs
1	Bengaluru	54	Shashank Kumar (35), Harshil Mathur (34), Vidit Aatrey (35)
2	Mumbai	29	Pallon Mistry (33), Akash Ambani (33), Isha Ambani (33)
3	New Delhi	22	Adwaita Nayar (34), Rahul Gupta (31), Raghav Chandra (35)
4	Gurugram	9	Ritesh Agarwal (31), Vasant Sridhar (34), Rohan Nayak (33)
5	Hyderabad	6	Keshav Reddy (33), Venkata Sanjeev Alluri (34), Ashiis Goenka (35)
6	Noida	5	Alakh Pandey (33), Ramanshu Mahaur (33), Raghav Gupta (32)
7	Kolkata	4	Shashwat Goenka (35), Avantika Saraogi (34), Saket Todi (35)
7	San Francisco	4	Apoorva Verma (33), Nitin Jayakrishnan (31), Tanmai Gopal (35)
9	Chennai	3	Kaviya Kalanithi Maran (33), Agnishwar Jayaprakash (35)
9	Pune	3	Yashvardhan Patil (34), Raunak Bhinge (34), Jay Vijay Shirke (32)
9	Ahmedabad	3	Shanay Shah (34), Aman Mehta (34), Parita Parekh (33)

The 155 entrepreneurs on the list are not just disruptors, they are builders of lasting enterprises.

Together, they oversee companies valued at $443 billion (₹39 lakh crore), nearly a tenth of India’s GDP, employ over 767,000 professionals, and have raised $19 billion in funding.

Hardik Kothiya (31), Co-founder of Rayzon Solar in Surat, is the youngest on the list, while Minu Margaret (31), Founder of BlissClub, is the youngest woman, championing innovation and inclusivity in women’s activewear. At the other end, Shashwat Goenka (35) of the RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group represents one of the oldest family businesses and largest employers featured.

Bengaluru continues to assert itself as India’s U35 hub, while Karnataka and Maharashtra together account for 56% of the cohort, highlighting emerging economic power clusters. Nearly half the companies are now valued above $500 million, with ventures like PRISM (OYO), Meesho, ShareChat, and OfBusiness collectively raising over $7 billion, 45% of which has gone into product development and expansion.