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Editor's Note

- by Siddharth Zarabi

The new start-up billionaires in the age of Gen Z

Underestimate Gen Z, and it will build the next start-up—be it commercial or political.

With the equalisation levy gone, how taxing digital profits has become complicated

How four cool spacetech start-ups are bringing about a transformation

How Gen Z start-up founders are rewriting the country’s innovation playbook

COVER STORY

How India’s young billionaires are harnessing digital infrastructure to build high-growth businesses

Deep Dive

With the equalisation levy gone, how taxing digital profits has become complicated

How four cool spacetech start-ups are bringing about a transformation

How Gen Z start-up founders are rewriting the country’s innovation playbook

How India's venture capital playbook is rewriting itself

Why did IT major Infosys choose Ashiss Kumar Dash to lead?

How Prateek Maheshwari built one of India's most prominent education companies

Prateek Maheshwari has helped build one of India's most prominent education companies by staying focused on students and not milestones.

Palak Agarwal

Columns

India’s Pension Gap A Financial Maturity One: Ashok Banerjee and Rajesh Shukla ASHOK BANERJEE/RAJESH SHUKLA

Inside the Jury Room: Debates, deliberations, and decisions

Team BT

Aug 16, 2026

The New Billionaires

India’s new billionaire class is rewriting the rules of wealth creation. Business Today’s latest issue, “The New Billionaires”, explores how a new generation of founders is building tomorrow’s businesses by leveraging technology, digital infrastructure and a rapidly evolving entrepreneurial ecosystem. The issue takes a deep dive into how founders are creating billion-dollar companies from scratch, powered by smartphones, affordable data, UPI, Aadhaar and venture capital. It examines the rise of next-generation businesses across fintech, consumer technology, education, mobility and SaaS, and how these entrepreneurs are compressing the journey from idea to scale. Featuring Prateek Maheshwari of Physics Wallah, Harshil Mathur of Razorpay and Ruchi Kalra of OfBusiness on the cover, the issue explores the ambition, innovation and strategies driving India’s new generation of business leaders. All this and more in the latest issue. Now on stands!