Indian Success Stories

There are many well-known celebrities, businessmen and sportspersons who have created a memorable rag to riches story. This includes Rajinikanth, Dhirubhai Ambani, MS Dhoni, APJ Abdul Kalam and Narayana Murthy.

Dhirubhai Ambani was one of the most enterprising Indian entrepreneurs who started Reliance Industries. His journey is a reminiscent of the rags to riches story. He is remembered as the one who rewrote Indian corporate history and built a global corporate group.

Many Indians have started their journey from nothing, and later reach the zenith of success. Such Indisn success stories include the names of Dhirubhai Ambani, Amitabh Bachchan, Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, Gautam Adani, Narayana Murthy, Amitabh Bachchan, Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, MS Dhoni and Rajinikanth.

Byju Raveendran, who is the founder of Byju's, and his family's wealth stood at ₹24,300 crore, according to the IIFL Wealth Hurun India Rich List 2021. This makes them the 67th richest Indians.

BR Ambedkar's reputation as a scholar led to his appointment as free India's first law minister, and chairman of the committee for drafting the constitution. He passionately believed in individual freedom and criticised caste society.