Business Week has an article about the top entrepreneurs in Asia under 25.
You can read the article from here.
For all those whoz not of ‘link clicking’ type.. I give here a short notes about 3 Indian entrepreneurs found in the list..
No. 3
Divyank Turakhia
Co-Founder, President & Director: Directi Group
www.directi.com
Bombay, India
Age: 24
Turakhia tried his hand at Internet consulting in high school at age 14 and, two years later, launched Directi Group with $600 borrowed from his parents. In the first month of operations, the business managed to generate enough revenues to return the borrowed amount and get the company rolling. Today, the company is debt-free, has more than 1 million customers for its array of domain name registration, Web hosting, and site building services, and employs more than 250 people. It is one of the fastest-growing domain registration companies in the world. When Turakhia isn’t running the show, he pursues hobbies such as sky diving, paragliding, and flying airplanes.
No. 4
Vishal Sampat
Founder: Convonix
www.convonix.com
Bombay, India
Age: 24
Sampat caught the entrepreneurial bug early in life. While still in his teens, he launched his first venture, a streaming online music radio service featuring Indian tunes. His latest venture, launched in 2001, is Convonix. It is an Internet marketing firm with more than 35 employees that helps clients enhance their online traffic and get better placement in search engine results. The company has also developed its own Web analytics and campaign management programs
No. 5
Rama Krishna Gaddipati
Co-founder: Bridle Information & Technology Solutions
www.bridleit.com/index.htm
Tenali, India
Age: 24
Bridle is a mobile applications and services outfit-and that is a good space to occupy given the explosive growth of mobile telephony in India. And Bridle co-founder Gaddipati (the 2001 winner of the Intel CyberFiesta national software development contest) may already have a hit on his hands. The service is called SchoolMATE, and it is a comprehensive student analysis system that allows parents to monitor their child’s progress at school. The service feeds information on conduct, examinations, and report cards to subscribers, and employs technology such as mobile text messaging, the Web, and e-mail. The company has gained about 70,000 subscribers in Hyderabad and Vishakapatnam in India.
Pretty inspiring stuff.. right..
