13 start-up promoters join Rs 10-bn-plus club, membership triples

Oyo founder Ritesh Agarwal, Ola's Bhavish Agarwal, and co-founders of Udaan are some of the newest entrants to Barclays Hurun India Rich list

The number of startup founders in the country whose net worth has topped Rs 10 billion each, has more than tripled to 19, according to the Barclays Hurun India Rich List for 2018. In 2017, there were only six startup entrepreneurs who were part of this elite club.

The combined wealth of these promoters, most of whose start-ups are Unicorns, has doubled from Rs 348 billion in 2017 to Rs 736 billion this year.

Entrepreneurs who made it to the list include Oyo’s Ritesh Agarwal with a net worth of Rs 26 billion, Ola co-founder Bhavish Aggarwal (Rs 39 million)