Famous Indian Female Entrepreneurs: Inspiring Stories

Women empowerment has been encouraged by many young leaders and today many talented and intellectual ladies have bagged fame and recognition worldwide. Their struggle with society to secure a prestigious place and unveil their talent has been paid.

Numerous inspiring stories of women entrepreneurs have broken the stagnancy and are encouraging budding talents to grow and race with men to prove their talents and credibility. Here are the top 7 promising and famous women entrepreneurs who have set an example with their stories of success and a struggle that won them respect and recognition.

Suchi Mukherjee, Limeroad.com

The founder and CEO of popular social delivery platform “Limeroad”, Suchi Mukherjee is a woman with a tremendous academic background. Suchi is a post graduate from the elite ‘London School of Economics’ and a graduate from the ‘St. Stephen’s College’ in Delhi.

Suchi was the recipient of many honorable awards during her academic years and has emerged as a gem among the many students in her college. She has worked with eBay, Skype, Gumtree, etc. earlier and is currently successfully expanding her online shopping platform “Limeroad”.

Suchi has been recognized as one of the most successful women entrepreneurs in India who are the rising talents and highly potential under the age of 40.

Anisha Singh, Mydala.com

“Mydala.com”, the leading online portal was founded by Anisha Singh in 2009 and with a short span has gained commendable exposure and fame. One of the youngest women entrepreneurs in India, Anisha is also a prominent ‘Yoga Inspector’ and ‘Cake Decorator’. The penchant for these creative fields has taken her to great heights and helps her become a leading entrepreneur of the nation.

Ekta Kapoor, Balaji Telefilms

Ekta is prominently known as the ‘Queen of Soap Opera’ in India who is the creative director of “Balaji Telefilms”. She has raised a bar in the Indian television world and her daily soaps have flourished beyond imaginations. She has also produced a couple of popular Bollywood flicks.

She has brought new concepts and broken the stereotype serial dramas. She is a perfect role model of women entrepreneurship who has encouraged employment and opened a new platform for television drama and serials.

Tanvi Malik and Shivani Poddar from FabAlleys.com

“FabAlley.com” is nationally known for its apparel section and is a prominent online shopping apparel space. “FabAlley” has a wide range of attires ranging from leggings, skirts, tights, pants, shorts, etc. and its apparel section is a key contributor to its giant revenue generation.

The leading female entrepreneurs of India, Shivani Poddar and Tanvi Malik from Gurugram (old name – Gurgaon) started this online shopping portal and hold 12-15K visitors every day with more than one Lakh registered members.

Richa Kar, Zivame

Richa Kar is the proud founder of Zivame which is an online lingerie retailer. Zivame is one of its first lion’s in our nation and Richa Kar has put in all her efforts and experience to gain success for Zivame which she is intending to dilate to a billion dollar enterprise in the upcoming years.

Richa Kar is one of the most inspiring India’s female entrepreneurs. She has worked in an IT company prior starting her business and she has completed her MBA from NMIMS. She hails from a conventional and mediocre family but is striving beyond comprehension to make Zivame a monumental success.

Ankita Gaba from SocialSamosa.com

Ankita Gaba is the co-founder of socialsamos.com which is a social platform to post thoughts, notions, trends, news, etc. She has been listed among the top 100 social media agents and consultants and has an immense expertise in activities of social media. She is most prominently known as a media strategist, lecturer, consultant and an entrepreneur.

Gloria Benny, Make a Difference

Gloria Benny is the co-founder of the largest volunteer network in India, “Make a Difference” that extends support and aid to the complex socio-economic sufferers across the globe. She works for the upliftment and betterment of society, and help under-privileged children to gain a better tomorrow.

Gloria is one of the Indian women entrepreneurs who is a debonair with an impeccable academic background. She has work with brands like ‘Google’ but her inclination towards social welfare got her a different recognition. Today, she has won millions of hearts and is known for her social ventures to give children better education.

List of Top 5 Youngest Entrepreneurs from India

The past few years have witnessed an exemplary growth in the number of talented entrepreneurs who pose a promise to take India to new heights. These young minds have a vision, a dream, and the caliber to develop ideas and convert them into action. Among these are few young minds whose vision has taken flight from a very small age.

King Siddharta

King Siddharta has roots in Northern India where he belonged to a backward family. At the age of nineteen, he formed an association with few of his friends and began organizing small-scale events for teens. Their earnings were restricted to the entry fee charged by them for entry to these competitions and events.

King Siddharth has traveled a long way since then. Today, he organizes large conferences called Createens. It gives an opportunity to young students to learn blogging and entrepreneurship. He also stands to fame as a speaker, author, and magazine publisher helping and encouraging talented aspirants on their journey.

Arjun Rai

Arjun Rai is known to have developed the entrepreneur mindset right from the age of seven. At that age, he used to sell knickknacks that he found around his house. Along with his cousin, he set up a shop outside his grandmother’s place, selling leftover wildflower necklaces for 25 cents.

He got inspired by TV shows which made him think of entrepreneurship in an entirely different way. He was quick to set up an online identity through LinkedIn in the hope of learning more about the art of entrepreneurship. Today he leads his venture OdysseyAds.

Farrhad Acidwalla

Farrhad Acidwalla began his entrepreneurship with a small borrowing of 10$ from his parents. He made use of this money to buy his first domain name. This saw the beginning of the success of the man as he began building a web community devoted entirely to aviation and aero modeling.

Owing to its huge success he sold it at a profitable margin. Today, he has launched Rockstah Media, his own company, devoted to web development and branding. He has successfully connected many developers, designers, and market strategists to guide the company to success. He was born in Pune, Maharashtra in India. He completed his schooling from Bombay Scottish School, Mahim.

Ankur Jain

Ankur Jain is the son of Naveen Jain, who is the founder of Infospace and Intellius. Carrying forward the legacy of entrepreneurship in his genes, Ankur Jain began his own venture named Starnium at the mere age of 12. He graduated from Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in May 2011. Joining hands with his college mates in Wharton, Ankur Jain has started a society ‘Kairos’.

This society runs a fellowship program that aims at bringing together undergraduate entrepreneurs from around the world. Kairos hosted its third annual global summit at the United Nations, New York Stock Exchange, and Rockefeller Estate, and also showcased 50 of the most innovative ventures launched by the society’s fellows.

Shravan Kumaran and Sanjay Kumaran

These two are regarded to be India’s youngest entrepreneurs. The 14 and 12 aged brothers are the founders of Go Dimensions, which is an app development unit. They made this development together in the year 2011 back in their hometown Chennai.

Since then, the tech geek brothers have developed around 11 apps which are available for download on the apple App store as well as Android platform through the play store. These apps have been a major success with a multitude of downloads. The brothers have also made various presentations at IIM-B as well as TedX conference.

Final Words

To sum up, these young entrepreneurs have an array of thoughts and ideas, a young vision and motivation to make their dream a reality. They are adept at combining their vision with creativity and hard work to transform their perception into reality. The result is a stream of new concepts and products being introduced in the market.

This has been possible because of learning business concepts since a very young age. These people have moved ahead to become entrepreneurs and earned global recognition for the same. Their ideology and thoughts are such that they can inspire any budding entrepreneur to explore and develop his art. We hope even you people take some inspiration from these guys and work harder in life.