Sachin Bansal
Co-founder, Flipkart
E-commerceCo-built the company that taught India to shop online.
Sachin Bansal, with Binny Bansal, started Flipkart as an online bookstore and grew it into India's e-commerce pioneer.
What they built
Flipkart cracked hard, India-specific problems — cash-on-delivery for a cash economy, its own logistics, and trust in online shopping — long before the market was obvious. Its sale to Walmart was one of the country's biggest tech exits.
Why it matters for India
Flipkart proved a homegrown company could out-execute global players on Indian ground, and it seeded a whole generation of founders and operators.