15 Successful Indian People Who Made Themselves from Nothing (Part 1)

Last Updated: May 1, 2026 — This article covers 15 successful indian people who made themselves from nothing (part 1) and its impact on India’s digital future.

Indian is a land of heroes. From villages to cities, Indians have always put their unique mark through their unique talent and great hard work. But among them, there are more special people who made their life successful despite born in underprivileged conditions and immense struggles. In this blog, you will read about those 15 Successful Indian People Who Made Themselves from Nothing:

1. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam President- India’s Top Scientist

Abdul Kalam was a great Indian personality and he achieved great success in life being deprived of the things which were never he had in early life. Mr. Kalam was an Indian President and a great scientist who delivered his work with perfection and his outcomes being a strong personality in India, today, is the consequence of his hard works.

2. Tushar Jain- High Spirit Commercial Ventures

Tushar Jain started his trading company named ‘High Spirit’ in 1999 in Surat and made it great by diminishing the gap of Indian market strategies. This started after losing everything in financial terms of his father’s worth. He started selling on Mumbai streets and today this company is worth of 250CrTushar Jain’s company emerged as the largest brand in the Indian backpack segment by selling 7Mn bags last year.

3. Rahul Jain – eCraftIndia.com

Mr. Jain was born in Jaipur. He with the other two founded eCraftIndia.com in 2014. His company started as a small online business of handicrafts. His company’s today’s time turnover crosses the 10Cr bar.

4. Bhavesh Bhatia- Sunrise Candles

Bhavesh Bhatia has little sight when he was growing up. He was born with retina macular degeneration. Bhavesh Bhatia started his own business Sunrise Candles and he was, in the early time of business founding, saving Rs.25 for next day wax and today this company uses 25tonnes of wax and over 9000 candles designs. He was working as a hotel manager and scrambling to save money for his mother’s treatment who was suffering from cancer. His company has a great reputation in the market and his company purchases wax from the UK.

5. RS Shanbhag- Value Point Systems

Before starting the business, Mr. Shangbhag was an engineer from a small village. Mr. Shanbhag’s vision was to bring jobs to rural places and he did it with his company Named, ‘Value Point Systems’. This company provides the IT Infrastructure Services in South Asia and this year expected turnover is around 600Cr.

6. Puneet Kansal- Rolls Mania

This Rolls Mania business started in Pune in 2009. His second outlet came into effect in 2010 and today his company is across 30 cities in India and the worth of 35Cr turnover.

7. Sid Naidu- Sid Productions

Sid Naidu was an 11 years old boy who was earning Rs. 250 after he lost his father and 10 years later, in 2017 he started Sid Productions. Sid Productions has clients with Myntra, Indigo Nations, Jealous 21, and more. He was the boy who was earning 3000Rs being an office boy after completing class 10. In just a year, Naidu’s business grown to 1.2Cr, and now his business is targeting for 3Cr of turnover.

8. Chinu Kala- Rubans Accessories

15 years old China fled from her home and she was able to earn only Rs. 20 per day and after struggling and her hard work, she founded her business Rubans Accessories in 2014 with a bootstrapped capital of 3 lakh in Bengaluru which has a turnover of 7.5 Cr.

9. Muniswamy Daniel- Sharon Tea

Muniswamy Daniel was a driver and he was only earning 6000Rs per month. He started his first tea stall in 2007. He never wanted to miss Sunday’s church so he decided to quit the job and he started his business with his brother who was running an electrical business and he was about to shut down and he suggested starting the Tea Business. When he installed his first tea stall in 2007 it was a great deal for him and the business grown to sell more and more cups per day and today around 1000 cups per day.

10. Renuka Aradhya -Pravasi Cabs

Renuka Aradhya was born poor who sits beside his Pujari father and used to beg in the religious ceremony. Renuka Aradhya started his company named Pravasi Cabs. After many years later his business gets exponential growth. His company has today more than Rs. 30 Cr turnover.

11. Srikanth Bolla -Bollant Industries

Srikanth Bolla is the Founder and CEO of Hyderabad-based Bollant Industries which the worth Rs. 50 Cr. He was born without eyes and he finds himself lucky that his parents loved him so much and he is able to do business and doing it great with the love of his parents.

12. Raja Nayak -MCS Logistics

Mr. Nayak is the son of a Dalit migrant who started his company inspired by the movie Trishul and his company has a net worth today 60 Cr. MCS Logistics is an international shipping and logistic business.

13. Moiz Gabajiwala- Zephyr Toymakers

When Moiz was 10 years old, he was roped in the business and this businessman did not have enough money to pay rent so he started with a narrow space rent and today this business has more than 15 Cr turnovers.

14. Sandip Patil- E-Spin Nanotech

Mr. Patil was a chemical engineer in his small village. His village lacked basic amenities so Mr. Sandip launched 2010 his E-Spin Nanotech with the help of SIDBI Incubation and IIT Kanpur. Today, his net worth is more than 2.2 Cr.

15. Nitin Kapoor- Indian Beautiful Art

Nitin Kapoor is the Co-Founder of the Indian Beautiful Art (IBA). His company is accompanied by the ‘Just in Time (JIT)’ method. The company was co-founded by two entrepreneurs in New Delhi in the year 2009 with a bootstrapped Capital of Rs. 10,000. In the early days, Nitin was working in a Private Bank, and other partner Amit was working with eBay when the duo decided to join hands and start something of their own.

Conclusion

This list is no finished yet. There are still more Indian people who have inspired the world that if you a strong determination towards your goals, no struggle can stop you from being successful in life. Read the next part of this list to know.