Sachin Bansal and Binny Bansal (Flipkart), Rohit Bansal (Snapdeal), Deepinder Goyal (Zomato), and Albinder Dhindsa (Blinkit)—together, they built over $50B in value.
BITS Pilani alumni from 2005–2015 weren’t far behind. Swiggy, ClearTax, Pratilipi, Redbus, Groww startups that rewrote India’s consumer internet story.
Between IITs and BITS Pilani, this ecosystem has created over $300B in value in the past decade alone.
And it hasn’t stopped. The "Flipkart Mafia" -ex-Udaan, Flipkart, Razorpay PMs and engineers are now building the next wave: Fampay, Jar, and a dozen stealth-mode rockets.
Look globally: Elon Musk and Larry Page were friends before Google took off. The PayPal Mafia -Thiel, Hoffman, Musk went on to seed a $2 trillion economy.
Because like-minded, ambitious people always find each other.
Your peer group isn’t just friends ,it’s your braintrust. They sharpen your thinking, challenge your assumptions, and push you to build bolder.
The ROI is real: IIT Delhi foresaw India’s $200B e-commerce wave. The PayPal Mafia architected a trillion-dollar tech ecosystem.
Success doesn’t happen in isolation.
Your network is your launchpad.
Your circle is your moat. And at the end of the day
Your network is your net worth. ❤️
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