Byju Raveendran

Byju Raveendran is an Indian billionaire who is the founder of BYJU’s.[2] He founded Byju's classes in 2011, he has a net worth of 1.9 B.[3][4] He is currently in the list of top 100 billionaires of India and has a ranking of 72nd. He started byjus tablet in 2012 and further releasing his app in 2015 which got 2 million users in first 2 months of release. Recent survey suggests that every kid uses the app approximately 40 minutes everyday.

Byju Raveendran
Born
Azhikode, Kannur district, Kerala, India
NationalityIndian
OccupationFounder of Byju's
Net worth US$ 1.91 billion (September 2019)[1]

Byju's acquired the status of 'Decacorn' on June 29, 2020.[5]

Early life

He was born in the Azhikode[6] village of Kerala, India. He studied at a Malayalam medium school where both his parents were teachers.[7]

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gollark: It would be nice to *not* do that in some ways, but not doing that would be... hard.
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References
  1. "Byju Raveendran & family". Forbes.
  2. Raghunathan, Anu. "How Byju Raveendran Built A $5.5 Billion Business With His EdTech Startup". Forbes.
  3. "How eight students helped Byju Raveendran build his multi-crore edtech business - The unicorn in the garden". The Economic Times. Retrieved 2018-11-10.
  4. Majumdar, Sourav (14 September 2017). "Byju Raveendran: The sharp, canny teacher-entrepreneur". Forbes India. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  5. Raghunathan, Anu. "Byju's becomes a Decacorn". Forbes.
  6. "Byju's education app: A CAT topper who didn't fancy IIMs is making self-learning cool among Indian students — Quartz India". qz.com. Retrieved 2018-11-10.
  7. "Teacher, entrepreneur: The success story of Byju Raveendran".


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