Who is Aravind Srinivas? Perplexity CEO youngest among India’s billionaires- Check how much wealth he has

Chennai-born Aravind Srinivas, 31, has emerged as India’s youngest billionaire, debuting on the M3M Hurun India Rich List 2025. As the founder and CEO of AI startup Perplexity, Srinivas is gaining recognition for his work in generative AI, having an estimated net worth of Rs 21,190 crore. Srinivas’ rise signals a shift in India’s wealth landscape, where young tech entrepreneurs are joining traditional industrialists among the country’s richest. While Mukesh Ambani reclaimed the top spot in 2025, Srinivas’ entry highlights the growing influence of technology-driven entrepreneurship in wealth creation, particularly in AI, fintech, and digital platforms.Early life, education and career Born on June 7, 1994, in Chennai, Srinivas studied at IIT Madras and later earned a PhD in Computer Science from UC Berkeley in 2021, focusing on contrastive learning and transformer-based models. He worked at OpenAI, DeepMind, and Google, contributing to projects including DALL-E 2, HaloNet, and ResNet-RS. In August 2022, he co-founded Perplexity AI, an AI-powered chat search engine leveraging GPT-3 models, and has invested in startups like ElevenLabs and Suno.Youngest billionaire vs youngest entrants Srinivas, 31, made his debut as a billionaire, becoming the youngest billionaire on the Hurun list. Meanwhile, Zepto co-founders Kaivalya Vohra (22) and Aadit Palicha (23) also appeared on the list, making them the youngest entrants overall, though their net worths are below the billionaire threshold.India’s richest and overall trends Despite a 6 per cent dip in his wealth, Mukesh Ambani returned as India’s richest individual with Rs 9.55 lakh crore, ahead of Gautam Adani (Rs 8.14 lakh crore). Roshni Nadar Malhotra of HCL entered the top three for the first time with Rs 2.84 lakh crore, becoming the richest woman in India. The Hurun list now counts over 350 billionaires and 1,687 individuals with wealth above Rs 1,000 crore, including 148 newcomers, with India adding nearly one new billionaire per week over the past two years.