​6. Byju Raveendran - $1.91 billion

(Source: BCCL)

Byju Raveendran, founder of the Byju’s digital education platform, is a new face on the list and the only one that’s under 40 years old.

He is the youngest billionaire on the Forbes 100 Rich list — not just in the technology sector, but overall. Raveendran’s digital education startup has burgeoned in popularity over the past year and been boosted by the increase in internet connectivity and penetration in India.

BYJU’s, the learning app, was founded in 2011 and gives tutorials online.