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Industry & Wealth Creation
Much of Indian American wealth traces to a small number of engines: technology and startups, medicine, finance and professional services, aided by a selective immigration system. These pieces examine each engine with sourced data.
- Industry & Wealth Creation
How many billion-dollar startups have Indian-born founders?
Indian-born immigrants founded or co-founded 96 of the 775 US startups valued at $1B+ as of April 2026, more than immigrants from any other country…
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What role did the H-1B visa play in building Indian American wealth?
India-born workers got 70% of approved H-1B petitions in FY 2025, at a $133,000 median salary. How the visa became the on-ramp to Indian American…
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How many US doctors are of Indian origin?
More than 62,800 US physicians and surgeons were born in India (2024 ACS), over 1 in 20 doctors and the largest immigrant group in American medicine.
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What share of US tech startups are founded by Indian immigrants?
Indian immigrants founded 33.2% of immigrant-founded US tech startups in 2006-12, more than the next seven countries combined, and lead in unicorns…
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What role do Indian Americans play on Wall Street, in hedge funds and private equity?
From Citigroup's Vikram Pandit to GQG founder Rajiv Jain ($3.4B per Forbes): Indian Americans in US finance, with Census data on finance-sector…
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How do Indian American venture capitalists build wealth, and who are the leaders?
Vinod Khosla tops Forbes' 2026 Midas List; Navin Chaddha and Ravi Mhatre are perennial picks. How Indian American VCs build wealth from operating to…
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How much wealth have Indian American IT services and staffing firms created?
Syntel started with $2,000 and sold for $3.4B. How Indian American IT services and staffing firms built fortunes, plus Census data on 35,945 firms.
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How have Indian Americans risen in management consulting?
Indian-born leaders have run McKinsey and Deloitte, and 27.3% of employed Asian Indian Americans work in professional and management services (ACS…
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