Sanjeev Aggarwal (Helion/ Daksh [IBM]), Subroto Bagchi (Mindtree), Girish Batra (NetAmbit), Sanjeev Bhikchandani ( Info Edge), Anish Dhawan (ChrysCapital), Ashish Gupta (Helion Ventures / Junglee), Zia Mody (AZB), Satya Narayanan (Career Launcher) and Vijay Shekhar Sharma (One97).

What’s common to these nine individuals?

“Over the years, these kids from middle-class homes become the founders of India’s new economy,” says the introduction to the book that they all feature in: The Captainship — First Gen Entrepreneurs.