2 Telugu Entrepreneurs Shine on Forbes under 30 Asia 2026 List

One entrepreneur is Shiva Ganesh Gaddam, founder of Genið Ankura in the financial sector, and the other is Madhulash Babu Krovvidi, founder of Edodwaja Foundation in the social sector.

Sivaganesh started his journey with the intention of teaching financial literacy to children from the primary level. He started Geni5 to make topics like saving, budgeting, investing, insurance, and becoming an entrepreneur easy to understand for today's youth and children through comics.

Explaining how important money management is in the digital age, his innovation has earned him a place in the 'Finance and Venture Capital' category on the Forbes list.

For rural students, Edodvaja Foundation was established in Hyderabad by Madhulash Babu of Shrungavriksham village in Palakoderu mandal of West Godavari district, with an aim to bring state-of-the-art lab equipment to rural students.

Madhulash’s innovative project – Futuristic Lab on Wheels (Flow Bus) provided access technology to as many as 60,000 students in rural areas.