A new example of rapid progress has been seen in the world of tech. Three friends, including two youths of Indian origin, have made the record of becoming the world's youngest 'self-made billionaires'. This historic feat has been achieved by Indian-American friends Adarsh ​​Hiremath, Surya Middha and their friend Brendan Foody. These young entrepreneurs, just 22 years old, have broken the record of 'Meta' founder Mark Zuckerberg, who had achieved this position at the age of 23.

10 billion dollar company 'Mercor'

These three friends are the founders of San Francisco-based artificial intelligence recruiting startup 'Mercor'. The huge leap in the field of AI is the reason for Mercor's rapid growth. Launched in 2023, this company has recently raised $350 million (about Rs 2900 crore) in 'Series C funding round'. With this, the total value of the company has increased to $ 10 billion (about Rs 83,000 crore). Each of the three founders holds about 22 percent stake in the company. Based on this valuation, each has a personal net worth of more than $2 billion (about Rs 16,600 crore).

Left studies and started my work

Adarsh, Surya and Brendan are high school friends in San Jose, California. Participating together on the policy debate team in high school, they made history by winning three of the country's major debate tournaments. He founded Mercor during his higher education. Adarsh ​​Hiremath left his computer science studies at Harvard University midway. Whereas, Surya Middha and Brendan Foody left their studies from 'Georgetown University'. After receiving the 'Thiel Fellowship', Peter Thiel's renowned entrepreneurship program, he focused his attention on Mercor's work.

connection with india

Adarsh ​​Hiremath's family is from Karnataka and Surya Middha's family is from New Delhi. Even though he is of Indian origin, his company Mercor also has a strong connection with India. Initially, Mercor started as a platform that connected Indian freelance coders with US companies. Currently, the company has a network of over 30,000 skilled contractors such as engineers, lawyers, doctors and bankers. 'Mercor' provides these experts to big AI labs like 'OpenAI' and 'Anthropic' to train their models. Being a company dependent on Indian talent, Mercor has large operational departments in India including product and engineering teams. The company's annual revenue is currently $500 million. With this achievement, Adarsh ​​Hiremath (Chief Technology Officer), Surya Middha (Board Chairman), and Brendan Foody (CEO) have become an inspiration for the next generation in the tech world.