Byju Raveendran

Byju Raveendran is the Founder and CEO of the India’s most valuable edtech company – BYJU’S – that is reinventing how students learn, through its learning app. Born to teacher parents in Azhikode, Kerala; Byju was a self-learner from a young age and used to develop different learning methods to understand concepts better on his own. An avid sportsperson (expert in six games), Byju believes that children can learn a lot more outside the classrooms by playing multiple games. An entrepreneur by chance and a teacher by choice, he is a two-time Common Admission Test (CAT) topper and National Math Olympiad winner. He started BYJU’S with the vision to help students fall in love with learning and change the way India learns. He is the recipient of the Fortune 40 under 40 Award (2020), Impact Person of the Year Award (2019), Manorama Newsmaker of the Year Award (2019, 2020), Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award – Startup (2018), CNBC Young Turk of the Year Award(2017) and Express IT Newsmaker of the Year Award (2017)