PhysicsWallah founder Alakh Pandey

PhysicsWallah founder Alakh Pandey is now even richer than Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan. In 2014, 23-year-old Alakh Pandey taught physics to 10-15 students in a small rented room in Prayagraj for ₹50 per hour. He borrowed ₹5,000 from his mother to buy a second-hand phone so he could make videos. After being rejected by all the major coaching institutes, he started the “PhysicsWallah” channel on YouTube in 2016, with no big budget, just a ₹300 tripod, a ₹200 microphone, and a passion for teaching. Today, 9 years later, his channel has reached over 15 million subscribers. His app educates 4 million paid students for ₹3,500 annually. Alakh rejected several offers of ₹1,000 Crore to keep PhysicsWallah independent. Today, the company is valued at $2.8 billion (approximately ₹23,000 crore). According to the Hurun India Rich List 2025, Alakh Pandey's net worth is ₹14,510 crore, higher than Shah Rukh Khan's ₹12,490 crore. This story proves that when a middle-class teacher dreams not of Money, but of changing the future of children, destiny bestows upon him both wealth and respect.