Mountainview, CA, March 13, 2026: An Indian American entrepreneur from Silicon Valley has made global headlines after becoming the youngest self-made billionaire in the world.
Surya Midha, a 22-year-old co-founder of the artificial intelligence recruiting startup Mercor, has entered the Forbes World’s Billionaires list with an estimated net worth of $2.2 billion, following a recent funding round that valued the company at about $10 billion. The milestone makes Midha one of the youngest billionaires ever and surpasses the record set by Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg, who became a billionaire at age 23.
Midha co-founded Mercor in 2023 with fellow entrepreneurs Brendan Foody and Adarsh Hiremath, both also 22. The three friends, who first met as high school debate teammates in the San Francisco Bay Area, launched the company after leaving college to pursue the startup full-time…