Dharmik@dharmikgohil_
> be Alakh Pandey
> born October 2, 1991, Prayagraj, UP
> dad is a contractor
> mom is a school teacher
> family is not doing well financially
> dad has to sell the house to meet expenses
> family shifts to a rented apartment in a slum
> you're the kid who has to make it work
class 8:
> family can't afford your school fees
> education is about to stop
> you start giving tuition to primary and secondary school kids
> cycle 5 km every day to reach students
> earnings: Rs 200
> you give it to the family
> no complaints
> just do it
school:
> Bishop Johnson School, Prayagraj
> obsessed with physics
> the kind of guy who explains things to himself in the mirror
> friends think you're weird
> you don't care
after school:
> try to crack IIT-JEE
> fail
> don't quit teaching though
> never quit teaching
college:
> HBTU Kanpur, mechanical engineering
> sit in class
> look around
> this isn't it
> drop out in 3rd year
> family is not happy
> you're very sure
2016:
> back in Prayagraj
> start uploading on YouTube channel called Physics Wallah
> setup: basic camera, whiteboard, your energy
> production budget: zero
> first videos get a few hundred views
> upload another one anyway
> then another
> then another
2016-2020:
> grind YouTube for 4 years straight
> Hindi explanations, zero jargon, real examples
> speaks to students like a friend not a professor
> kids from tier 2 and tier 3 cities start finding you
> then tier 1 cities
> then everyone
> comments: "sir aapne mera NEET bacha liya"
> you read every single one
somewhere in between:
> someone offers you a job
> salary: Rs 75 crore
> you say no
> you keep teaching on YouTube
> for free
2020:
> co-found Physics Wallah the company with Prateek Maheshwari
> Prateek builds the app, the systems, the org
> you build the content and the trust
> courses priced under Rs 5,000
> Byju's charges 10x
> Unacademy charges more
> your students actually pass
2022:
> raise $100 million Series A
> valuation: $1.1 billion
> India's first profitable edtech unicorn
> everyone who said "free YouTube destroys the business" goes quiet
the brand:
> black t-shirt on camera, every single day
> 4 physics tattoos: pi, Planck constant, E=mc², Einstein
> students don't say "my physics teacher"
> they say "Physics Wallah sir ne bataya tha"
> you're not a brand
> you're a religion
November 2025:
> Physics Wallah IPO
> Rs 3,480 crore
> college dropout ringing the bell
March 2026:
> Forbes World's Billionaires List
> net worth: $1 billion
> from Rs 200 tuition money earned on a cycle
> to a billion dollars
ladies and gentlemen, a new billionaire has entered the chat.
Alakh Pandey 🔥
