The Wealth Wallahs: The Story of India's New Wealthy and the company that built itself on managing their riches

By 2018, India will be home to 3.58 lakh millionaires, doubling its tally from 1.5 lakh in 2013. In a country where risk is fast proving to be its own reward, a new cadre of wealth creators is building large fortunes at a breakneck pace. Not only do their successes mirror a bolder nation, they reflect new attitudes to generating, managing and leveraging wealth in a changing India.

Gold biscuits, cash stuffed in mattresses and swathes of land are passé; aspirational India is no longer at the...