How Punjabi Khatris compete with American Jews today in entrepreneurship

 American Jews have been known to be the most prominent business community in Western World.


With .2% of World's population, they contribute 72% of nobel prize winners globally. Western world's success is considered a byproduct of Jewish mind (Albert Einstein, Pauli, Richard Feynman).

Most prominent discoveries in Western World has been done by Jewish.


We will compare how Khatri caste of India compete with American Jews on business.


Here is how summary looks like:


 

Population (million)

#Unicorns

Unicorns/Million

Jews

14

212

15.14

Khatri

2.8

53

18.92


 

Population (million)

Billionaires

Billionaires/Million

Jews

14

197

14.07

Khatri

2.8

27

9.64


Source of data:

1. Khatri population: https://joshuaproject.net/people_groups/17161/IN

2. Jewish population: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_population_by_country

3. Number of Israeli unicorns (92): https://forbes.co.il/e/israeli-unicorns-the-next-billion-dollar-startups-2022/

4. Number of Israeli immigrant unicorns in USA (54): https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/indians-top-in-immigrant-founders-of-us-unicorns/articleshow/93148144.cms

5. Number of native Jewish unicorns in USA (66):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_the_United_States

"Shapiro also estimates that over 30% of American billionaires are Jewish"

-> 30% * 220 (native US unicorns out of 524 total unicorns) = 66

6. Khatri unicorns (53):

https://casteindiadiscussions.blogspot.com/2022/12/which-group-in-india-is-most.html



Reference:

[1] Jewish population by country - Wikipedia

[2] Forbes 10 Biggest Jewish Billionaires

[3] The peculiar pedigree of the business class

[4] https://mymconnect.in/page/about

[5] File:Caste percentage of Gujarat population in 1931.png - Wikimedia Commons

[6] Arora Population of Punjab and North West Frontier Province according to the 1901 Census of India

[7] Khatri Population of Punjab and North West Frontier Province according to the 1901 Census of India

[8] Sindhis in India - Wikipedia

[9] Memon people - Wikipedia

[10] Top 100 richest people in India as per Forbes list 2022: https://www.forbes.com/india-billionaires/list/#tab%3Aoverall

[11] Richest people in Canada: https://hardbacon.ca/en/richest/richest-canadians/

[12] Indian billionaires in USA: https://www.indianeagle.com/travelbeats/richest-indian-american-billionaires/

[13] UK rich list: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/sunday-times-rich-list

[14] Forbes Richest in Singapore: https://www.forbes.com/lists/singapore-billionaires/?sh=6ef9ec596736

[15] Forbes richest in Hong Kong: https://www.forbes.com/lists/hong-kong-billionaires/?sh=5a6739386495

[16] Sindhi population in 1941: Problems of Their Assimilation on JSTOR

[17] Sindhi migration to India: The invisible partition of Sindh

[18] The Big March: Migratory Flows after the Partition of India


[19] https://www.quora.com/How-do-North-West-Indian-Vaishyas-compete-with-American-Jews-in-business/answer/Ranjana-T-8



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