4) MS Dhoni
Dhoni’s tryst with startups first took place in 2012. Over the course of the next four years, Dhoni became part of a number of business ventures, most notably SportsFit World, a franchise that provides customised fitness and diet plans, and has a number of stores across India. The company plans to invest around Rs. 2000 crores by the next half a decade to open 200 centres across different parts of the world. He also backs ‘Seven’, a footwear brand, that incidentally raked in $2.5 million in the first three months since its inception.
