PhysicsWallah IPO Soars Up To 49% On Debut: How Alakh Pandey’s Founder‑First Playbook Paid Off On Dalal Street
Mumbai / New Delhi | November 18, 2025 Indian edtech unicorn PhysicsWallah made a blockbuster debut on the stock exchanges today, delivering one of 2025’s strongest new‑age listings and sending founder Alakh Pandey and co‑founder Prateek Boob into the ranks of India’s newest billionaires. Shares listed at a 33% premium to the IPO price and surged as much as 48–49% intraday, briefly valuing the company at about $5.2 billion (₹44,000–45,000 crore). The New Indian Express+3Reuters+3The Economic Times+3 The debut caps an extraordinary journey: from a one‑man YouTube channel started in 2016 to a listed edtech giant that public markets are now treating as the sector’s new poster child—just as rivals like