Surya Midha: Mercor Co-Founder, Age, Net Worth and Billionaire Rise
Surya Midha is 22 and already sits on recent lists of the youngest self-made billionaires. Together with Brendan Foody and Adarsh Hiremath, he co-founded Mercor, an AI-powered recruiting platform.
Each of the three is estimated at roughly $2.2–2.4 billion based on the company’s latest valuation.
Midha edged out his co-founders by a few months to claim the title of youngest self-made billionaire in some 2026 rankings.
Mercor grew quickly by matching technical talent to AI labs and startups that needed specialised hiring at speed.
The three founders have kept relatively low public profiles while the company scaled. Their stakes represent one of the purest examples of wealth created in the current AI talent and infrastructure boom.
At just 22, Midha’s rise puts him among a new generation of extremely young technology founders whose fortunes have been created almost entirely through rapidly growing AI businesses. His wealth, like that of his co-founders, remains closely connected to Mercor’s valuation and continued expansion.
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