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Screens: an illustrative mock-up, not a real article. Arranged by Execlient, an independent agency, not part of Fortune India.
Two way publication options
Online or in print. Two ways into Fortune India.
Execlient gets your company featured in Fortune India as a paid feature: a story on fortuneindia.com, a page in the monthly magazine, or both. Here is what each side holds.
Digitalthe website
Printthe magazine
One paid article about your company on fortuneindia.com, about 800 to 1,000 words with one image. Fortune India approves it before it goes live.
About 800–1,000 words
One image
Your story on a paid page in the monthly magazine, in the issue you choose. Fortune India approves it before it runs.
Paid page
Chosen issue
A paid conversation with your founder or CEO. Fortune India's brand-content arm runs this format in its issues; ask if it's open online.
Q&A format
Ask what's open
Your own creative on a full page in the magazine: an ad, not a feature.
Your creative
Ask about issues
Fortune India is growing its video and podcast formats in 2026. Ask whether a branded one is open for your story.
Video or audio
Ask what's open
Your own creative across a double-page spread.
Two pages
Ask about issues
From Execlient: LinkedIn posts from the live story and a press block for your website, with the paid marking kept.
LinkedIn posts
Press block
Your ad on the inside front, inside back or back cover. An ad position, never a cover story.
400+ clients since 2015, from startups to national names
From Execlient's work in branding, marketing, websites and PR. Logos belong to their owners.
Who is Execlient
We're a 360° digital marketing and branding agency.
Execlient is a full-stack digital agency in Gurugram, working with brands since 2015. We bring strategy, branding, websites, performance marketing and AI automation under one roof, so every part of your marketing works towards the same goal: more enquiries, more customers and more sales.
We help businesses connect with their customers
Your customers are already searching, scrolling and reading. We make sure they find you there: a brand they remember, a website that works on every phone, and ads on Google, Instagram and LinkedIn that bring in calls, not just clicks.
We provide smart ideas for business growth
Good marketing starts with a plan, not a post. We study your market, your competitors and your numbers, then build campaigns and content around who your buyers are, what they look for and why they should pick you.
We take your business to the next level
Once the basics work, we scale what's working. Ads, content and AI automation run together, and every month you see the calls, leads and sales they brought in, so each rupee you spend has a clear job.
Strategy + Creativity + Technology + AI = One Growth Partner.
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The publication
What is Fortune India? A monthly business magazine and fortuneindia.com.
Fortune India is the Indian edition of the international business magazine. Its first issue came out in September 2010, and it is still printed every month, 12 issues a year. It covers India's companies, leaders, markets and economy in print, on fortuneindia.com and in digital editions, and it publishes yearly rankings such as the Fortune India 500. Paid brand content is kept apart from its journalism: published ad listings show it running under the name Fortune India Exchange.
First issue
September 2010
In print
Monthly, 12 issues a year
Latest issue
November 2026
Paid content
Kept apart from the newsroom
The magazineMonthly: 10 regular issues and 2 special list issues a year
fortuneindia.comNews and analysis on companies, markets and leaders
Lists and rankingsThe 500, Most Powerful Women, 40 Under 40 and more
Award nightsFor Most Powerful Women and India's Best CEOs
Execlient arranges paid features on fortuneindia.com and paid pages in the magazine. Lists, award nights and cover stories are not for sale, through us or anyone.
Not just Fortune India
Business dailies, news, fashion, lifestyle and design titles. Execlient can get you featured in them too.
Name the one you want. The logos below are a start, not the full list.
24 publications shown
Business, news, fashion, lifestyle and design
Any other title? Ask us
Sponsored and brand features: paid, and we say so up front. Names and logos belong to their owners. Ask about any publication
Reach
Fortune India in numbers, from sources you can check.
Execlient places your paid feature where Fortune India is read: in the monthly magazine, on fortuneindia.com, or both.
2010First issue on newsstands, September 2010
12Print issues a year: 10 regular, 2 special list issues
6thInternational edition of the title when it launched
500Companies ranked by revenue each year in its 500 list. Not for sale
100Women on its 2026 Most Powerful Women list. Not for sale
First issue, launch edition and the 500 list: Wikipedia's Fortune India 500 entry, read 14 Nov 2026. Issues a year: Fortune India's Readwhere listing, read 14 Nov 2026 (latest issue November 2026, out 10 November). Most Powerful Women: news reports of the list's launch in Mumbai on 10 July 2026. We found no audited circulation or readership figure for Fortune India, so we don't quote one.
Who reads Fortune India
Read by the people who run India's companies.
Fortune India set out to be read by senior business leaders, and its ad listings describe managers, owners, professionals and executives. A paid feature arranged by Execlient puts your story where they already look.
Illustrative
Owners and foundersRun their own companies, and follow who is building what.
Illustrative
Senior executivesLead large companies, and decide who to buy from, partner with and hire.
Illustrative
Professionals and managersAdvise, invest and manage, and look a company up before the meeting.
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What its readers come for
What Fortune India covers
Companies
Leaders
Markets
The economy
Rankings
Technology
Fintech
Luxury
Where it reaches them
Its own channels
Magazine · monthly
fortuneindia.com
Digital editions
YouTube
Award nights
Social media
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Personas are illustrative. Readers: a published ad listing for Fortune India ("affluent and highly educated managers, owners, professionals and executives") and its launch-year aim to grow readership "among senior business leaders" (afaqs, October 2011), read 14 Nov 2026. We found no reader numbers we could check, so we don't quote any.
Who gets featured in Fortune India
The kinds of companies that pay to appear in Fortune India.
Banks, technology firms, consumer brands and service providers are among Fortune India's advertisers. A Fortune India feature from Execlient reads like a story, not an ad.
Good fit
Banks, insurers and fintech
A new product, a raise or a view on where money is moving.
Good fit
Technology and IT
A platform, a product or an AI launch, told by the people building it.
Good fit
Consumer brands
FMCG, e-commerce and wellness brands, and the growth story behind the shelf.
Good fit
Large companies
A corporate brand's next chapter: a plant, a project or a new leader.
Good fit
Service providers
Consulting, staffing and B2B firms that help other companies grow.
Good fit
Education
Universities and schools, showing what sets them apart, with claims they can back up.
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Categories from published ad listings for Fortune India (FMCG, e-commerce, wellness, BFSI, automobiles, service providers, education, lifestyle and IT, read 14 Nov 2026) and its first-anniversary issue's advertisers (automobile, IT, luxury, lifestyle and corporate brands, afaqs, 2011). We haven't counted Fortune India's paid stories, so we show no numbers. Photos are illustrative. Doctors, advocates, CAs and registered architects: check your professional rules before you book.
Is your industry a fit?Ask us. If Fortune India doesn't suit you, we'll say so.
Fortune India's lists and rankings money can't buy.
Fortune India's editors, research partners and juries decide these. Nobody can sell you a place, including Execlient. Where Fortune India openly invites nominations, as it does for 40 Under 40, we can help you prepare a strong one.
Fortune India 500
The Next 500
Most Powerful Women
40 Under 40
India's Best CEOs
Cover stories
News stories and interviews
40 Under 40: Fortune India calls for nominations on its own channels. The 2026 call closed on 15 June, for people aged 40 or under on 31 March 2026. The next call isn't announced yet.
What we do, and what we don'tWe never sell, broker or promise a place on any Fortune India list, ranking or award, a cover, or an interview by its journalists. A paid page in a list issue is not a place on the list. What we arrange is a paid feature, said up front, that tells your own story. And when the 40 Under 40 call is open, we help you prepare a clear, well-backed nomination.
How to get featured in Fortune India, step by step.
Execlient is your one point of contact, from the first call to the live link: the angle, the interview, the writing and your approvals. Fortune India's brand-partnership team decides what runs.
You
Share your moment, read the scope, then pay 100% upfront.
Execlient
Agrees format, title and date in writing.
You
A 30-minute interview, your photos and logo.
Execlient
Writes the draft in the house format.
You
Read it, ask for changes, approve every word.
Execlient
Submits your approved draft for review.
Magazine
Its brand team reviews it, may edit it, can decline it.
Magazine
Publishes it as a paid piece, online or in print.
Execlient
Sends the live link and how to describe it.
You
Share it in decks, proposals and on LinkedIn.
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wa.me/execlient · your brief
We've just closed our Series B. Can we be in Fortune India?
ExeclientYes, as a paid feature, said up front. Here is your scope, in writing.
Scope · in writing
Format
Your own story · online
Title
Agreed with you first
Date
From Fortune India's calendar
Invoice
100% upfront · GST invoice
Your interview30 minutes · with your Execlient writer
Your photos and logo
Your logo
Execlient is writing your draft in the house format.
DRAFT · FOR YOUR APPROVAL
Your Company: the next chapter, in the founder's words
Approve draftApproved by youSubmitted to Fortune India's brand team
Its brand team reviews it, may edit it, and can decline it.
SPONSORED
Your Company: the next chapter, in the founder's words
Paid, and said up front
Live link sent to youShared on LinkedIn, in decks and proposals
Screens: an illustrative mock-up, not a real chat or article. The photos are illustrative.
Newsroom stays independentFortune India's journalists and editors choose its news, cover stories, lists and rankings. We never go around them, and a paid story won't lead to one.
What we need from youA 30-minute interview, high-res photos you own, your logo, facts you can back up, and one read of the draft.
Want the next open date?We'll check the dates Fortune India has open for you.
Execlient takes the risk, not you. You pay 100% upfront against a GST invoice. If Fortune India doesn't publish your feature, Execlient refunds 100% of what you paid.
Space kept ready · hidden when review mode is off, until real live links are added
Live Fortune India links, not screenshots.
Paid features we have arranged, listed with each client's written permission. Open any of them and check the domain and the marking yourself.
Month 2026
Fortune India story 1
Client type and city, with written permission
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Month 2026
Fortune India story 2
Client type and city, with written permission
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LinkedInMonth 2026
Launch post
How the client shared it, with written permission
linkedin.com/posts/…Paste the live link
Why book through Execlient
Six reasons to book your Fortune India feature with Execlient.
Execlient plans, writes and delivers your feature, and you deal with one team the whole way.
What worries founders
What Execlient does
A price on WhatsApp, but no formatIs it a full story, or one line in a shared supplement?A price, but no format
A seller you can't checkJust a phone number and a name.A seller you can't check
No time to write itYou run a company, not a newsroom.No time to write it
It might read like an adBoards and investors can tell.Reads like an ad
Paying, and it never runsMoney gone, and no link.Paying, and it never runs
Five people, five answersNobody owns your feature end to end.Five people, no owner
Your own story, or clearly sharedBefore you pay, you know if it's your own story or a page in a shared supplement, with its title in writing.Own story, or shared
A registered companyCIN and GSTIN on this page. You pay against a GST invoice, never an individual.A registered company
We write it, you approve itFrom a 30-minute interview. You approve our draft before it goes to Fortune India.We write, you approve
Paid, said up frontWe tell you how Fortune India marks paid content, and we never sell lists, rankings or covers.Paid, said up front
Live, or 100% money backIf Fortune India doesn't publish it, you get every rupee back.Live, or money back
One named personThe same contact from the first call to the live link.One named person
The call
Ten minutes on your Fortune India feature. Price first.
About 10 minutes with the person who plans your feature. You hear the price early. If Fortune India isn't right for you, we'll say so, and nobody chases you afterwards.
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The price, firstThe full fee plus GST, and what it does and doesn't cover.
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Your momentA raise, results, a new plant, a listing or a senior hire. It decides the format and the timing.
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The format that fitsYour own story online or a page in print, and whether Fortune India suits you at all.
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It in writingFormat, marking, date and refund terms on WhatsApp the same day. You decide in your own time.
Straight answers from Execlient, so you know what fits before you call. Last checked .
Is it real, and is it honest?
How do I get featured in Fortune India?
There are two routes. Editorial coverage is free but never certain: you pitch real news to Fortune India's journalists, and they decide. A paid feature is advertising, kept apart from the journalism: we interview you, write the story, you approve our draft, and it runs once Fortune India's brand team accepts it. The paid route, said up front, is the only one we arrange.
Will a Fortune India sponsored article say it's paid?
Yes, it's paid, and we say so up front. Published ad listings say its paid articles run under the name Fortune India Exchange, with a note that they are advertorials or advertisements and that its journalists didn't write them. We haven't been able to check a live paid page ourselves, so the exact marking on yours is confirmed in writing before you pay. People will know you paid, and that's fine: what backfires is pretending you were picked.
Is Fortune India the same as Fortune? Will my story be on fortune.com?
No. Fortune India is the Indian edition, with its own monthly magazine and its own website, fortuneindia.com. A paid feature runs on fortuneindia.com or in the Indian magazine, not on fortune.com or in the US magazine. Lists such as the Fortune Global 500 belong to the US title and are a different thing. We always say Fortune India.
Are you part of Fortune India?
No. Execlient is an independent agency, not part of or endorsed by Fortune India or its publisher. We've worked since 2015 and were incorporated in 2021, and our CIN and GSTIN are on this page. Execlient is your one point of contact: the angle, the interview, the writing, your approvals and the live link.
Can you get me into the Fortune India 500, Most Powerful Women or India's Best CEOs?
No, and nobody can. The 500 and The Next 500 lists are built from company financials. India's Best CEOs comes from a research study and a jury. Most Powerful Women is chosen by its editors. Money can't buy a place, from us or anyone, and a paid page in a list issue isn't a place on the list. What we arrange is a paid feature that tells your own story.
How do I apply for Fortune India 40 Under 40?
Through Fortune India's own call for nominations, when it opens. It announces the call on its own channels: the 2026 call closed on 15 June, for people aged 40 or under on 31 March, and the 2025 call asked for PAN or Aadhaar as age proof. Its editors decide, and the calls we read mentioned no fee. We can help you prepare a clear, well-backed nomination, but nobody can sell or promise a place on the list.
Someone offered me a "Fortune India 40 Under 40 magazine feature". Is that the list?
No. An ad or a paid page that runs in a list issue is advertising. It doesn't make you one of the 40. The same goes for shared supplements with titles that sound like an honour, and for other organisers' "40 Under 40" lists with a similar name. Ask any seller, us included, in writing: what format is it, how is it marked, and does it put me on Fortune India's actual list?
Money and risk
How much does a Fortune India feature cost? What are the advertising rates?
It depends on the format (a story on fortuneindia.com, a page in the magazine, or both), the length and the dates Fortune India has open. You hear the full fee, plus GST, early in a 10-minute call, with what is and isn't included. If it's more than you want to spend, the call ends there.
Why do some sellers offer a Fortune India "guest post" for less?
Because it's often sold as something it isn't: a "guest post" or a "dofollow backlink", with no word about how it's marked. Some listings also mix up the Indian edition with the US magazine. Ask any seller, us included, for the format, word count, marking and date in writing. You get ours before you pay, and we never sell SEO links or anything framed as a list or a ranking.
What if Fortune India doesn't publish my story?
You get 100% of your money back. The magazine approves every paid piece before it goes live and can decline one. If your feature doesn't go live, Execlient refunds everything you paid within 7 working days, as our refund policy says.
When do I pay, and who do I pay?
You pay 100% upfront to EXECLIENT PVT. LTD, a registered company whose CIN and GSTIN are on this page, against a GST invoice. Never an individual. The format, how it's marked and the date are agreed in writing first, and if your feature doesn't go live, you get it all back.
Will a Fortune India feature bring me leads, investors or Google rankings?
We don't promise any of those. It gives the people you're about to meet, such as investors, buyers, bankers and senior hires, a page on a business title they know, and a link you can send them. A published ad listing says these paid articles aren't indexed by Google, so don't buy one to be found in search. If you need enquiries this month, ads are the better tool, and we run those too.
The details
Is Fortune India still in print? Is online or print better?
Yes, it's still in print: a monthly magazine, 12 issues a year, and the November 2026 issue came out on 10 November. Online, your story sits on fortuneindia.com and you get a link to share. In print, you get a paid page or an ad in an issue you choose, for when you want it on paper. On the call we tell you which suits you, and which issues and dates are open.
Is it my own story, or one of many?
Your own. A paid article on fortuneindia.com is about your company alone, and ad listings put it at about 800 to 1,000 words with one image. If a shared supplement ever suits you better, you see its title in writing before you pay, and we never place you in anything framed as a ranking, a list or an honour.
What do you need from me, and how long does it take?
A 30-minute interview, high-resolution photos you have the rights to, facts you can back up, and one read of the draft. You approve the draft before it's submitted. The magazine approves it before it goes live, may edit it and has the final say. Timing follows its schedule, and you get the date, and how long it stays live, in writing before you pay.
Will I get a backlink? Will it help my SEO?
Don't buy it for that. A published ad listing says these paid articles aren't indexed by Google, and Google asks for paid links to be marked as sponsored. Whether your website is linked is Fortune India's call, and it's in your written scope. A link can bring readers to your site, but we don't sell SEO.
Can I say "featured in Fortune India" and use the logo?
Say "Sponsored feature in Fortune India", in plain text with the link. Don't write "featured in", "as seen in", "recognised by" or "honoured", and don't claim the magazine named, ranked or chose you. Don't use its logo without the magazine's written permission, and never make a cover-style image. We send the exact wording with your live link.
We're listed, or planning an IPO. Can we do this?
Yes, with your advisers in charge. Before an issue, talk to your lead manager first: once you've filed, the story can't mention the issue, valuation or projections, and your lead manager and counsel clear the draft. If you're listed, nothing price-sensitive goes in unless it's already disclosed to the exchanges, and your compliance officer approves the draft. This is not legal advice.
I'm in finance or real estate, or I'm a doctor, advocate or CA. Are there rules?
Yes, so check first. Finance firms can't make return or performance claims, and SEBI-registered advisers can't call themselves "best" or "No. 1". A developer's story must show a named project's RERA number and the authority's website. Medical, legal and accounting councils restrict paid publicity for your own practice, while a company you run, like a hospital, may be different. This is not legal advice, and we'll tell you on the call if we can't take it on.
Question not answered here?Ask it on a call, or send it on WhatsApp.
Want to get featured in Fortune India? Tell us what you've built and who should see it. In about 10 minutes you'll know the format, the timing and the fee.
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