Co-founder profile

Prateek Maheshwari: the business side of PW

Prateek Maheshwari joined Alakh Pandey in 2020 and helped turn a YouTube channel into a listed company.

Prateek Maheshwari is a co-founder of Physics Wallah and runs the business side. He has a mechanical engineering degree from IIT BHU Varanasi.

In 2018 he offered to build an app for Alakh Pandey, who said no. In 2020, during the pandemic, Pandey asked him to join as co-founder. They built the PW app and set up the company that year.

PW became a unicorn in 2022 and opened its first offline centre in Kota. It listed in November 2025 in a Rs 3,480 crore issue.

Maheshwari and Pandey each hold 40.31 percent of the company.

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What is Prateek Maheshwari's education?

Prateek Maheshwari has a B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering from IIT BHU Varanasi.

How did Prateek Maheshwari meet Alakh Pandey?

Maheshwari offered to build Alakh Pandey an app in 2018, but Pandey declined to focus on his YouTube channel. They worked together during the pandemic and Pandey asked him to become co-founder.

How much of Physics Wallah does Prateek Maheshwari own?

His stake is listed at 40.31 percent, the same as Alakh Pandey.