Hurun India has released a report with its latest ranking of self-made entrepreneurs who have built the most valuable companies since the year 2000. While Radhakishan Damani, founder of retail giant DMart, claims the top spot, the report also features a list that highlights a new generation of young entrepreneurial talent.
Among the “Top Among the Youngest” are 8 leaders aged between 21 and 31, with Zepto‘s 21-year-old co-founder Kaivalya Vohra taking the crown as the youngest self-made entrepreneur in India, followed by Zepto’s second co-founder, 22-year-old Aadit Palicha.
“The average age of the founders of the companies featured in India’s Top 200 Self-made Entrepreneurs of the Millennia 2024 is 45 years. One-third of the Founders featured in the list are under the age of 40,” Hurun said.
Names of “Top Among the Youngest” self-made entrepreneurs in the list
Kaivalya Vohra (Zepto)
Age 21
Mumbai, 2021
Aadit Palicha (Zepto)
Age 22
Mumbai, 2021
Shashvat Nakrani (BharatPe)
Age 26
New Delhi, 2018
Karan Mehta (Kissht)
Age 28
Mumbai, 2015
Dilsher Malhi (Zupee)
Age 28
New Delhi, 2018
Siddhant Saurabh (Zupee)
Age 29
New Delhi, 2018
Ritesh Agarwal (Oyo)
Age 30
Gurugram, 2012
Neetish Sarda (Smartworks)
Age 31
Gurugram, 2016
Ankush Sachdeva (Sharechat)
Age 31
Bengaluru, 2015
Rajan Bajaj (Slice)
Age 31
Guwahati, 2016
As per Hurun list, there are 8 tech entrepreneurs who have secured spots in top 10 list. These are:
Deepinder Goyal
Zomato
Sriharsha Majety, Nandan Reddy
Swiggy
Deep Kalra, Rajesh Magow
Makemytrip
Yashish Dahiya, Alok Bansal
Policy Bazaar
Bhavit Sheth, Harsh Jain
Dream11
Nithin Kamath, Nikhil Kamath
Zerodha
Harshil Mathur, Shashank Kumar
Razorpay
Falguni Nayar
Nykaa