Who are India’s youngest top-10 entrepreneurs and top self-made entrepreneurs

New Delhi: IDFC FIRST Private Banking and Hurun India have released the third edition list of ‘India’s Top 200 Self-Made Entrepreneurs of the Millennia’ for the year 2025. This list is based on Indian entrepreneurs who have created the most valuation companies on their own after the year 2000. For the first time this year, founder of Eternal (Eternal) Deepinder Goyal has secured the top position in the list. The valuation of his company is estimated at Rs 3.2 lakh crore. ‘

At the same time, the name of Zepto’s Kaivalya Vohra (22 years) has been included in this list as the youngest selfmade entrepreneur. Zepto’s Adit Palicha (23 years) is second in this list. Securing the third spot is BharatPe’s co-founder Shashwat Nakrani (27 years).

Youngest Top-10 Entrepreneurs

RankFounderAgeCompanyYear of establishmentHeadquarters
1Kaivalya Vohra22Zepto2021mumbai
2Adit Palicha23Zepto2021mumbai
3Shashwat Nakrani27BharatPe2018Gurugram
4Manik Garg30Saatvik Green Energy2015Gurugram
5Hardik Kothiya31Rayzon Solar2017Appearance
5Ritesh Agarwal31PRISM (OYO)2012Gurugram
7Chirag Nakrani32Rayzon Solar2017Appearance
7Ankush Sachdeva32ShareChat2015Bengaluru
7Nitish Sarda32Smartworks2015Gurugram
7Rajan Bajaj32Slice2016Bengaluru
7Viraj Nirani32TruAlt Bioenergy2021Bengaluru

Top 10 Self-Made Entrepreneurs in India

RankFounder / Co-FounderCompanyValue (₹ crore)% shiftHeadquarters city
1Deepinder GoyalEternal32070027.00%Gurugram
2Radhakishan DamaniAvenue Supermarts297800-13.00%mumbai
3Rahul Bhatia, Rakesh GangwalInterGlobe Aviation219300Gurugram
4customerMax Healthcare Institute11070015.00%Gurugram
5Sriharsha Majety, Nandan ReddySwiggy1061005.00%Bengaluru
6Deep Kalra, Rajesh MagoMake My Trip94500-5.00%Gurugram
7Yashish Dahiya, Alok BansalPolicybazaar803002.00%Gurugram
8Vijay Shekhar SharmaPaytm7290067.00%Noida
9Falguni Nair, Advaita NairShake6750019.00%mumbai
10Piyush Bansal, Amit Chaudhary, Neha Bansal, Sumeet KapahiLens card6700060.00%Gurugram

Top 10 Self-Made Female Entrepreneurs

RankFounderCompanyValue (₹ Crore)Headquarters city
1Falguni NairJerk off67500mumbai
1Advaita NairJerk off67500mumbai
3Neha BansalLens card67000Gurugram
4Ruchi KalraOfBusiness44400Gurugram
5Kavita SubramaniamUpstox31100mumbai
6Ruchi DeepakACKO General Insurance13300Bengaluru
6Srividya SrinivasanEggs13300Bengaluru
8Garima SahniPristyn Care12400Gurugram
9Ghazal AlaghHonasa Consumer9600Gurugram
10Rajoshi Ghoshencountered8900Bengaluru

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