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Of the 388 founders of India’s top 200 companies that were founded in 2000 or later, more than one-third are IIT graduates. These figures have been given in the annual reports of Hurun India and IDFC First Bank. Sachin and Binny Bansal, who are known as the poster boys of start-ups, have the maximum number of 36 graduates in the list of founders from IIT-Delhi, where they studied. Apart from these, 20 founders are graduates from IIT Bombay and 19 from IIT Kharagpur.
It has been told in the study that the valuation of these 200 top companies has increased by 20% compared to last year to Rs 36 lakh crore. This amount is close to the GDP of Maharashtra. Among these, D-Mart is on top with the highest valuation. Zomato is at second place in the list.
Zepto’s valuation increased the most in a year
Radhakishan Damani’s company Avenue Supermarkets runs the retail chain DMart. Its valuation has increased by 44% compared to last year. The valuation of retail food delivery company Zomato has increased by 190% in a year. Swiggy’s valuation has also increased by 52%.
Similarly, the valuation of MakeMyTrip, at number four in the list, increased by 168%. The valuation of IIT-Delhi-educated Yashish Dahiya’s company Policy Bazaar increased by 128%. At the tenth position, the valuation of Nika has increased by 30%. Whereas Harshil Mathur and Shashank Kumar have studied from IIT Roorkee.
Zepto’s co-founder Kaivalya Vohra has been specifically mentioned in the report. Kaivalya Vohra is only 21 years old. The valuation of his company has increased by 259% to Rs 41,800 crore.
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