Hurun's 2023 Top 5 Self-Made Entrepreneurs Revealed

06 DECEMBER 2023 By: SONU VIVEK

Radhakishan Damani

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Sachin and Binny Bansal

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Deepinder Goyal

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Harsh Jain and Bhavit Sheth

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Sriharsha Majety, Nandan Reddy

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The top-10 list also features Razorpay's Harshil Mathur and Shashank Kumar, Max Healthcare Institute's Abhay Soi, Vijay Shekhar who founded Paytm, CRED's Kunal Shah, Zerodha's Kamath brothers, etc.