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Detailed explanation-1: -With a wealth of Rs 17,500 crore, Zerodha’s founder Nikhil Kamath, 36, tops a self-made rich list of individuals under 40 years.

Detailed explanation-2: -Nikhil Kamath, cofounder of Zerodha, topped the ‘IIFL Wealth Hurun India 40 & Under Self-Made Rich List 2022’ with a net worth of Rs 17,500 crore. Bhavish Aggarwal, the founder of Ola, came in second place (Rs 11,700 crore), and Divyank Turakhia of Media.net in third place (Rs 11,200 crore).

Detailed explanation-3: -Gautam Adani has surged ahead to the top spot beating Mukesh Ambani with wealth more than doubling (116%) in the last year. He is ahead of the second-ranking Ambani by more than INR 3,00,000 crore.

Detailed explanation-4: -The AIIFL Wealth Hurun India Rich List 2022 has just been released. The latest list of richest Indians, which includes several promoters of startups, also features Kaivalya Vohra. Vohra, who founded Zepto, is the youngest in the list aged 19. According to the list, Vohra has net worth of Rs 1000 crore.

Detailed explanation-5: -This list refers to individuals residing or born and bred in India. This is the 11th annual ranking of the richest individuals in India. Wealth calculations are a snapshot as of 30th August 2022. 1,103 individuals, up 96, across 122 cities, up 3, have INR 1,000 crore in the IIFL Wealth Hurun India Rich List 2022.