Billionaire Adar Poonawalla-led Serum Institute of India, the maker of Covishield vaccine, has been crowned as India's most valued privately held company as well as a bootstrapped company, with its market value estimated at Rs 2,19,700 crore. It has topped the lists in the Axis Bank Burgundy Private Hurun India 500 list for 2022.?
For unlisted companies, Hurun Research¡¯s valuation is based on a comparison with their listed equivalents using prevailing industry multiples such as Price to Earnings, Price to Sales, EV to sales, EV to EBITDA. Other methodologies such as Discounted Cash Flow and Tobin¡¯s Q are also used. In certain cases of early-stage companies, Hurun used the First Chicago Method for valuation. Financial information used is from the latest available annual reports or audited financial statements.
Here's the full list of the 10 most valuable unlisted companies in India for 2022:
Rs 2,19,700 Crore
CEO-Adar Poonawalla
Rs 1,82,200 Crore
CEO-Byju Raveendran
Rs 1,39,300 Crore
CEO- Ashishkumar Chauhan
Rs 88,600 Crore
CEO-Sriharsha Majety
Rs 77,800 Crore
CEO-Ritesh Agarwal
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Rs 66,200 Crore
CEO-Harsh Jain
Rs 62,600 Crore
CEO-Vijay Kantilal Chauhan
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Rs 62,100 Crore
CEO-Harshil Mathur
Rs 60,500 Crore
CEO-Bhavish Aggarwal
Rs 59,300 Crore
CEO-Nimish Chudgar
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Besides these most valued unlisted companies, Serum Institute also tops the list of most valued bootstrapped companies. Bootstrapped companies are those which have grown without taking external funding.
As per the list, bootstrapped companies are dominated by traditional, non-tech industries such as pharmaceuticals, FMCG etc.
Rs 2,19,700 Crore
Rs 62,600 Crore
Rs 49,600 Crore
Rs 48,900 Crore
Rs 43,200 Crore
Rs 29,700 Crore
Rs 29,000 Crore
Rs 27,500 Crore
Rs 26,700 Crore
Rs 24,000 Crore
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