I think you are very wrong in this case. The list is not looking for the largest companies in any of those categories. Clearly those that are huge companies took funding along the way to grow, but the list is of young founders and you can easily generate a list of young founders with huge success that did not take funding.
I think the problem with lists like this is it creates a culture of celebrating the funding part only, not the hard work that comes later and the true success that the investor wants.
I think the problem with lists like this is it creates a culture of celebrating the funding part only, not the hard work that comes later and the true success that the investor wants.