2022 comes to a close and 2023 begins. Several news and research organizations provided a lot of data and figures at the end of 2022. Forbes published a list of the wealthiest men in India last year.
Nonetheless, Gautam Adani, who has a net worth of $150 billion, is the richest Indian on this list. His net worth is roughly twice that of Mukesh Ambani, the second-richest man in India. He had the title of the richest man in India about a year ago. Yet Gautam Adani has now been crowned the richest man in India.
Top 10 Richest Billionaires in India
1. Gautam Adani:
Gautam Adani is an Indian industrialist and entrepreneur who is the founder and chairman of the Adani Group, a conglomerate with interests in ports, logistics, agribusiness, power generation, and renewable energy. With a net worth of $87.4 billion, he is the second richest person in India and among the top 20 richest people in the world. Adani has been involved in several controversies related to environmental concerns and has been accused of benefiting from his close ties with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
2. Mukesh Ambani:
Mukesh Ambani is a prominent Indian businessman who is the chairman and largest shareholder of Reliance Industries Limited, a conglomerate with interests in petrochemicals, refining, oil, and gas exploration. With a net worth of $126.6 billion, he is the richest person in India and among the top 10 richest people in the world. Ambani is also known for his philanthropic activities and was ranked as the ninth most generous philanthropist in the world in 2021.
3. Radhakishan Damani
The owner of the supermarket chain called D-Mart, Radhakishan Damani is 3rd on the list of the top 10 richest people in India today. As of 2022, the total net worth of this investor is said to be somewhere around INR $27.6 billion dollars. He rose to this fame and developed his net worth after the successful IPO of D-Mart in 2017. Not only that, other companies in which Radhakishan Damani holds stakes include VST industries, United Breweries, and the likes.
4. Cyrus S. Poonawala
Cyrus S. Poonawala, the founder of Serum Institute of India Private Limited, is ranked fourth among the wealthiest individuals in India today with a net worth of $21.5 billion. At the moment, his business is one of India's least expensive manufacturers of vaccines. He has won numerous honours and distinctions, including the Gold Award from the British Medical Association, the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award for 2007, and the Business Leader of the Year Award for 2006. Also, he has done his part and contributed to society's well-being as an entrepreneur.
5. Shiv Nadar
Shiv Nadar, who has a net worth of over 21.4 billion dollars as of 2018, is the next person on the list of the top 10 richest persons in India. HCL Technologies, one of the most well-known software businesses in India, was co-founded by Shiv Nadar. Shiv holds the distinction of being the only Indian to go on to create the computer systems-related sector.
The Indian government honored him with the Padmabhushan in 2008 in recognition of his ongoing work in the field of information technology. Although India had only about 250 computers, he oversaw a team that helped the nation's computer systems reach unprecedented heights. The individual got the CNBC Business Excellence Award in 2005, the Dataquest It Man of the Year award in 1995, and the Dataquest Lifetime Achievement award in 2010. These are just a few of the numerous honors and distinctions that Shiv Nadar has received.
6. Savitri Jindal
Savitri Jindal is a politician and businesswoman from India. She serves as chair of the conglomerate's steel, power, cement, infrastructure, mining, and textile businesses.
On March 20, 1950, Jindal was born in Tinsukia, Assam, India. The founder of the Jindal Group, Om Prakash Jindal, died in 2005; she is his widow. Jindal became one of the wealthiest women in India when she assumed control of the Jindal Group following the death of her husband. She is estimated to be worth 16.4 billion as of 2022.
7. Dilip Shanghvi
Dilip Shanghvi is the seventh richest person in the nation today, with a net worth of up to 15.5 billion dollars as of 2012. The life of Dilip Shanghvi is a true encouragement to all young people in India who want to succeed internationally.
A pharmaceutical company he founded in 1983 marked the beginning of Mr. Dilip's entrepreneurial career. He is currently the owner of Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Limited, one of the largest businesses in the nation. The corporate headquarters of the company are in Mumbai, Maharashtra. Dilip is unquestionably one of India's most successful entrepreneurs.
8. Hinduja Family
Hinduja Group is a multinational conglomerate based in India. The group operates in eleven industries, including the construction of infrastructure projects in the automotive, oil and specialty chemical, banking and finance, IT and ITeS, cyber security, healthcare, trading, and media and entertainment industries.
The Hinduja brothers have assets worth about $100 billion USD worldwide. The US holdings of the Hinduja family are estimated to be worth $50 billion. The Hinduja brothers currently have a net worth of $32 billion as of 2022.
9. Kumar Mangalam Birla
The chairman of the Aditya Birla Group, Kumar Mangalam Birla, is ranked eighth on the list of the top 10 richest persons in India. Birla's current overall net worth is in the neighborhood of 15 billion dollars. In addition to serving as the chairman of a sizable Indian conglomerate, Kumar Birla also serves as a director for several of the most well-known businesses in Thailand, Indonesia, and the Philippines. His other accomplishments include serving on the boards of the esteemed Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS) and the G.D. Birla Medical Research and Education Foundation.
10. Bajaj Family
One of India's most well-known corporate families, the Bajajs are renowned for their contributions to a number of sectors, including the automotive, financial, and home appliance industries.
Rahul Bajaj, who served as the chairman of Bajaj Auto until 2020, and his sons Rajiv and Sanjiv Bajaj are currently in charge of the Bajaj family. Bajaj Auto's managing director, Rajiv Bajaj, is credited for making the business into a household name. The group's financial services division, Bajaj Finserv, is run by Sanjiv Bajaj. With a net worth of more than $14.6 billion as of 2022–2023, the Bajaj family is one of the wealthiest families in India.
11. Sunil Mittal
In our ranking of the Top 10 Billionaires in India, Sunil Mittal holds the tenth spot with a net worth of $14.5 billion. Indian businessman and entrepreneur Sunil Mittal is the founder and chairman of Bharti Enterprises, a conglomerate with holdings in financial services, retail, and telecommunications. He is one of India's most prominent and prosperous businessmen.
On October 23, 1957, Mittal was born in Ludhiana, Punjab, India. He began a tiny business making bicycle parts in 1976 after finishing his education, which he later grew into a larger operation that included making crankshafts and gearboxes. He entered the telecommunications industry in the 1990s and founded Bharti Airtel, which is today one of India's leading mobile network carriers and has operations in more than 18 nations.
Bharti Enterprises has expanded into new markets under Mittal's direction, including retail and financial services. The company is the owner of Bharti Retail, a retail chain that operates outlets under the Easyday brand, and Bharti AXA, a partnership with AXA Group that offers a range of insurance products.
Top 50 Richest Person In India
- Gautam Shantilal Adani
- Mukesh Ambani
- Radhakishan Damani
- Cyrus Poonawala
- Shiv Nadar
- Savitri Jindal
- Dilip Shanghvi
- Hinduja Family
- Kumar Managalam Birla
- Bajaj Family
- Sunil Mittal
- Uday Kotak
- Shapoor Mistry and Family
- Godrej Family
- Lakshmi Mittal
- Madhukar Parekh
- Azim Premji
- Kushal Pal Singh
- Ashwin Dani
- Ravi Jaipuria
- Kuldip Singh & Gurbachan Singh Dhingra
- Vikram Lal
- Vijay Chauhan
- Girdhari Lal Bawri, Rajendra Agarwal, & Banwari Lal Bawri
- M.A. Yusuff Ali
- Vakil Family
- Mangal Prabhat Lodha
- Kapil & Rahul Bhatia
- Pavan and Vivek Jain
- Singh Family
- N.R. Narayana Murthy
- Ramesh Juneja
- P.P. Reddy
- Falguni Nayar
- Muthoot Family
- Chandru Raheja
- Yusuf Hamied
- Sridhar Vembu and Siblings
- Pankaj Patel
- Ravi Modi
- Mahendra Choksi
- Murali Divi
- Sudhir & Samir Mehta
- Vinod & Anil Rai Gupta
- Hasmukh Chudgar
- Benu Gopal Bangur
- Rekha Jhunjhunwala
- Murugappa Family
- Harsh Mariwala
- Burman Family
