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Top 10 Richest People in India 2026

India is now home to more than 220 billionaires, and the richest people in India 2026 command a combined fortune of over USD 400 billion across oil, steel, tech, pharma and retail empires. From Mukesh Ambani's 14-year reign at the top to India's richest woman Savitri Jindal, this list ranks the country's wealthiest tycoons by their latest net worth. Here is who controls India's biggest business empires this year.

📅 Jun 23, 2026 👁 3 views 🏆 10 picks

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Mukesh Ambani
Reliance Industries

Chairman of Reliance Industries, Ambani has been India's richest person for 14 consecutive years, with a net worth near USD 100 billion in 2026. His empire spans oil-to-chemicals, Jio telecom and Reliance Retail, India's largest retailer. He also owns Antilia, the world's most expensive private residence, in Mumbai.

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Gautam Adani
Adani Group

Founder and chairman of the Adani Group, with a net worth around USD 87-90 billion in 2026. His conglomerate dominates ports, airports, power generation, green energy and coal mining, including India's largest private port at Mundra. He remains India's second-richest person and one of the world's top infrastructure magnates.

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Savitri Jindal & Family
O.P. Jindal Group

India's richest woman and a BJP politician, Savitri Jindal heads the O.P. Jindal Group with a family net worth around USD 33-38 billion. The group's interests span steel, power, cement and infrastructure through firms like JSW Steel and Jindal Steel & Power. She inherited the empire after the death of her husband O.P. Jindal in 2005.

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Lakshmi Mittal
ArcelorMittal

Chairman of ArcelorMittal, the world's second-largest steel producer, with a net worth around USD 31-32 billion. Based largely in the UK, Mittal built his fortune by acquiring and turning around struggling steel mills worldwide. He is one of the most globally influential figures of Indian origin in heavy industry.

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Shiv Nadar
HCL Technologies

Founder of HCL Technologies, one of India's largest IT services companies, with a net worth around USD 26-34 billion. A pioneer of India's tech industry since the 1970s, Nadar is also among the country's most generous philanthropists through the Shiv Nadar Foundation. He has handed day-to-day leadership of HCL to his daughter Roshni Nadar.

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Cyrus Poonawalla
Serum Institute

Founder of the Serum Institute of India, the world's largest vaccine manufacturer by doses produced, with a net worth around USD 26-27 billion. The Pune-based firm produced billions of COVID-19 vaccine doses, cementing his global profile. Known as the 'Vaccine King of India,' he also has interests in real estate and thoroughbred horse breeding.

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Dilip Shanghvi
Sun Pharma

Founder of Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, India's largest pharmaceutical company, with a net worth around USD 25-26 billion. He started the firm in 1983 with just five products and built it into a global generics giant through aggressive acquisitions. Sun Pharma is one of the world's leading makers of specialty and generic medicines.

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Kumar Mangalam Birla
Aditya Birla Group

Chairman of the Aditya Birla Group, with a net worth around USD 22 billion. The diversified conglomerate spans cement (UltraTech, India's largest), metals (Hindalco), fashion, telecom (Vodafone Idea) and financial services. He took charge of the group at 28 and expanded it into a global multinational.

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Radhakishan Damani
DMart / Avenue Supermarts

Founder of Avenue Supermarts, which runs the hugely profitable DMart retail chain, with a net worth around USD 16 billion. A former stock market investor turned retail tycoon, Damani is famous for his low-cost, high-volume supermarket model. He is also a respected value investor with major holdings in blue-chip Indian stocks.

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Uday Kotak
Kotak Mahindra Bank

Founder of Kotak Mahindra Bank, one of India's largest private-sector banks, with a net worth around USD 13-14 billion. He built the lender from a small finance company started in 1985 into a full-service banking giant. Kotak is among the wealthiest self-made bankers in India and a prominent voice in the country's financial sector.

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