Top 10 Richest Indian Persons 2024: Gautam Adani Tops List! Where Do Mukesh Ambani, Shiv Nadar, Azim Premji Rank? Check List

Top 10 Richest Indians 2024: Who are the richest persons in India in 2024? Gautam Adani has surpassed Mukesh Ambani to become the richest Indian in 2024, according to the Hurun India Rich List 2024. Over the past five years, six individuals have consistently been in the list of the top 10 richest Indians. These are Mukesh Ambani, Gautam Adani, Shiv Nadar, Cyrus Poonawalla, Gopichand Hinduja and Radhakishan Damani. The 2024 richest Indians list, which features Indians with a net worth exceeding Rs 1,000 crore, expanded by 220 individuals to a total of 1,539. The cumulative wealth of these individuals has increased by 46% over the past year. We take a look at the top 10 richest Indians in 2024 as per the latest Hurun list:

Top 10 richest Indians 2024: Gautam Adani & family top the list of the top 10 richest persons in India, according to the Hurun list. After recovering from the setback caused by the Hindenburg Research report, Gautam Adani’s net worth surged by 95% to Rs 11.6 lakh crore last year, allowing him to surpass Mukesh Ambani and become the richest Indian. However, in the 2023 report, Adani’s wealth dropped by 57% to Rs 4.74 lakh crore, while Ambani’s fortune grew to Rs 8.08 lakh crore. In the 2014 edition, Hurun had estimated Adani’s wealth at Rs 44,000 crore, making him the tenth richest Indian at that time.

Top 10 richest Indians 2024: Mukesh Ambani and family rank 2nd on the list of India’s richest persons for 2024. Reliance Industries Chairman and Managing Director Mukesh Ambani’s overall net worth increased by 25% to Rs 10.14 lakh crore, as per the 2024 Hurun India Rich List. Mukesh Ambani saw his wealth grow by 150% over the last 5 years and is now the second richest Asian.

Shiv Nadar and his family of HCL moved up one position to become the third richest, with a net worth of Rs 3.14 lakh crore, according to the 2024 Hurun India Rich List. Hurun has also rated Shiv Nadar as the most generous Indian in the EdelGive Hurun Philanthropy List 2023.

In 2024, Cyrus Poonawalla of Serum Institute of India fell one spot to become the fourth richest Indian, with a net worth of Rs 2.89 lakh crore. According to the Hurun report, Poonawalla’s wealth has grown 3.1 times since 2020, majorly due to Serum Institute’s success.

Top 10 richest Indians 2024: Dilip Shanghvi of Sun Pharmaceuticals is the 5th richest Indian. He has advanced to the fifth richest position, up from sixth last year, with a net worth of Rs 2.50 lakh crore.

Kumar Mangalam Birla ranks 6th on the list of the top 10 richest persons in India. Kumar Mangalam Birla has seen a 6.9-fold increase in his wealth in the last 5 years. KM Birla and family have climbed three spots to secure the 6th rank in this list. Their wealth has increased by 87% to Rs 2.25 lakh crore.

Gopichand Hinduja & Family maintained their 7th rank in the list of the top 10 richest Indians for 2024. Gopichand Hinduja & Family saw a 9% increase in their wealth to Rs 1.92 lakh crore. However Gopichand Hinduja’s rank has declined from 2nd in 2020.

Radhakishan Damani & Family are the 8th richest in the list of top 10 richest Indians for 2024. Radhakishan Damani’s wealth has increased by 2.2 times in the past five years, according to Hurun’s list. The current net worth of Radhakishan Damani & family stands at Rs 1.9 lakh crore.

Azim Premji and his family claimed the 9th spot in the top 10 richest Indians list with a wealth of Rs 1,90,700 crore. Despite a 25% drop in Wipro’s share price over the past three years, the net worth increased by 27% during the review period. Azim Premji is the only living Indian to have featured in EdenGive Hurun India Philanthropists of the Century.

Top 10 richest Indians 2024: Niraj Bajaj ranks 10th on the list with a net worth of Rs 1,62,800 crore. His wealth increased by 35%. Niraj Bajaj was awarded the Hurun Most Respected Industrialist of the Year 2023.