In 2024, who is the richest person in India? The Hurun India Rich List of 2024 has come up with the Top 10 Richest Indians. For a change, this year Gautam Adani has surpassed Mukesh Ambani as the richest Indian. For the past five years, Mukesh Ambani, Gautam Adani, Shiv Nadar, Cyrus Poonawalla, Gopichand Hinduja, and Radhakrishnan Damani have consistently been in the top 10 list of richest Indians.
The Riches Indian List of 2024 features those Indians whose net worth exceeds Rs1,000 crore and from 220 people to a maximum of 1,539. The total wealth of these individuals has increased by 46% in the last year. Let’s get a glimpse of the top 10 richest Indians as per the updated Hurun List of 2024:
Gautam Adani
Gautam Adani and his family come first in the list of India’s Top 10 richest persons, according to the 2024 Hurun List. After the incident of Hindenburg Research, the net worth of Gautam Adani increased by 95% reaching Rs 11.6 lakh crore from last year which made him richer than Mukesh Ambani.
Mukesh Ambani
Mukesh Ambani and his family rank 2nd on the list with over increase in net worth of 25% reaching Rs 10.14 lakh crore.
Shiv Nadar
Shiv Nadar has won this race by reaching the third richest person in India. His net worth is Rs 3.14 lakh crore as per the list and also awarded as the most generous Indian in the List 2023 of Edel Give Hurun Philanthropy.
Cyrus S Poonawala
Serum Institute of India Cyrus S Poonawala fell to fourth position in the list with Rs 2.89 lakh crore net worth. According to reports of Hurun, his wealth has increased thrice as of 2020 due to the success of Serum Institute.
Dilip Shanghvi
Sun Pharmaceuticals Dilip Shanghvi comes to 5th position from 6th in 2023 with Rs 2.50 lakh crore net worth.
Kumar Mangalam Birla
Kumar Mangalam Birla comes in the 6th position with 6.9 times increase in wealth from the past 5 years. This year, he climbed to the 6th position in the list with an increase in the wealth of 87% reaching Rs 2.25 lakh crore.
Gopichand Hinduja
Gopichand Hinduja maintains 7th position in the list of Richest Indians for 2024. He got a 9% increase in wealth reaching Rs 1.92 lakh.
Radhakrishnan Damani
According to the Hurun list, Radhakrishnan has reached 8th position in the list with a net worth increase of 2.2 times over the past five years. His current wealth is Rs 1.9 lakh crore.
Azim Premji
In the list of Richest Indians, Azim Premji got 9th position with a net worth of Rs 1,90,700 crore. There is an increase of 27% in his net worth.
Niraj Bajaj
At the final position, Niraj Bajaj ranks 10th in the list with a maximum wealth of Rs 1,62,800 crore. The wealth has increased by 35% and he was also awarded as the Most Respected Industrialist of the 2023 by the Hurun.
Sums Up
Some famous names that have debuted in the Hurun Riches Indian 2024 are Shah Rukh Khan- the King of Bollywood, Kaivalya Vohra the founder of Zepto and a young billionaire and Gopichand Hinduja the Richest NRI. These rankings show the dynamic and growing nature of the Indian economy led by innovation, tactical investments, and impactful management across various industries.