Hurun India Rich List 2021: Top 10 Richest Individuals In India

IIFL Wealth Hurun India Rich List 2021 was released on September 30, 2021. The report puts focus on India having 1007 individuals with net worth of Rs. 1000 crore across as many as 119 cities. Notable wealth creators in the last one year include Gautam Adani and family, Byju Ravindram- edtech startup founder who has become richer than ace investor Rakesh Jhunjhunwala.

Hurun India Rich List 2021: Top 10 Richest Individuals In India

This edition is the 10th annual ranking of the richest individuals in India. Wealth calculations are a snapshot as of 15th September 2021. As per the report, cumulative wealth has recorded a surge of 51 percent, while average wealth increased by 25%. In total India has 237 billionaires, up 58 in comparison to the last year. Sectorally, chemicals and software space led to the highest addition of new entrants to the billionaires list. Nonetheless, pharma sector retained the top spot and added 130 new entrants to the list.

Here are the top 10 wealthiest individuals in India compiled in a list form

The IIFL Wealth Hurun India Rich List 2021 includes four new individuals, despite the cut-off being up by 60%. Still some of the individuals in the list continue to retain the Top 10 spot even after ten years, led by Reliance Industries Mukesh Ambani, followed by LN Mittal, Dilip Shanghvi, Kumara Mangalam Birla and Shiv Nadar.

Rank	Name	Wealth INR Cr	Chan ge	Company	Age	Residence	"Daily Wealth Creation Velocity since the 2020 List (INR Cr)"
1-	Mukesh Ambani & family	7,18,000	9%	Reliance Industries	64	Mumbai	163
2(↑2)	Gautam Adani & family	5,05,900	261%	Adani	59	Ahmedabad	1,002
3 (-)	Shiv Nadar & family	2,36,600	67%	HCL	76	New Delhi	260
4(↓2)	SP Hinduja & family	2,20,000	53%	Hinduja	85	London	209
5* (↑8)	LN Mittal & family	1,74,400	187%	ArcelorMittal	71	London	312
6 (-)	Cyrus S Poonawalla & family	1,63,700	74%	Serum Institute of India	80	Pune	190
7 (-)	Radhakishan Damani & family	1,54,300	77%	Avenue Supermarts	66	Mumbai	184
8* (↑12)	Vinod Shantilal Adani & family	1,31,600	212%	Adani	N.A.	Dubai	245
9* (↑13)	Kumar Mangalam Birla & family	1,22,200	230%	Aditya Birla	54	Mumbai	242
10* (↑2)	Jay Chaudhry	1,21,600	85%	Zscaler	62	San Jose	153

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Source: Hurun Research Institute; IIFL Wealth Hurun India Rich List 2021

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