Hurun India Rich List 2026: 1,810 people worth over ₹1,000 crore, Adani first, 391 dollar billionaires

The M3M Hurun India Rich List 2026, released on 23 September, ranks 1,810 Indians worth at least ₹1,000 crore, led by Gautam Adani and family at ₹9.23 lakh crore, and counts a record 391 dollar billionaires. Wealth was valued on 24 August 2026. The list’s combined wealth is ₹187.5 lakh crore, about $1.96 trillion, or roughly half of India’s GDP, according to Business Standard. 12

Hurun India Rich List 2026: key numbers

Measure	2026 figure
People worth at least ₹1,000 crore	1,810 (128 more than last year)
Dollar billionaires	391, with 76 new entrants
Combined wealth	₹187.5 lakh crore (about $1.96 trillion), up 12.8%
Entry threshold for the top 10	₹1.89 lakh crore
Entry threshold for the top 100	₹33,000 crore
Self-made entrepreneurs	1,266 (70%)
Women	131 names, up from 100
Average age	64

Wealth on the list rose 12.8% even though the Nifty 50 fell 3.9% and the Sensex fell 5.8% over the same period, because much of the wealth is tied to ownership stakes in businesses rather than to listed share prices. 1

Who is on top?

Gautam Adani and family reclaimed first place with ₹9.23 lakh crore, up 13%, ahead of Mukesh Ambani and family at ₹8.63 lakh crore, down 10%. Lakshmi Mittal and family rose to third with ₹3.39 lakh crore after a 93% jump, the biggest absolute gain on the list. The full top 10 is in our list of the top 10 richest people in India. 13

Which sectors gained and which fell?

Like-for-like wealth rose 69% in aerospace and defence, 31% each in green energy and industrial products, 30% in metals and mining, 25% in pharmaceuticals and 23% in financial services. Consumer sectors fell: consumer durables by 21%, food and beverages by 9%, consumer goods by 8% and retail by 5%. Hurun said six of the seven declining industries are exposed to household spending. Industrial products is the largest sector with 166 entrants, followed by chemicals (142) and pharmaceuticals (136). 1

Where do the rich live?

Mumbai has 465 people on the list, New Delhi has 236 and Bengaluru has 129, which added the most names of any big city, 14. Hyderabad has 114 and Chennai 96. Of the 1,810 listers, 156 live abroad, including 90 in the United States, 31 in the UAE and 16 in the UK, and eight of the ten biggest new entrants are based outside India. 14

How concentrated is the wealth?

The 23 people worth more than ₹1 lakh crore each hold ₹54.21 lakh crore, or 28.9% of the list, compared with two such people a decade ago. The two largest fortunes, Adani’s and Ambani’s, are now worth ₹17.86 lakh crore, which is less than the ₹21.15 lakh crore held by the eight behind them. 1

How is the list calculated?

Hurun values stakes in listed companies at a fixed date, 24 August 2026 here, and estimates the value of private businesses. It ranks families together, so several entries combine relatives, and it converts to dollars at ₹95.88. The weaker rupee matters: at the 2014 exchange rate, Hurun says India would have 559 billionaires with the same fortunes, which is 168 more than the actual count. Forbes counts individuals, so its order differs, as explained in our report on the richest man in India. 13

What is new in 2026?

Artificial intelligence appears as a separate sector, with 19 entrants worth ₹3.07 lakh crore, and the list includes India’s first quantum-computing entrant. Read more in our guides to tech billionaires in India and self-made billionaires in India, and the count of billionaires in India. 1

What happens next

The next Hurun India Rich List is due in 2027. Until then the rankings that move daily come from Forbes and Bloomberg, which we cover in our report on the richest people in the world right now.

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