Hurun India Rich List 2025: Mukesh Ambani or Gautam Adani — who is the richest?

Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani is still the richest person in India, according to the Hurun Global Rich List 2025, released on Thursday, March 27. However, his wealth witnessed a significant decline in a year, primarily due to rising debt.

Ambani still holds a comfortable lead over rival Adani Group boss Gautam Adani, Economic Times reported on Thursday.

While Ambani's net worth stands at ₹8.6 lakh crore, down by ₹1 lakh crore from last year, Adani reportedly made substantial gains, with a 13 per cent increase in wealth, taking his net worth to ₹8.4 lakh crore.

Mukesh Ambani drops out of Top 10 rich list

Mukesh Ambani dropped out of the top 10 wealthiest list. According to the latest Hurun Global Rich List 2025, his wealth declined by ₹1 lakh crore from last year due to rising debt levels.

Hurun Global Rich List 2025: Top 10 richest women

Meanwhile, Roshni Nadar, the chairperson of HCL Technologies, with a net worth of ₹3.5 lakh crore, became the fifth richest woman in the world.

She also became the first Indian woman to break into the global top 10 women — after her father, Shiv Nadar, transferred a 47 per cent stake in HCL to her.

Here are top 10 richest people in the world:

Globally, Tesla and SpaceX owner Elon Musk emerged as the richest person worldwide.

Hurun Global Rich List 2025: Key findings focusing on India

1. The report says there are 3,442 billionaires in the world. The number is up by 5 per cent or 163 from last year.
2. Ranked third, India is home to 284 billionaires, having added 13 new ones.
3. China and India led the world for emigrant billionaires, whilst the US led with immigrant billionaires.
4. India led with the highest percentage of family businesses.
5. While 27 dropped off, India's billionaire count continued to grow. Mumbai remained the top city for billionaires, residence to 90 of them.
6. Indian billionaires contributed 7 per cent of the total wealth on the list, with seven in the Hurun Top 100.