Gautam Adani and his family have become the richest in the country. According to the M3M Hurun India Rich List 2026, the Adani family has overtaken Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani and his family. According to the report released on 23 September, Gautam Adani’s wealth rose 13% to ₹9.23 lakh crore. Mukesh Ambani’s wealth, meanwhile, declined 10%, pushing him to second place with a fortune of ₹8.63 lakh crore. This year’s rich list includes 1,810 people with wealth of ₹1,000 crore or more. The combined wealth of all those on the list rose 12.8% year on year to ₹187.5 lakh crore. Cyrus Poonawalla of Serum Institute has assets worth ₹3.03 lakh crore L.N. Mittal enters top three; Anil Agarwal rises to ninth place ArcelorMittal’s L.N. Mittal and his family have climbed eight places to rank third on the list. Their wealth has increased by 93% to ₹3.39 lakh crore. Their wealth grew due to Europe’s steel trade protection measures and rising steel prices. Anil Agarwal of Vedanta and his family have risen to ninth place with a net worth of ₹2.08 lakh crore, marking an 87% increase in wealth. Meanwhile, Samir Mehta of Torrent Pharmaceuticals and his family entered the top 10 for the first time, ranking 10th with wealth of ₹1.89 lakh crore after a 52% increase. AI sector dominates for the first time: 19 wealthy individuals have combined wealth of ₹3.07 lakh crore The Hurun Rich List has included AI as a separate sector for the first time. Nineteen billionaires from the AI sector have made it to the list, with a combined wealth of ₹3.07 lakh crore. Fifteen of them are new names who have featured on the list for the first time. These 15 new AI businesspeople have added ₹1.82 lakh crore to their wealth. Those making it to the list include the promoters of companies such as ControlS Datacentres, Yotta, Astera Labs, Parallel Web Systems, Sarvam AI and Emergent AI. 28-year-old Tanay Kothari and Sahaj Garg are the youngest AI businesspeople on the list The AI revolution has given rise to new and young billionaires in the country. Tanay Kothari and Sahaj Garg, the founders of AI company ‘Wispr Flow’, have become the youngest AI businesspeople to feature on the list. Each of the two 28-year-old founders is estimated to have a wealth of ₹4,200 crore. India has a record 391 dollar billionaires, up by 154 in five years The number of dollar billionaires in India-those with assets worth more than $1 billion-has been rising steadily. India added 27 new dollar billionaires in the past year, taking the total to a record 391. Five years ago, India had only 237 dollar billionaires. Looking at the full rich list, 128 new people joined it this year, while 803 new names have been added over the past five years. Notably, 70% of those on the list-1,266 people-have achieved this position through their own efforts. Industrial products has the most wealthy people, while Mumbai ranks first By sector, the largest number of wealthy people-166-come from the industrial products sector. This is followed by 142 people from the chemicals sector and 136 from the pharmaceuticals sector on the list. In terms of cities, Mumbai continues to be the preferred city of the wealthy. Mumbai is home to the highest number, with 465 wealthy people. New Delhi ranks second with 236, followed by Bengaluru in third place with 129. Roshni Nadar is the country’s richest woman; list includes 131 women Women’s participation in the Hurun Rich List has increased this year as well. The list includes a total of 131 women, considerably more than the 100 women included last year. Roshni Nadar Malhotra of HCL Technologies and her family remain India’s richest woman with assets worth ₹2.79 lakh crore. Post navigation ‘We cannot stop buying Russian oil’:Says Sitharaman as Trump prepares to levy up to 100% tariffs
