Mumbai, New Delhi, and Bengaluru featured among the top 10 global cities, producing the maximum number of billionaires, as per Forbes. While Mumbai has 33 billionaires out of the top 100 richest people in the country, Delhi is home to 20 richest people.
Mumbai
The financial capital of India – Mumbai – has the maximum number of billionaires in India. As per Forbes India Rich List 2023, the city is home to billionaires like Mukesh Ambani, Kumar Manglam Birla, Radhakishan Damani, Dilip Shanghvi, and the Bajaj family.
Delhi
On number two, we have Delhi – It is home to 20 billionaires. The Capital city has the headquarters of conglomerates with diversified businesses and influential businesspersons like Savitri Jindal, Sunil Mittal, Shiv Nadar, and Kushal Pal Singh live here.
Bengaluru
Bengaluru ranks third and has 10 out of the top 100 billionaires. Azim Premji, NR Narayan Murthi, and Nandan Nilekani live in the Silicon Valley of India.
Ahmedabad
With seven billionaires, Ahmedabad ranks fourth on the list. The city is one of the biggest manufacturing hubs in India. Prominent names like Gautam Adani, Hasmukh Chudgar, Karsanbhai Patel, and Pankaj Patel have their homes in Ahmedabad.
Pune and Hyderabad
Pune and Hyderabad have four billionaires each. The prominent billionaires of Pune and Hyderabad are Cyrus Poonawala, Baba Kalyani, Reddy Family, and Murali Divi.
Kolkata
Kolkata has three billionaires out of 100 richest people in the country. However, most of them live in London and the UAE. Hinduja family and Laxmi Mittal reside in London, while Renuka Jagtiani and Ravi Pillai are residents of Dubai.
Many business tycoons in the top 100 list have their roots in the smaller towns – Joy Allukkas, the 50th richest person in India, has chosen Kochi and Thrissur for his residence and company headquarters. MA Yusuff, the chairman of LuLu International also lives in Kochi. KP Ramaswamy, the founder and chairman of KPR Mill, is based in Coimbatore.
Acharya Balkrishna, chairman of FMCG giant Patanjali Ayurved, lives in Haridwar. Sridhar Vembu, the founder and CEO of Zoho Corporation has shifted his house and office to Tenkasi, a rural town in Tamil Nadu.
