India is home to a large number of metropolises and also a total of 166 billionaires.
India is a big country with the fifth largest GDP in the world and is home to 166 billionaires. From Delhi to Chennai and Mumbai to Kolkata, large metropolises have grown into economic hubs over the years which the richest people in India call home. Here's a list of the 8 richest cities of India and their richest residents.
1. Mumbai - Mukesh Ambani
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The economic capital of India and its richest city, Mumbai is home to some of the wealthiest people in the country. The richest person who resides in Mumbai is former Asia’s richest man and Reliance Industries Ltd Chairman Mukesh Ambani, who is the second richest person in India currently with net worth of $89.9 billion. | Photo: Reuters
2. New Delhi - Shiv Nadar
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Delhi is India’s second richest city in terms of GDP. It has some of the poshest residential localities in the country with may rich calling the city their home. Among them, IT industry pioneer and HCL founder Shiv Nadar, India’s third richest person, is the wealthiest with $25.6 billion net worth. | File Photo
3. Kolkata - Benu Gopal Bangur
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The wealthiest man of Kolkata is the cement czar Benu Gopal Bangur, the chairman of Shree Cements. With a net worth of $6.7 billion, he is the 19th richest person in India currently. | Photo: Bloomberg
4. Bengaluru - Azim Premji
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The Czar of Indian IT industry and former Wipro chairman Azim Premji is the wealthiest person residing in the city dubbed the ‘Silicon Valley of India’ and houses several other famous tech billionaires. Premiji is currently the 12th richest person in the country with a net worth of $9.1 billion. | File Photo
5. Chennai - Kalanithi Maran
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The richest person residing in Chennai is media baron Kalanithi Maran, the chairman and founder of Sun Group. With a net worth of $2.2 billion, he is currently the 77th richest person in India. | Photo: PTI
6. Hyderabad - Murali Divi
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Hyderabad-based scientist Murali Divi is a pharmaceutical tycoon who founded Divi’s Laboratories more than three decades ago. He and his family hold a net worth of $7.8 billion, placing them at 16th on the list. | File Photo
7. Pune - Cyrus Poonawalla
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The richest person of the seventh richest city in the country is currently the fourth richest Indian. The founder of the world’s largest vaccine making company (by number of doses) Serum Institute of India (SII), Cyrus Poonawalla resides in Pune and has a net worth of $21.8 billion.
8. Ahmedabad - Gautam Adani
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India’s eighth richest city is home to the richest person in India currently. The chairman and founder of Adani Group, Gautam Adani is currently worth $105.4 billion, which also makes him the sixth richest person in the world. | File Photo
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*The net worth of individuals is as per the Forbes real time list of billionaires.
*The list of cities is according to the data on GDP of Indian cities from 2021.
Feature Photo Credit: Pixabay
