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Ambanis Remain India's Richest as Family Businesses Surpass Saudi GDP
A report called the Hurun India Most Valuable Family Businesses list shows which business families in India are the richest.
Mukesh Ambani's family is still the richest, with wealth worth ₹25.8 lakh crore, even though their fortune went down a little bit.
All of India's top business families together are worth $1.46 trillion, which is more than the GDP of Saudi Arabia.
Their combined wealth grew 27.5% since 2024, which is faster than the stock market.
The Adani family is the richest family built by a first-generation entrepreneur, with ₹19.6 lakh crore.
Sunil Bharti Mittal, who leads Airtel, is third on the list.
Some families grew very fast, like the Ahuja family of Shahi Exports, whose wealth jumped 352% in three years.
Many of these businesses are now run by the second, third, or fourth generation of the same family.
The report's makers say these families are also getting more professional in how they run their companies.
Mukesh Ambani's family remains India's richest business family with ₹25.8 lakh crore despite an 8.5% decline, per the list released on 11 August.
India's top family businesses are collectively worth $1.46 trillion (₹138 lakh crore), surpassing the GDP of Saudi Arabia and several European countries.
Their combined value rose 27.5% since 2024, adding nearly ₹30 lakh crore (about ₹4,076 crore a day) and outperforming the Nifty 50 and the Sensex.
Gautam Adani's family from Ahmedabad is the richest first-generation family at ₹19.6 lakh crore; Sunil Bharti Mittal and Kumar Mangalam Birla follow with ₹12.1 lakh crore and ₹8.14 lakh crore.
The Ahuja family of Shahi Exports posted the strongest three-year growth of 352%, while the Jindal family added the most value in absolute terms (₹3.3 lakh crore).
- Who
- India's wealthiest business families, led by Mukesh Ambani's family, as ranked by Hurun India.
- What
- The 2026 Barclays Private Clients Hurun India Most Valuable Family Businesses list, showing India's top family businesses are worth $1.46 trillion — more than Saudi Arabia's GDP.
- Where
- India; the Adani family is based in Ahmedabad, with the combined wealth compared against countries including Saudi Arabia, the Netherlands, Switzerland and Poland.
- When
- 11 August 2026 (list release).
- Why
- To rank and track the value of India's most valuable family businesses, whose combined worth now surpasses the GDP of Saudi Arabia.
Key facts
- Richest family
- Ambani family — ₹25.8 lakh crore (down 8.5%)
- Richest first-generation family
- Adani family — ₹19.6 lakh crore
- Combined value
- $1.46 trillion / ₹138 lakh crore
- Growth since 2024
- 27.5%, adding nearly ₹30 lakh crore
- List name
- Barclays Private Clients Hurun India Most Valuable Family Businesses (2026 edition)
- Release date
- 11 August 2026
- Strongest three-year growth
- Ahuja family of Shahi Exports — 352% to ₹37,500 crore
- Biggest absolute three-year gain
- Jindal family — ₹3.3 lakh crore to ₹8.02 lakh crore
Quotes
Anas Rahman Junaid
Founder and chief researcher of Hurun India
“India's most valuable family businesses are now worth $1.46 trillion, or ₹138 lakh crore. To put that in perspective, if this list were a country, it would rank as the world's 18th-largest economy by GDP, larger than the Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, Switzerland and Poland”
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