Archive · 24 Sep 2026

AI Wealth Surges as Adani Reclaims India’s Richest Spot

AI Wealth Surges as Adani Reclaims India’s Richest Spot

The Hurun Rich List names some of the wealthiest Indians and people of Indian origin.

This year, 1,810 people were included.

Together, they had ₹187.5 lakh crore, which was more than the previous year.

Artificial intelligence appeared as its own category for the first time.

Nineteen AI-related people had a combined wealth of ₹3.07 lakh crore.

Many of them work in data centres, computer chips, software models or applications.

Gautam Adani and his family became the richest people on the list, moving ahead of Mukesh Ambani and his family.

Renuka Jagtiani was the biggest new entrant.

The list also showed that many wealthy technology entrepreneurs live outside India.

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