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Ambani stays India's richest despite 8.5% drop; Adani tops first-generation
A new report looked at the richest business families in India.
The Ambani family is still the richest family in the whole country.
Even though their fortune shrank a little bit, they still have a huge amount of money.
The Adani family has the most money among families that built their business from the very start.
These are called first-generation business families.
Sunil Bharti Mittal and Kumar Mangalam Birla are also on the list with very large fortunes.
All together, India's top family businesses are worth an enormous amount of money.
If they were their own country, they would be the 18th biggest economy in the world.
The report also found that some families grew very fast, like the Ahuja family and the Jindal family.
The report is called the 2026 Barclays Private Clients Hurun India list of most valuable family businesses.
Mukesh Ambani's family remains India's richest business family despite an 8.5% drop in fortune to Rs 25.8 lakh crore in 2026.
The Gautam Adani family of Ahmedabad tops first-generation businesses with a wealth of Rs 19.6 lakh crore.
Sunil Bharti Mittal ranks third with Rs 12.1 lakh crore and is second among first-generation families, followed by Kumar Mangalam Birla at Rs 8.14 lakh crore.
India's most valuable family businesses are worth USD 1.46 trillion (INR 138 lakh crore), equivalent to the world's 18th-largest economy by GDP.
The Jindal family added the most value in absolute terms over three years (Rs 3.3 lakh crore, a 70% rise), while the Ahuja family of Shahi Exports posted the highest growth of 352% to Rs 37,500 crore.
- Who
- Mukesh Ambani's family remains the richest; Gautam Adani's family, Sunil Bharti Mittal, and Kumar Mangalam Birla are among India's top family business owners, ranked by Hurun India.
- What
- The release of the 2026 Barclays Private Clients Hurun India list of the most valuable family businesses, ranking India's richest business families and their wealth changes.
- Where
- India; the Adani family is based in Ahmedabad.
- When
- 2026; the report was released on Tuesday.
- Why
- To track and rank the value and growth of India's most valuable family businesses.
Key facts
- Richest family
- Ambani family — Rs 25.8 lakh crore (down 8.5%)
- Richest first-generation family
- Adani family — Rs 19.6 lakh crore
- Third richest
- Sunil Bharti Mittal — Rs 12.1 lakh crore
- Fourth richest
- Kumar Mangalam Birla — Rs 8.14 lakh crore
- Total worth of top family businesses
- USD 1.46 trillion (INR 138 lakh crore)
- Report name
- 2026 Barclays Private Clients Hurun India most valuable family businesses list
- Highest three-year growth
- Ahuja family of Shahi Exports — 352% rise to Rs 37,500 crore
- Most absolute value added (3 years)
- Jindal family — Rs 3.3 lakh crore added, 70% rise to Rs 8.02 lakh crore
Quotes
Anas Rahman Junaid
Founder and chief researcher of Hurun India
“India's most valuable family businesses are now worth USD 1.46 trillion, or INR 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”
telegraphindia.com
Sources
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