Maharashtra Richest Persons: The Top Wealthiest Industrialists Powering India’s Growth
From Ambani to Poonawalla: Meet Maharashtra’s wealthiest industrialists powering India’s growth
Maharashtra has long been considered India’s economic powerhouse, with its two key cities—Mumbai and Pune—driving much of the nation’s financial and industrial growth. Mumbai is home to corporate giants like Reliance Industries, Sun Pharma, Aditya Birla Group, DMart, Kotak Mahindra Bank, and Pidilite, while Pune has risen as a hub for IT, automobile, pharmaceuticals, and manufacturing. Together, these two cities have become the engines not just of Maharashtra’s prosperity but also of India’s broader economic development.
Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani leads the list of Maharashtra’s richest individuals with an estimated net worth of $119.5 billion (₹10.54 lakh crore). Following him is Sun Pharma founder Dilip Shanghvi and family, holding wealth of about $32.4 billion (₹2.85 lakh crore). At third place stands Cyrus Poonawalla, head of Serum Institute of India, with a fortune worth $24.5 billion (₹2.16 lakh crore).
Others in the state’s top 10 include the Bajaj family, Shapoor Mistry (with his family), and several leading industrialists from sectors such as retail, pharmaceuticals, automobiles, banking, FMCG, and vaccine manufacturing. Their rapidly growing wealth highlights Maharashtra’s pivotal role in shaping India’s economic future and strengthening its presence in the global market.
Mumbai and Pune continue to serve as India’s economic “engines,” with these billionaires’ businesses not only generating jobs and wealth but also projecting India’s financial strength to the world.
