Hurun India has released the list of India’s most valuable family business in 2025. In this list, Mukesh Ambani’s family ranks first with a total wealth of Rs 14.01 lakh crore.
Asia’s richest person Mukesh Ambani’s family is the most valuable business family in the country with a total wealth of Rs 28 lakh crore. After the Ambani family, the Adani family ranks second with a total wealth of Rs 14.01 lakh crore. Research and ranking firm Hurun has prepared this report in collaboration with Barclays on the change in the wealth of business houses in the last one year. According to the Hurun India Most Valuable Family Businesses 2025 report, the total wealth of the country’s 300 most valuable families is more than Rs 140 lakh crore (1.6 trillion dollars), which is 40 percent of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP).
Ambani family’s wealth is equal to 12 percent of GDP
The wealth of the Ambani family alone is equal to 12 percent of the country’s GDP. In the last one year, the wealth of the Ambani family has increased by 10 percent. With this, the Ambani family has retained its first position as the most wealthy family in the country. At the same time, Gautam Adani’s family has been described as the owner of the most valuable family business started as a ‘first generation entrepreneur’. According to the report, in the last one year, the wealth of the Kumar Mangalam Birla family increased by 20 percent to Rs 6.47 lakh crore. With this, this family reached the second position in the list of business houses of many generations.
21 percent jump in the wealth of Jindal family
The Jindal family also moved up one place with a 21 percent jump to Rs 5.70 lakh crore. At the same time, the Bajaj family slipped to the fourth position due to a 21 percent decline in wealth. The report said that the top 300 business families created an average wealth of Rs 7100 crore per day last year. During this period, the number of families with more than one billion dollars of wealth has increased by 37 families, after which this number has now increased to 161. The interesting thing is that more than a quarter of the businesses included in this list are not listed in the stock markets. 89 percent of the businesses included in this list sell physical products while 11 percent provide services.
The number of business houses with the highest wealth is also the highest from Mumbai
Among the business houses with the highest wealth, 91 families are from Mumbai, 62 from the National Capital Region and 25 from Kolkata are included in this list. At the same time, 62 families are now running the business by appointing professional chief executives. According to the report, in the next 5 years, wealth worth about Rs 130 lakh crore is expected to be transferred to the next generation of these families. Top families donated an amount of Rs 5100 crore for various causes last year. However, the report said that the increase in tariffs by the US could impact billions of dollars worth of exports of more than 120 business houses in the next 12 months.
