Gujarat is India's entrepreneurial engine, and its business leaders run some of the country's largest companies. This list features famous Gujarati business leaders, with net worth figures sourced from Forbes and Hurun where available.
Gujaratis have been India's merchants and industrialists for centuries, from the textile mills of Ahmedabad and the diamond bourses of Surat to the chemical and pharmaceutical clusters of Vadodara and Ankleshwar. That trading DNA has scaled into ports, energy, telecom, banking, pharma and fintech, and today Gujarati-origin promoters control several of the most valuable companies listed in India.
The list runs from legacy industrialists to first-generation founders and diaspora leaders who built global businesses. Where a net worth is shown it is taken from a public Forbes or Hurun estimate for the year noted; where a figure is private or unverified, it is left blank rather than guessed.
This list is built from the Gujaratipedia database, a verified record of Gujarat cross-checked against IMDb, Wikipedia and trade press. Nothing here is invented: where a credit, figure or fact could not be confirmed from a real source, it is left out rather than guessed. That is why you can trust these rankings, and why they read differently from the recycled listicles elsewhere.
Adani Group (ports, energy, infrastructure) (89600.0M )
Reliance Industries (petrochemicals, telecom, retail) (91800.0M )
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries (26300.0M )
Kotak Mahindra Bank (15400.0M )
Torrent Group (Torrent Pharma, Torrent Power, Torrent Gas) (14100.0M )
Zydus Lifesciences (formerly Cadila Healthcare) (10200.0M )
Intas Pharmaceuticals (7600.0M )
Nirma Group (detergents, cement, chemicals) (4200.0M )
Piramal Group (pharma, financial services) (3250.0M )
Adani Group (older brother of Gautam Adani; overseas operations)
Wipro (IT services) (11600.0M )
Balaji Wafers (snacks) (1100.0M )
Symphony Limited (air coolers) (1260.0M )
Rajesh Exports (gold jewellery) (2600.0M )
Rosy Blue (diamonds)
Hari Krishna Exports / KISNA (diamonds) (443.0M )
Shree Ramkrishna Exports (SRK diamonds) (716.0M )
KP Group (solar / renewable energy) (1429.0M )
Aether Industries (specialty chemicals) (1078.0M )
NJ India Invest (financial services) (984.0M )
Colortex (textiles) (860.0M )
Kiran Gems (diamonds) (623.0M )
Anupam Rasayan India (specialty chemicals) (425.0M )
Meghmani Organics / Meghmani Group (dyes, pigments, agrochemicals)
Wagh Bakri Tea Group (Gujarat Tea Processors & Packers)
Rasna (soft-drink concentrate)
Vadilal Industries (ice cream, frozen foods)
Amul / Kaira District Co-op Milk Union (GCMMF)
GMR Textiles (583.0M )
Rayzon Solar (solar modules) (475.0M )
Zydus Lifesciences (MD; son of Pankaj Patel)
Intas Pharmaceuticals (runs company; son of Hasmukh Chudgar)
Co-founder & Chairman, Syntel (IT services, sold to Atos for $3.4B) (2100.0M )
Former Group President & CEO, TD Bank Group
Co-founder Directi; founder Zeta, Titan, Flock, Radix (1500.0M )
Founder Media.net (sold $900M), co-founder Directi (3460.0M )
Founder & CEO, Nykaa (beauty/lifestyle retail) (4200.0M )
Founder CRED; co-founder FreeCharge
Co-founder & CEO, Zepto (quick commerce) (650.0M )
Founder, Nirav Modi diamond jewellery brand
Co-founder, BharatPe (155.0M )
Co-founder, Polygon (Matic) - crypto/blockchain
Founder/Partner, 100X.VC; angel investor
Co-founder & Co-CEO, Amneal Pharmaceuticals (US, NYSE: AMRX)
Co-founder & Co-CEO, Amneal Pharmaceuticals (US, NYSE: AMRX)
New Gujarati films, people and records are documented all the time, and this list is refreshed as the database grows, so it stays current rather than going stale. For full profiles, complete filmographies, ratings and the sources behind every entry, open the Gujaratipedia directory linked above and search any name. If you spot something missing or out of date, that is exactly the kind of gap this project exists to close.
Mukesh Ambani and Gautam Adani, both of Gujarati origin, are among the wealthiest people in India and the world.