Where's Gen Z among richest Indians? Hurun list 2025 shows who's got the money

“The age-based generational analysis reveals a clear dominance of older cohorts in India’s ultra-wealthy landscape,” analysis released with the list notes

Updated on: Oct 1, 2025, 22:58:26 IST

By Aarish Chhabra

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India may be mostly young in terms of its population, but the rich list of Indians is dominated by the older lost, mostly those born between 1928 and 1964. They are two-thirds of the M3M Hurun India Rich List 2025.

Youngsters performing for a dance practice at Kartavya Path in New Delhi. (PTI File/Representative photo)

“The age-based generational analysis reveals a clear dominance of older cohorts in India’s ultra-wealthy landscape,” analysis released with the list notes.

Over half of the individuals fall into the Baby Boomer category (born 1946–64) — at 54.6%.
They are followed by Generation X (1965–1980) at 28.1%.
The Silent Generation (1928–45) has 10.8% presence.
Then come Millennials (1981–1996) with just over 6%.
As for Gen Z, those born in or after 1997, account for a measly 0.3% of the 1,687 people on the list.

In its 14th year, the list uses a cutoff of ₹1,000 crore as net worth, calculating wealth as of September 22, 2025.

The list analysts see the combined 7% of Millennials and Gen Z as “early emergence of a new wave of young wealth creators”.

The term “Gen Z” lately has emerged as one associated with political upheaval, especially after the revolt in Nepal and the recent protests in Ladakh.

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“This generational spread highlights the balance between long-established business empires and the rise of tech-driven entrepreneurship in shaping India’s economic future,” the list release document says.

The youngest on the M3M Hurun India Rich List 2025 is 22-year-old Kaivalya Vohra, co-founder of quick commerce and delivery platform Zepto.

Mukesh Ambani, 68, is at the top spot, followed by Gautam Adani, 63.

With a wealth of INR 9.55 lakh crore ($105 billion), Mukesh Ambani (68) and family reclaimed the top spot in the 2025 list.

Gautam Adani and family came down to the the second spot with ₹8.15 lakh crore.

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Generational wealth continues to dominate.

Among them, second-generation entrepreneurs total 373 on the list, led by the Ambani family under Mukesh Ambani. The third generation follows with 88 entrants, where the Bajaj family, represented by Niraj Bajaj, stands as the wealthiest.

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The fourth, fifth, and sixth generations also make their mark, though with smaller representation. The Birla family leads the fourth generation with Kumar Mangalam Birla at 58, while the Wadia family heads the fifth generation under 81-year-old Nusli Wadia. The Govind Gadgil family, led by Govind Gadgil at 66, represents the sixth generation.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Aarish Chhabra
Aarish Chhabra is an Associate Editor with the Hindustan Times online team, writing news reports and explanatory articles, besides overseeing coverage for the website. His career spans nearly two decades across India's most respected newsrooms in print, digital, and broadcast. He has reported, written, and edited across formats — from breaking news and live election coverage, to analytical long-reads and cultural commentary — building a body of work that reflects both editorial rigour and a deep curiosity about the society he writes for. Aarish studied English literature, sociology and history, besides journalism, at Panjab University, Chandigarh, and started his career in that city, eventually moving to Delhi. He is also the author of ‘The Big Small Town: How Life Looks from Chandigarh’, a collection of critical essays originally serialised as a weekly column in the Hindustan Times, examining the culture and politics of a city that is far more than its famous architecture — and, in doing so, holding up a mirror to modern India. In stints at the BBC, The Indian Express, NDTV, and Jagran New Media, he worked across formats and languages; mainly English, also Hindi and Punjabi. He was part of the crack team for the BBC Explainer project replicated across the world by the broadcaster. At Jagran, he developed editorial guides and trained journalists on integrity and content quality. He has also worked at the intersection of journalism and education. At the Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad, he developed a website that simplified academic research in management. At Bennett University's Times School of Media in Noida, he taught students the craft of digital journalism: from newsgathering and writing, to social media strategy and video storytelling. Having moved from a small town to a bigger town to a mega city for education and work, his intellectual passions lie at the intersection of society, politics, and popular culture — a perspective that informs both his writing and his view of the world. When not working, he is constantly reading long-form journalism or watching brainrot content, sometimes both at the same time.Read More

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