Published on Aug 14, 2025
Current Affairs
Hurun-Barclays report
Hurun-Barclays report

♦The Ambani family topped the 2025 Hurun India Most Valuable Family Businesses list for the second consecutive year, with a valuation of Rs.28.2 lakh crore i.e. about one-twelfth of India’s GDP.

♦ The Kumar Mangalam Birla family rose to second place with a valuation of Rs.6.5 lakh crore, up Rs.1.1 lakh crore.

♦ The Jindal family entered the top three at Rs.5.7 lakh crore, marking a Rs.1 lakh crore gain.

♦ The top three family businesses are valued at $471 billion (Rs.40.4 lakh crore), up Rs.4.6 lakh crores, equivalent to the GDP of the Philippines.

♦ The second edition of this annual list has grown bigger and richer, adding 100 new entrants to cover 300 families, who together control a combined $1.6 trillion (Rs.134 lakh crore) in value — a figure that surpasses the combined GDP of Turkey and Finland.

♦ India’s Top 10 Most Valuable Family Businesses in 2025:

Rank Business Group   Family Name   Valuation (Rs. Crore)
1  Reliance Industries Limited Ambani Family 28,23,100
2 Aditya Birla Group  Kumar Mangalam Birla Family   6,47,700
3 JSW Group Jindal Family 5,70,900
4 Bajaj Group Bajaj Family  5,64,200
5 Mahindra Group Mahindra Family 5,43,800
6 HCL Nadar Family  4,68,900
7  Cholamandalam Investment & Finance Murugappa Family 2,92,400
8 Wipro Premji Family 2,78,600
9 Hindustan Zinc Anil Agarwal Family 2,55,000
10 Asian Paints Dani, Choksi & Vakil Families 2,20,900