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Top 10 richest tech billionaires in India 2025 list: India’s billionaire count continues to rise, with Forbes recording 205 billionaires from the country on its 2025 list—up from 200 last year.
As the country’s technology sector continues to thrive, creating visionary, wealthy pioneers that drive innovation and economic growth, around 14 of them are leading the charge in the field, which is also the second-most represented industry among billionaires globally.
Shiv Nadar, co-founder of HCL Technologies, leads the list of India’s tech billionaires with a net worth of $31.5 billion and also ranks as the fourth richest Indian, according to the Forbes Real-Time Billionaire List 2025.
Among other notable tech billionaires in India are Azim Premji of Wipro, N R Narayana Murthy, Senapathy ‘Kris’ Gopalakrishnan, Nandan Nilekani, and K Dinesh, all founders of Infosys.
Radha Vembu, the founder of Zoho, is recognised as the wealthiest Indian woman in the tech industry, with an estimated net worth of $3.2 billion, ranking #5 on the list.
Her brother, Sekar Vembu, ranks #10, with a net worth of $2.4 billion.
At #11 is Bhavish Aggarwal, founder and CEO of ride-hailing company Ola Cabs, making his debut on the Forbes Billionaire List this year, following the successful IPO of Ola Electric Mobility.
| Industry Rank | World Rank | Name | Net Worth | Company / Source of Wealth |
| 1 | 64 | Shiv Nadar | $31.5 B | HCL |
| 2 | 281 | Azim Premji | $10.6 B | Wipro |
| 3 | 917 | N R Narayana Murthy | $4.4 B | Infosys |
| 4 | 1135 | Senapathy Gopalakrishnan | $3.5 B | Infosys |
| 5 | 1260 | Radha Vembu | $3.2 B | Zoho |
| 6 | 1280 | Sanjeev Bikhchandani | $3.1 B | Info Edge |
| 7 | 1316 | Nandan Nilekani | $3.0 B | Infosys |
| 8 | 1535 | Anand Deshpande | $2.6 B | Persistent Systems |
| 9 | 1653 | K Dinesh | $2.4 B | Infosys |
| 10 | 1656 | Sekar Vembu | $2.4 B | Zoho |
Note: Forbes Real-Time Billionaire List 2025 | Net Worth as of September 30, 2025
Elon Musk remains the world’s richest person and a leader in the technology industry, with an estimated net worth of approximately $489.9 billion. Besides Tesla and SpaceX, his artificial intelligence (AI) startup, xAI, has become a growing contributor to his fortune.
Musk is followed by Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison ($343.7 billion), Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg ($254.6 billion), and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos ($234.8 billion), all of whom are among the richest individuals across the globe.
