India's IT Titans Dominating The Billionaire List

The Indian tech sector is one of the country's most promising and ever-growing industries, with tech experts growing to $180.6 billion in FY25. In FY23, India's IT sector contributed 7.5 per cent to the nation's GDP, a figure estimated to grow by 10 per cent by FY25. This growth did not happen overnight; for an outcome like this, one must be a visionary to come up with such high-yielding companies. There are a lot of people who have contributed to this over the decades. Here is the Forbes Rich List for India, stating India's tech magnates' net worth.

Entrepreneurs with more than $4 billion in net worth

Businessman and philanthropist Shiv Nadar is one of the pioneers of India's booming IT industry. With a whopping $33.2B net worth, he tops this list. He founded HCL in 1976, transforming it from an IT Hardware company to a global IT enterprise. Followed by Azim Premji, the Czar of the Indian IT industry, with a $10.8B net worth, played an instrumental role in Wipro's transformation. Besides being a businessman, he's also a philanthropist who focuses on improving India's education sector.

Standing third is Sridhar Vembu & siblings with a total of $6.0B. Sridhar Vembu is the founder and CEO of Zoho Corporation. He founded AdventNet Inc. in 1996, which later became Zoho. This tech company serves over 130 million users. With an income of $4.6B, N R Narayana Murthy is one of the co-founders of Infosys, an IT giant. He played an important role in taking the company global. He is the recipient to Padma Shri and Padma Vibhushan awards.

Senapathy Gopalakrishnan, having a $3.7B net worth is one of Infosys' seven co-founders, Senapathy' Kris' Gopalakrishnan has served in various leadership roles in the company. Post his retirement from Infosys, Gopalakrishnan has become a prominent figure in India's start-up ecosystem.

Sanjeev Bikhchandani & family have a total of $3.43B. He is the founder of Info Edge, which was founded in 1995, followed by Naukri.com in 1997, which is India's largest web-based job portal.

Another one of the co-founders of Infosys, Nandan Nilekani has a net worth of $3.2B. He took on a public service role as the chairman of Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) after his time at Infosys as CEO.