American magazine Forbes recently released the much-awaited list of the world's richest people i.e. Forbes 2025 World's Richest People. As per Forbes, the United States has a record 902 billionaires, followed by China (516, including Hong Kong) and India (205). 10 richest Indians who are on the Forbes list are- Mukesh Ambani, Gautam Adani, Savitri Jindal & family, Shiv Nadar, Dilip Sanghvi, Cyrus Poonawala, Kumar Birla, Lakshmi Mittal, Radhakishan Damani, and Kushal Pal Singh. True Scoop brings you a list of Indian billionaires whose roots are from Punjab.
1) Sunil Bharti Mittal
With a net worth of $12.1 billion, Sunil Bharati Mittal is on the 195th spot on Forbes World's richest list. As per reports, Sunil Bharati Mittal hails from Ludhiana, Punjab and has also been a Rajya Sabha MP from Ludhiana on Congress ticket. Sunil Bharati Mittal is the founder and chairman of Bharti Enterprises, which has diversified interests in telecom, insurance, real estate, education, malls, hospitality, Agri, and food among other ventures. For the unversed, Bharti Airtel, the group's flagship company is one of the world's largest telecom companies.
2) Rajan Bharti Mittal
With a net worth of $7.9 billion, Rajan Bharti Mittal ranks 390 on the Forbes 2025 list. Rajan Bharti Mittal is the brother of Sunil Bharati Mittal who is born in Ludhiana, Punjab. As per reports, Rajan Bharti Mittal did his graduation from Panjab University and later completed his master's at Harvard Business School. Rajan Bharti Mittal, along with his brothers Sunil and Rakesh, set up Bharti Enterprises, an import business, in 1980.
3) Rakesh Bharti Mittal
With $7.9 billion, Rakesh Mittal, brother of Rajan and Sunil Bharti Mittal, ranks 390 on the Forbes List. He is a recipient of the Udyog Ratna Award 2023 from the Panjab University
4) Lachhman Das Mittal
With a net worth of $6 billion, Lachhman Das Mittal ranks 581 on the Forbes 2025 world's richest list. Hailing from Hoshairpur, Punjab, Lachhman Das Mittal is the owner and chairman of the Sonalika Group. Sonalika is basically a tractor-manufacturing automotive company.
5) Harindarpal Banga
Harindarpal Banga, Amritsar-born Chairman & CEO of The Caravel Group, ranks 1219 on Forbes 2025 list with a $3B net worth. His firm operates in resources trading, maritime services, and asset management.
6) Gurbachan Singh Dhingra
Gurbachan Singh Dhingra, vice chairman of Berger Paints has net worth of $3 Billion. His grandfather started paint business in Amritsar in 1898 in Amritsar.