New Delhi: In terms of richest and most successful entrepreneurs of the region of India, Ahmedabad seems to come with a good number, along with some huge marks of excellence in the pharmaceutical world, energy sectors, infrastructure, and other industries-not just in India but internationally, as well. Here is the list of the five richest personalities of Ahmedabad.
- Gautam Shantilal Adani
Gautam Adani was born on June 24, 1962. He is an Indian billionaire who heads the Adani Group. The Adani Group is a giant firm which deals with port operations and development in India. Until November 2024, Adani is the second richest man in Asia and the 25th richest man in the world with an estimated net worth of $60 billion.
- Pankaj Patel
Pankaj Patel is a very renowned name in Indian pharmaceuticals. He runs Zydus Lifesciences, which his father founded under the banner of Cadila Healthcare way back in 1952. Pankaj joined the family business way back in 1976 and in 1995, after the two families that started the business parted ways, he became the head of the business.
- Cyrus Poonawalla
Cyrus Poonawalla is the chairman of Serum Institute of India, a vaccine manufacturer based in Pune, India, andAh the largest in the world. There, the company has taken in $1.8 billion in revenue in the fiscal year through March 2024. The Poonawalla family is also into finance, renewable energy, and real estate.
- Bhadresh Shah
AIA Engineering, the producer of specialized metal parts in an Ahmedabad facility, was founded by Bhadresh Shah, an alumnus of IIT Kanpur, when it was little more than a small foundry set up in 1978 and had grown into the US$ 623 million enterprise today. AIA ranks second in producing the highest volume of grinding parts around the world used by cement and mining industries among other such major users.
- Sudhir Uttamlal Mehta
Born in the year 1954, Sudhir Mehta is an Indian Billionaire businessman and a co-head of Torrent Group-a company that his father U.N. Mehta founded in the year 1959. His brother Samir runs the same company by seeking help of himself. By December 2024, the total wealth of Mehta brothers amounts to $16.4 billion while ranking at 16 th position in the list of India’s wealthiest people.
