Top 10 richest families in Asia (2025): 6 Indian families dominate in top 20

Indian Express

30-04-2025

Mukesh Ambani's children have joined Reliance Industries, which today leads as one of the most valuable and largest Indian companies. (Source: PTI)
Next is Thailand's largest private conglomerate with food, retail, and telecom divisions, the Pokphand Group, headed by Dhanin Chearavanont of the Chearavanont family. They have $42.6 billion in combined family wealth.
With a total wealth of $42.2 billion (Rs 3.66 lakh crore, approximately), Indonesia's richest family, the Hartono family, ranks third. Beginning with a tobacco brand, Djarum, that became the biggest cigarette manufacturer in Indonesia, their family company became more diversified and now also runs Bank Central Asia.
With a total wealth of $42.2 billion (Rs 3.66 lakh crore, approximately), Indonesia's richest family, the Hartono family, ranks third. Beginning with a tobacco brand, Djarum, that became the biggest cigarette manufacturer in Indonesia, their family company became more diversified and now also runs Bank Central Asia.
Rounding up the top 10, South Korea's Lee family, which has a total wealth of $22.7 billion, operates Samsung, one of the biggest tech companies in the world, which began as a trading company and grew into the technology sector with Samsung Electronics in 1938.
The Top 10 Richest Families in Asia, as of 2025:
Rank Family Name Company Wealth Location Generations
1 Ambani Reliance Industries $90.5B India 3
2 Chearavanont Charoen Pokphand Group $42.6B Thailand 4
3 Hartono Djarum, Bank Central Asia $42.2B Indonesia 3
4 Mistry Shapoorji Pallonji Group $37.5B India 5
5 Kwok Sun Hung Kai Properties $35.6B Hong Kong 3
6 Tsai Cathay Financial, Fubon Financial $30.9B Taiwan 3
7 Jindal OP Jindal Group $28.1B India 3
8 Yoovidhya TCP Group $25.7B Thailand 2
9 Birla Aditya Birla Group $23.0B India 7
10 Lee Samsung $22.7B South Korea 3
Source: Bloomberg
Methodology: The ranking has been compiled as of January 31, 2025, excluding the first-generation families and their wealth, led by the single heir like Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.'s Jack Ma and India's Gautam Adani. For each lineage, the overall net worth combines the wealth from different family branches.
Know which are India's Richest Families in 2025
The Birla family is India's oldest business family, having been passed down through seven generations, whereas the Mistry family has been led by five generations.
The Aditya Birla Group led by Kumar Mangalam Birla, which has interests in metals, financial services, and retail, began as a cotton-trading company in the nineteenth century before Ghanshyam Das Birla.
The Mistry family firm, on the other hand, was established in India in 1865 by Pallonji Mistry's grandfather, who started a construction business with an Englishman. Shapoorji Pallonji Group presently operates in diverse business fields, including engineering and construction.
However, most of the family fortune is held by Tata Sons, the principal holding company for the $400 billion Tata Group, one of India's major conglomerates. After the death of Ratan Tata, Noel Tata now leads the Tata Trusts.