Jan 7, 2025, 06:59 PM IST

Top richest people in Bengaluru, India’s Silicon Valley

Vaishali Shastri

Bengaluru, also called India’s Silicon Valley, is a hub of the country’s biggest tech startups. Many of India’s richest tech industrialists have homes here. Here’s a list.  

The Hurun India Rich List 2024 data indicates that Azim Premji, the former chairman of Wipro, is worth Rs 1,90,700 crore and the wealthiest person in Bengaluru is Premji. 

Azim Premji

Prestige Estates Projects' managing director, Irfan Razak, is worth Rs 43,600 crore. 

Irfan Razak

With a net worth of Rs 41,000 crore, Nitin Kamath, the CEO of Zerodha, is also one of the richest men in Bengaluru 

Nitin Kamath

S Gopalakrishnan, a co-founder of Infosys, is included in the top 5 richest industrialists in Bengaluru with a net worth of Rs 38,500 crore. 

S Gopalakrishnan

N R Narayana Murthy, a co-founder of Infosys, is worth Rs 36,600 crore.

Narayana Murthy

Grandhi Mallikarjuna Rao or GM Rao is the founder and chairman of GMR Group. He has a net worth of Rs 28,587 crore. 

GM Rao

Ruth Chepngetich of Kenya set the record for the fastest women's marathon at the 2024 Chicago Marathon, completing the race in 2 hours, 9 minutes, and 56 seconds. This achievement made her the first woman to finish a marathon in under 2 hours and 10 minutes.

Fastest Marathon by Female