Kamath Brothers, Bansals India's Youngest Billionaires, According to Forbes

Kamath Brothers, Bansals India's Youngest Billionaires, According to Forbes
Zerodha founders Nithin and Nikhil Kamath, and Flipkart founders Sachin and Binny Bansal are the youngest billionaires in India, according to the Forbes Billionaires List 2024.

Nikhil Kamath continues to be India's youngest billionaire at 37, with a net worth of $3.1 billion. His assets graph has only grown in the last one year.

His elder brother Nithin Kamath, 44, has a net worth of $4.8 billion.

The Kamath brothers' net worth has seen a significant increase in the last one year. They are based in Bengaluru.

Forbes described discounted brokerage firm Zerodha, which the social media-savvy Kamaths founded in 2010, as the company that "went on to disrupt the brokerage market in India".

Binny Bansal, who founded Flipkart with Sachin Bansal in 2007 as an online seller of books, has a net worth of $1.4 billion.

Sachin Bansal, 42, holds assets worth $1.2 billion.

While Binny Bansal's assets graph has been stagnant in the past one year, Sachin Bansal's assets have declined. Despite that, they both continue to be among the youngest billionaires in India.

Reliance Industries boss Mukesh Ambani continues to be the richest Indian, with a net worth of $116 billion. He is also the sixth richest person in the world. His company deals across an array of sectors -- petrochemicals, oil and gas, telecom, retail and financial services.

His assets grew remarkably in the last one year, from $83.4 billion in 2023 to $116 billion in 2024.

Renuka Jagtiani, chairwoman of Dubai-headquartered retail giant Landmark Group, is among the 25 new Indian billionaires featured on the annual Forbes list of the richest people in the world.

This year, global music icon Taylor Swift, 34, was officially declared a billionaire by Forbes. The magazine said she is the first artist to achieve billionaire status solely on the basis of her music, and estimated she has a $1.1 billion fortune.

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