Meet the Newcomers: 188 Entrepreneurs Storm into the Hurun India Rich List 2025

MUMBAI, India – Demonstrating the sheer dynamism of India's economy, a remarkable 188 new entrepreneurs have stormed their way into the Avendus Wealth Hurun India Rich List 2025. These new entrants, who have amassed their fortunes in fields ranging from deep-tech infrastructure to sustainable fashion, underscore a powerful story of disruption, innovation, and rapid wealth creation.

This year's list is not just about the established titans; it's about the new class of visionaries who are reshaping Indian capitalism.

The Trailblazing Newcomers

Among the impressive new faces, two stories stand out for their meteoric rise:

• Highest-Ranking New Entrant: Sameer Khanna (45), InfraGrid Solutions Debuting directly in the top 50 with a staggering net worth of ₹45,000 crore, Sameer Khanna is the founder of InfraGrid Solutions. His company builds AI-powered digital twins for major national infrastructure projects, including highways, ports, and smart cities, allowing for predictive maintenance and operational efficiency. A first-generation entrepreneur, Khanna's breakthrough came after securing multi-billion-dollar contracts under the National Infrastructure Pipeline, leading to a blockbuster IPO of his company earlier this year.

• Youngest Self-Made New Entrant: Aisha Khan (28), PixelWeave At just 28, Aisha Khan enters the list with a net worth of ₹1,800 crore. Her D2C (Direct-to-Consumer) sustainable fashion brand, PixelWeave, has become a sensation among Gen-Z consumers. Leveraging AI for zero-waste pattern making and a masterful social media strategy, Khan built her bootstrapped company into a profitable enterprise in under five years. Her success story epitomizes the power of digitally native brands in today's market.

Biggest Movers: The Fortunes Gained and Lost

The year was marked by dramatic shifts in fortune, driven by public market performance and sectoral trends.

• Biggest Gainer: Rajan Mehra, Mehra Green Energy The renewable energy tycoon was the year's biggest wealth gainer. Following the blockbuster IPO of his company's solar manufacturing arm, Mehra's net worth surged by an incredible 160% to reach ₹80,000 crore. The rally in green energy stocks, fueled by global ESG investment trends, propelled him into India's top 15 for the first time.

• Biggest Wealth Erosion: The Singhania Family, SK Chemicals Conversely, the commodity chemicals sector faced severe headwinds. The Singhania family, promoters of SK Chemicals, saw their net worth decline by nearly 40%. A crash in global commodity prices, coupled with rising energy costs, battered their company's stock, wiping out years of gains and highlighting the volatility of traditional, asset-heavy industries.

"The new entrants to our list are fearless, asset-light, and global in their thinking from day one," observed Anas Rahman Junaid, MD and Chief Researcher of Hurun India. "They are not just creating wealth; they are creating new categories and disrupting lethargic incumbents. This is the most dynamic list of newcomers we have ever seen."

Ravi Desai, Head of Equity Research at a leading financial services firm, added, "The market is clearly rewarding innovation and punishing cyclical dependencies. A successful IPO in a hot sector like renewables or tech can create more value in a year than a decade of stable operations in an older industry. The narratives of Mehra and the Singhanias are a textbook example of this capital reallocation."