Sunil Mittal Bucks the trend: Only billionaire to get richer in 2025 Forbes India list - see its net worth

The richest billionaires in India have had a decline in their joint net worth over the past year, except for a telecommunications magnate that disregarded all trends. Sunil Mittal, founder and chairman of Indian telecommunications giant Bharti Airtel, jumped into Forbes’ top 10 richest in India list, released earlier this week. It even comes as a weaker rupee and a 3% drop in the benchmark Sensex over the past year has led to 9% erosion in joint wealth to $ 1 trillion. According to the richest 2025 list of Forbes India, Sunil Mittal ranks climbed to become the fourth richest person in India, and only Mukesh Ambani, Gautam Adani and Savitri Jindal. What is Sunil Mittal’s net worth now? Bharti Airtel Sunil Mittal has a net worth of $ 34.2 billion, which shows the richest 2025 list of Forbes India. The telecommunications magnate increased its wealth by $ 3.5 billion. As a result, Mittal jumped three places to rank fourth place on the list, a position he obtained in 2008. Why did Sunil Mittal’s wealth increase? The leap in the net worth of Sunil Mittal bought from a mega interest in 2024. The Bharti Airtel Chairman’s Bharti Enterprises company has acquired a 24.5 percent stake in British telecommunications giant BT Group. Mittal joined the company’s board in September 2025. Who is Sunil Mittal? Sunil Mittal is the founder and chairman of Indian Telecom major Bharti Enterprises, which owns Bharti Airtel. He is a recipient of the Padma Bhushan, one of India’s highest civil honors. The telecommunications magnate was born in Punjab in 1957 and received his schooling at Mussorie and Gwalior. He studied at Panjab University, Chandigarh, in 1976 with a bachelor’s degree in economics and political science. Sunil Mittal started his first business with crankshaft of local bikes at the age of 18, just after graduating from the university, with a £ 20,000 capital investment borrowed from his father. Mittal was the pioneer of the mobile revolution in India. At a time when mobile telecommunications for the masses were considered inaccessible, Bharti Airtel made the business model a revolution to offer affordable voice and data services. The wealth of billionaires dropped in 2025, despite the fact that Sunil Mittal was an exception, other India billionaires had a decline in their net worth over the past year, according to Forbes. The richest person from India, Mukesh Ambani, remained a ‘Centibillionaire’ with a net worth of $ 105 billion. However, the wealth of the Reliance Industries has dropped 12 percent $ 14.5 billion over the past year. Gautam Adani, who lost the number 1 crown to Ambani, saw his wealth at $ 92 billion. Shiv Nadar of HCL Tech slipped into the Forbes list after 5th a time when the country’s IT businesses were hit with US President Donald Trump’s decision to impose $ 100,000 fees on new H1-B visas.