RANKED: Top 7 richest Indian professional managers, Satya Nadella is 2nd, Sundar Pichai and Shantanu Narayen are on…, No. 1 will surprise you
GH News October 03, 2025 09:06 PM

Top 7 Richest Professional Managers 2025: India has a strong and fast-growing economy and one of the major markets in the world. The country is also emerging as a global wealth hub with over 1680 individuals holding wealth of more than Rs 1000 crore - an increase of 148 from 2024. These wealthy people’s combined net worth is approx. Rs 167 lakh crore which is almost half of India’s GDP according to the Hurun India Rich List 2025.
Who Is Dominating The Top 3 Richest Professional Managers 2025 List?
According to the recently published Hurun India report entrepreneurs and founders are dominating the richest Indian professional managers list. It also highlights that most of these professionals who are based in India are getting plenty of opportunities to grow their businesses. The data also highlights that the country is producing world-class professional executives who are playing critical roles in taking the growth of global corporations to new heights.
Hurun Rich List: Top 10 Richest Indian And Indian-origin Professional Managers This Year
Rank
Name
Wealth (INR Cr)
Country
Company
Age
1
Jayshree Ullal
Rs 50170
USA
Arista Networks
64
2
Satya Nadella
Rs 9770
USA
Microsoft
58
3
Nikesh Arora
Rs 9190
USA
Palo Alto Networks
57
4
Ignatius Navil Noronha
Rs 6570
India
Avenue Supermarts
50
5
Ajaypal Singh Banga
Rs 5970
USA
Investments
65
5
Thomas Kurian
Rs 5900
USA
Investments
59
7
Sundar Pichai
Rs 5810
USA
Google
53
8
Indra K Nooyi
Rs 5130
USA
PepsiCo
69
9
Shantanu Narayen
Rs 4670
USA
Adobe
62
10
Ajit Jain
Rs 2950
USA
Berkshire Hathaway
74
How Many Professional Managers Featured In This Year’s Hurun India Rich List?
This year as many as 16 professional managers featured in the Hurun’s Richest Professional Managers 2025 list. Notably most of these managers are based in United States working for Tech giants such as Google and Adobe.
It is worth noting that the only India-based top-ranking CEO is Ignatius Navil Noronha. The 50-year-old who is the CEO of Avenue Supermarts (D-Mart) secured the fourth position in the list with a whopping wealth of Rs 6570 crore.
Who Are The Top 3 Richest Professional Managers In 2025?
According to Hurun India Rich List 2025 64-year-old Jayshree Ullal again led the list. She is currently serving as the CEO of Arista Networks and her wealth is Rs 50170 crore. This year Jayshree succeeded in beating Microsoft’s Satya Nadella and Palo Alto Networks’ CEO Nikesh Arora in terms of overall wealth. The net worth of Nikesh Arora is Rs 9190. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has a wealth of Rs 9770 crore.
Among other notable names Google’s CEO Sundar Pichai is in 7th position with a wealth of Rs 5810. The wealth of former PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi has risen to Rs 5130 crore.