Top 10 Richest People In Kolkata In 2025
The top 10 richest people of Kolkata have not just contributed to the economic well-being of the city, but they have also been an inspirational model for upcoming business executives. Their stories are followed by generations because of their tenacity, creativity, and dedication to excellence. Today, let's talk about some of these personalities.
1. Harsh Neotia
He is well-known in the real estate sector. Mr. Harsh has played an important role in transforming the city's infrastructure through his company, Ambuja Neotia Group. They have created many properties all over our country. The Union government designated "Udayan was Harshavardhana Neotia's first project, as a "Model Housing Project." He is also credited with developing Kolkata's modern Public-Private Partnership (PPP) housing system.
2. Purnendu Chatterjee
He is the chairperson of The Chatterjee Group (TCG), which has alone spent more than $3.5 billion in India over the past ten years. He is a graduate of IIT Kharagpur and the University of California, Berkeley and he joined McKinsey in 1976 and was made a partner at the age of 34. Inspiring, right?
3. Rajesh Kewat
He is one of the youngest and most enthusiastic entrepreneurs on the list who worked towards making the legal path easy and accessible to ordinary people. He has helped many people exercise their fundamental rights.
4. S.K. Birla
Mr. Sudarshan Kumar Birla is a scion of the Birla family. Under his leadership, the cement and jute industries saw drastic growth. He heads the S. K. Birla group, which once consisted of several companies, like DIGJAM, Digvijay Woolen Mills, Mysore Cement, Birla Eastern, Nabin Industries, Xpro India.
5. Prasoon Mukherjee
He recently made a sizable investment in India. The Chief Ministers of states like West Bengal and Gujarat have been very welcoming to him for his interest in ports, power, tourism, hospitality, townships, and industrial parks.
6. H. P Goenka
He, along with his partner R. S Agarwal, are the co-founders of Emami Group, which is a major player in the FMCG sector.
7. Aveek Sarkar
He is the owner of two newspapers and nine magazines, which include Fortune India and four TV channels (ABP News, ABP Majha, ABP Ananda, and Sananda TV).
8. Kaustav Ray
He is the chairperson of the RP Group and has ventured into the media, agro-foods, sports, ceramics, and IT industries.
9. Satya Prasad Roy Burman
He is the chairperson of Khadims Group and a significant leader in the Indian leather industry.
10. Asim Ghosh
The CEO of Husky Energy is most likely the first CEO on this list who is not a promoter. From 1998 until 2009, Mr. Ghosh held the positions of MD and CEO of Hutchison Essar Ltd. before becoming the CEO of Husky Energy in Canada.
