Mumbai Dominates GROHE Hurun India Real Estate Rich List 2018 followed by New Delhi and Bengaluru

·        Total wealth of top 100 Indians in Real Estate sector stood at INR 236,610 crore (USD 32.7 bn) – up 27% against 2017

·        Mangal Prabhat Lodha (62) of Lodha Group ranked at top spot with total wealth of INR 27,150 crore

·        Jitendra Virwani (52), of Embassy secures #2 spot with total wealth of INR 23,160 crore followed by Rajiv Singh (59) of DLF at #3 with total wealth of INR 17,690 crore

·        Renuka Talwar of DLF featured as the richest woman in GROHE Hurun India Real Estate Rich List 2018 – 8 more women feature in the list

·        3 cities - Mumbai, New Delhi and Bengaluru are home to 78% of the top 100 rich listers

·        59% of the names featured on the list are first-generation entrepreneurs

·        Average age of the individuals in the list is 59 while average wealth is INR 2,366 crore

·        Kunal Menda (24) of RMZ is the youngest to feature on the list while, Prithvi Raj Singh Oberoi (89) of East India Hotels is the eldest

·        Piramal Realty, founded by Anand Piramal, storms into top 10

by Najuka G

Mumbai, November 2018: Hurun Report and GROHE India today unveiled the second edition of ‘GROHE Hurun India Real Estate Rich List 2018’ – featuring the richest real estate entrepreneurs in India. The 2018 edition of the GROHE Hurun India Real Estate Rich List is topped by Mangal Prabhat Lodha of Lodha Group followed by Jitendra Virwani of Embassy Group at #2 and Rajiv Singh of DLF at #3. Mumbai is the most preferred city of residence for real estate tycoons in India with 35 names hailing from the city, followed by Delhi (22) and Bengaluru (21). The total wealth of top 100 real estate barons featured in the list accounted for INR 236,610 crore (USD 32.7 bn) in 2018 – up 27% against 2017 edition’s cumulative wealth of INR 186,700 crore (USD 28.6 bn). The List was compiled on the basis of net worth of living Indians as on 30^th September, 2018 when the rate of exchange to the US Dollar stood at INR 72.46. The list relates to Indians only, defined as born or brought up in India.

59% of the names featured in 2018 edition of GROHE Hurun India Real Estate Rich List are first generation entrepreneurs. The average age of the participants is 59 years – with the youngest being 24 years (Kunal Menda of RMZ) and the eldest being of 89 years (Prithvi Raj Singh Oberoi of East India Hotels). Only four names aged below 40 years were featured in the list – indicating that the experienced and long standing names build wealth in the long run from this sector in India. 9 women too feature on the list – with Renuka Talwar of DLF being the richest woman ranked #19. Among the 10 debutants in the list, Rameshwar Rao Jupally of My Home Constructions ranked the highest at #14 among the top 100.

Commenting on the launch of the GROHE Hurun India Real Estate Rich List 2018, Anas Rahman Junaid, MD and Chief Researcher, Hurun Report India, said “Real Estate sector in India has always been among the key wealth creators in the country. The combined wealth of top 100 names listed by us in 2018 stands at USD 32.3 billion – or in other words a billion dollar more than the GDP of Cyprus. It is also an industry that demands patience and persistence – with average age of the participants on the list hovering around 59 years and accounting for 59% of the first generation entrepreneurs. India perhaps accounts for the largest population of homeless people in the world and aptly, the government is embarking on its most ambitious housing program. At the same time, the Indian economy is back on track and is expected to uplift millions of people to better economic condition – thereby further improving the demand for the real estate – across premium, residential, office and commercial segments. In the coming years, value creation in the wake of greater transparency and institutionalisation in the sector is expected to take the sector to a new orbit.’’

Speaking at the launch, Audrey Yeo, Vice President, Marketing, GROHE Asia, said; “The Indian real estate is maturing owing to multiple factors. One, the new breed of home buyers is more informed and quality conscious – thereby demanding premium - better living spaces. Two, with RERA, the transparency and quality assurance of the projects has moved to the developers. And three, India continues to reap its demographic dividend with millions of young, ambitious people with high purchasing power fuelling the consumption across industries.”

“The GROHE Hurun India Real Estate Rich List 2018 celebrates the champions who are altering the course of a promising industry by not only creating wealth for themselves, but most successfully serving the consumer aspirations in India best. GROHE, a leader in premium sanitary fittings is committed to bringing well designed products and world class technology to consumers, and these developers are the powerful movers and shakers of the industry who appreciate and acknowledge the best world has to offer. Being a partner to most the names on the list, it gives me great joy to say at GROHE India, we are extremely proud to be in good company”, added Audrey.

Top 10 in GROHE HURUN INDIA REAL ESTATE RICH LIST 2018

Rank	Name	Net Worth  INR crore	Main Company	City of Residence
1	Mangal Prabhat Lodha	27,150	Lodha	Mumbai
2	Jitendra Virwani	23,160	Embassy	Bengaluru
3	Rajiv Singh	17,690	DLF	New Delhi
4	Chandru Raheja	14,420	K Raheja	Mumbai
5	Vikas Oberoi	10,980	Oberoi Realty	Mumbai
6	Niranjan Hiranandani	7,880	Hiranandani	Mumbai
6	Surendra Hiranandani	7,880	Hiranandani	Singapore
8	Ajay Piramal & family	6,380	Piramal Realty	Mumbai
9	Manoj Menda	5,900	RMZ	Bengaluru
9	Raj Menda	5,900	RMZ	Bengaluru

Source: Hurun Research Institute 2018. GROHE Hurun India Real Estate Rich List 2018

GROHE Hurun India Real Estate Rich List 2018 by City

Rank	City	No. of individuals	Richest  Individual	Net Worth  INR Crore
1	Mumbai	35	Mangal Prabhat Lodha	27,150
2	New Delhi	22	Rajiv Singh	17,690
3	Bengaluru	21	Jitendra Virwani	23,160
4	Pune	5	Atul Chordia	1,810
5	Hyderabad	4	Rameshwar Rao Jupally	3,370
6	Noida	2	RK Arora	510
6	Chennai	2	M Arun Kumar, K R Anerudan	680
6	Gurugram	2	Roop Kumar Bansal	1,990
6	Cochin	2	KV Abdul Azeez & family	650
10	Kolkata	1	Harshvardhan Neotia & family	1,880
10	Thane	1	Shailesh Puranik & family	370
10	Ahmedabad	1	Gautam Adani & family	2720

Source: Hurun Research Institute 2018. GROHE Hurun India Real Estate Rich List 2018

Debut in GROHE HURUN INDIA REAL ESTATE RICH LIST 2018 (self-made entrepreneurs)

Rank	Name	Net Worth INR Crore	Company
1	Rameshwar Rao Jupally	3,370	My Home Constructions
2	Raja Bagmane	2,940	Bagmane Developers
3	Gautam Adani & family	2,720	Adani Realty
4	Roop Kumar Bansal	1,990	M3M India
5	Basant Bansal	1,980	M3M India
6	Patanjali Govind Keswani & family	1,870	Lemon Tree
7	Atul Chordia	1,810	Panchshil Realty & Developers
8	Anil Bhalla	990	Vatika
9	Suresh L Raheja & family	880	Raheja Universal
10	Vijay Vasudev Wadhwa	860	Wadhwagroup Holdings

Source: Hurun Research Institute 2018.GROHE Hurun India Real Estate Rich List 2018

GROHE HURUN INDIA REAL ESTATE RICH LIST 2018 – The Biggest Gainers

No	Name	Wealth (INR crore)	% Change	Company	Primary Segment
1	Manoj Menda	5,900	122%	RMZ	Commercial
2	Raj Menda	5,900	122%	RMZ	Commercial
3	Ajay Piramal & family	6,380	75%	Piramal Realty	Residential
4	Harshavardhan Neotia & family	1,880	66%	Ambuja Neotia	Residential
5	Jude Romell & Dominic Romell	720	61%	Romell Real Estate	Commercial
6	Sunil Mittal & family	1,230	54%	Bharti Realty	Commercial
7	Boman Rustom Irani	1,150	52%	Keystone Realtors	Residential
8	Percy Sorabji Chowdhry	580	52%	Keystone Realtors	Residential
9	Chandresh Dinesh Mehta	580	52%	Keystone Realtors	Residential
10	Jitendra Virwani	23,160	39%	Embassy	Commercial

Source: Hurun Research Institute 2018. GROHE Hurun India Real Estate Rich List 2018

About Hurun Report India : “Passionate About Indian Entrepreneurship” Hurun Report India commenced operations in 2012 and has been bringing to light stories of successful and emerging Indian entrepreneurs ever since, felicitating them at a bouquet of Hurun events hosted pan-India. Hurun Report India serves as India’s definitive voice celebrating wealth creation, innovation and growth. Last year, Hurun further expanded its repertoire by releasing the Hurun Global Rich List 2017, a ranking of the 2,694 US dollar billionaires, so-called ‘Nine-Zero Club’, currently in the world and the seventh India Rich List which ranks the 831 richest individuals in India, allowing for comparisons between some of the most dynamic economies in the world. The purpose of this list is to try and tell the story of modern India through the eyes of an entrepreneur.  For the full details, please refer to on www.hurunindia.net

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