Bollywood superstar enters the billionaire club
Bollywood Superstari Shah Rukh Khan joined the billionaire club for the first time according to a new list and became one of the richest actors in the world
According to Hurun India Rich List 2025, the annual ranking of the richest individuals of India, the net value of 59 -year -old is estimated to be an amazing $ 1.4 billion (£ 1.03 billion).
This puts him in the global celebrities league like Arnold Schwarzenegger, Pop Star Rihanna, Golfeçü Tiger Woods and singer Taylor Swift, the net value is fixed at $ 1.6 billion Forbes magazine.
Other Bollywood personalities on the list include actors Juhi Chawla, actors Hrithik Roshan and Amitabh Bachchan and film director Karan Johar.
Usually called the King of Romanticism of Bollywood, Khan spent over thirty years in the Hindi film industry for more than thirty years and rediscovered himself to operate a larger producer house and have a cricket team.
“Khan’s billionaire status is mainly due to his shares in Red Chillies Entertainment [his production company] And Knight Rider Sports [his IPL cricket club]”The founder and chief researcher of Hurun India, Anas Rahman Junaid, told the BBC.
Other sources of income include film earnings, advertisements and worldwide real estate investments.
According to Mr. Junaid, Khan’s entry into the billionaire list is a reflection of India’s changing nature of economic growth driving forces.
“As the Indian economy matures and moves to the next stage of creating reserves, we see that new value centers emerged beyond traditional sectors such as production, CT and banking.” He said.
Authorized, sports, entertainment and IP -oriented enterprises are now “serious motors of creating a reserve in India,” he added.
According to Mr. Junaid, this is similar to the rich lists dominated by industrialists and bankers, from Michael Jordan and LeBron James to Oprah Winfrey and Beyoncé, and the rich lists with famous leaders, media and famous leaders.
However, according to Forbes, although many celebrities are incredibly rich, “it is rare that net values reach up to ten figures”, two dozen The people on the planet have achieved this success.
The other four Bollywood celebrities and their families enter the Hurun’s list this year, while Khan’s reserve is expected to be significantly higher.
Juhi Chawla – Khan’s common star in various films – and family feature, the net value of $ 880 million.
Hrithik Roshan, who also ranks third with a net value of 260 million dollars in the list, is around $ 200 million director Karan Johar and actor Amitabh Bachchan and his family about $ 183 million.
In 2024, when Johar sold 50% stake in the production company Dharma Productions, he was sold to headlines, for $ 119 million to the billionaire Adar Poonawala, India’s best vaccine manufacturer.
The number of general billionaires in India exceeded 350 people this year, billionaires Mukesh Ambani and Gautam Adani, Hurun, the first two points, according to India.
