Indian billionaires got younger but the average Indianscontinue to get older as the median age of crorepatis fell to 57 in 2026, from 63 last year and will continue to reduce, according to a report of 360 ONE Wealth Management, which maps thousands of top Indian billionaires and ultra-high-net-worth individuals.

Indicating irreversible arithmetic of demographics, the median age of an Indians has increased to 29 and is expected to increase, said the findings of the 360 ONE Wealth Creators’ report, which is based on a sample of 3,040 people with a minimum wealth value of ₹425 crore. The total wealth of the cohort surveyed was ₹104 lakh crore.

This means it is the people who entered professional age after the economic liberalisation of India after 1990. This cohort understood old constraints and new possibilities, the authors said.

The list covered people aged between 7 years to 96 years. It is more expansive than the previous year’s report, which had a list of 2,013 billionaires with combined wealth of ₹100 lakh crore, however the minimum wealth to be considered in the report was at a higher ₹500 crore.

According to the report which was written in collaboration with CRISIL Intelligence, the average wealth of a wealth creator was ₹3,413 crore, up from ₹1,475 crore in the previous year’s study. The median wealth created per person, which excludes extreme values, was at ₹1,005 crore.

The wealthiest age group however, was 60-69 years, comprising 25.8% of the wealth share. Those who were in the range of 50 and 59 years, comprised 15.5% of the wealth share; implying that about half of the wealth creators were in the age group 50 and 69.

The average wealth of a GenZ and millennials wealth creator was ₹5,094 crore. However, the silent generation ,which comprises people older than 80, had an average wealth of ₹5,606 crore. The former will soon inherit from the latter.

The report also found 738 women hold 22.6% of total list wealth at an average of ₹3,184 crore. Among the 51 women under 40, the average holding is ₹6,542 crore the highest of any female age cohort.

Traditional sectors account for 83% of individual list wealth across 2,267 creators. The new economy holds 15.5% through 711 individuals. By creator count, 23.3% of the list built wealth in new economy sectors a gap that reflects time in market rather than structural disadvantage.

Published - July 29, 2026 09:03 pm IST