List of Top Richest Person in Karnataka

Gurukiran also known as Gurukiran Shetty who is an Indian music director, Singer and Actor. He mainly appears in Kannada Movies. In his active carrier, he acted in many movies such as "Upendra", "Uppi 2", "Nagavalli", etc.

Shashi Kiran Shetty is an Indian businessman who is Chairman and Managing Director, Allcargo Logistics Ltd & ECU Hold NV (Belgium). As per find information he was born on 7 June 1959 in Bantwal, Mangalore. Today, he best known as Richest personality from Mangalore with an approximately net worth 900million$.

Thumbay Moideen is an Indian Successful businessman from Mangalore who leading as Founder of Thumbay Group. He is also listed in the list of “Richest Persons in Mangalore” with 2 billion$ net worth.

Rajesh Mehta is a famous businessman of India who was born on 21st June 1964 in Bangalore city. He is the founder and chairman of jewellery company Rajesh Exports. He completed his education from National College, Bangalore. He married with Leena Mehta and have 2 sons. He is one of the billionaire of Bangalore with a total net worth of 2.6 billion US dollar.    

B. R. Shetty was born on August 1, 1942 in Karnataka. He is founder of Abu Dhabi based NMC Healthcare. He is also non-executive chairman of NMC Healthcare. He is the chairman of UAE Exchange. He is also founder, CEO and MD of Neopharma and also the founder of BRS Ventures. The net worth of B. R. Shetty is US$ 3.9 Billion.

Sunder Genomal have the net worth $1.8 Billion. He is the biggest licencees for inner wear maker Jockey in the world. He bringing Jockey to India in 1994 and share his wealth with his two brothers

Nandan Nilekani was born on 2 June 1955 in Banglore, Karnataka, India. He is a popular Indian entrepreneur, politician and bureaucrat. He is the co-founder and non executive chairman of Infosys India leading multinational organisation. In replacing R Seshasayee and Ravi Venkatesan he is the non executive chairman of Infosys. Nilekani is also the chairman of Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI). He started his career from Patni Computer Systems, Mumbai in 1978. The net worth of Nandan Nilekani is $1.9 Billion. Nilekani became one of the youngest entrepreneurs to join 20 global leaders on the World Economic Forum (WEF) Foundation Board in January 2006,  

Ranjan Pai is the chairman of the Manipal Education and Medical Group. He have 6 colleges in Malaysia, Nepal and Dubai also have 16 hospitals all over the world. The net worth is $1.72 Billion.

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw is the 65th richest person in India. He was born on 23 March 1953 in Banglore, Karnataka. She is the chairman and managing director of Biocon (biotechnology company) Limited. This is Asia's largest insulin producer company. The Net worth is US$2.1 Billion.

Azim Hashim Premj was born on 24th July 1945 in Mumbai, Maharashtra. He is famous business tycoon of India and and philanthropist. Premji is a chairman of Wipro Limited, Muhammed Hashim Premji incorporated Western Indian Vegetable Products Ltd, based at Amalner, a small town in the Jalgaon district of Maharashtra. In 2010 he became the 20th most power person of the world and India Today magazine also ranked him 9th in India's 50 Most powerful people of 2017 list. Azim Premji founded Azim Premji Foundation which focused on education in India in 2001. He was awarded an honorary from doctorate Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Mysore University and Wesleyan University.  

Grandhi Mallikarjuna Rao is a famous billionaire and Industrialist who was born on 14th July 1950 in Rajam, Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh. He is the founder and chairman of GMR Group a global infrastructure developer in India. He is one of the richest person of Bangalore with a net worth of 1.2 billion US dollar. He was received Economic Times Entrepreneur of the year Award in 2007.  

Rajinikanth is a famous actor, screenwriter, producer, politician and philanthropist whose official name is Shivaji Rao Ramoji Rao Gaekwad. He was born on 12th December 1949 in Bangalore city, Mysore State (now Karnataka), India. He is the highest paid actor in Asia after Jackie Chan. He made his first debut with the movie Apoorva Raagangal. His movies did a huge blast at Indian boxing office. He is an Indian film actor and politician. He works primarily in Tamil cinema. Now he is the great actor in Bollywood. He is the role model of young actors. The Government of India has honored him with the Padma Bhushan in 2000. In 2016, The Government of India honored him with Padma Vibhushan for his contributions to the arts. His net worth is $55 million US dollars.  

Senapathy Gopalakrishnan is a famous Indian businessman who was born on 5th April 1955 in Thiruvanathapuram, Kerala. He is the executive vice chairman of Infosys and also one of its seven founders, Infosys is a global consulting and IT service company. He completed his education from Indian Institute of Technology Madras. He is one of the richest person of Bangalore with total net worth of US$ 2.2 billion. He started his career from Mumbai in 1979 as a software engineer with Patni Computers.  

N.R. Narayana Murthy is a famous businessman of India and IT industrialist. Narayana Murthy is the chairman of the Board and Chief Mentor of Infosys Technologies Limited. It is a multinational corporation that providing business consulting, technology and engineering. It is an outsourcing company. The Net worth of Narayan Murthy is $2.2 billion.. He holds a degree in electrical engineering from National Institute of Engineering, University of Mysore.  

Suraj Gowda is an Indian Actor who appeared in Kannada language films. He was born on 13 April 1988 in Mysore, Karnataka. He is also a model & businessman who best known as “Mr. Karnatak” in modeling. Apart from movies, she also acted in many TV shows and contest such as “Paradeshadalli”, “Mr. Mysore”, “Mr. Karnataka”.

Navya Swamy is an Indian TV actress who acted in a number of TV Shows such as “Roja-2018”, “Lakshmi Stores 2018”, “Avalum Naanum 2018-2019”, “Lakshmi Kalyanam” & many more. Navya was born on 17th March 1990 in Mysore, Karnatak and now she is a famous celebrity who working Telugu, Tamil & Kannada Television Industry. Navya also known as “Richest Person from Mysore” .

Pratibha Prahlad is an Indian Dancer who was born on 29 January 1962. She specialized for Bharat Natyam dance. Pratibha also an educator, choreographer, arts administrator & author. She was born on 29 January 1962 in Mysuru. Pratibha also received a number of awards such as Padma Shri, Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for Dance – Bharatanatyam.

Krishna is an Indian Actor who also known with many names such as Sunil Nagappa, Darling Krishna , Madarangi Krishna, Krishna Nagappa. He was born on 12 June 1985 in Mysore & recently working in South Film Industry.

Sadhu Kokila is an Indian film actor who also belongs to Mysore. He was born on 24 Mach 1966 in Mysuru, Karnataka. In his filmy carrier, he acted in a number of films such as “Super-2010”, “Kariya 2-2017”, “Rama Krishna-2004”, “Neelkanth-2006” & many more.

S.K. Shivakumar is an Indian Scientist who was born on 13 April 2019 in Mysuru. However, today he is not alive but we can’t forget his great work. Indian government also awarded him with Padma Shri award. He was born on 1953 & died on 13 April 2019, Bengaluru.