Meet Bollywood's richest celeb, beats Shah Rukh Khan, Amitabh Bachchan, Salman Khan with ₹36,300 crore net worth
Shah Rukh Khan was named as the richest actor in India. However, the wealthiest celebrity in the industry has 163% higher net worth than Khan. Find out who.
Bollywood's most expensive actors earn crores from films. Club it with their endorsements and business investments, and these celebs build impressive wealth over time. This is why the highest paid actors might not be the most richest in the industry. While Shah Rukh Khan remains the richest actor in India, the title of wealthiest celeb goes to Bhushan Kumar.
Bhushan Kumar's wealth
The Chairman and Managing Director of T-Series, Bhushan Kumar, and his family have been named as the richest name from Bollywood, as per the Hurun India Rich List. Their estimated net worth is reported to be ₹36,300 crore. Kumar stood on the 87th spot on the top 100 list.
With this, Bhushan beats A-listers like Shah Rukh Khan, Amitabh Bachchan and Salman Khan, who are the top 3 in the richest actor in India list.
Going by the list, Bhushan Kumar’s reported wealth is ₹26,300 crore, or 163% higher than Shah Rukh Khan’s. It is also ₹32,300 crore, or 808% higher than Amitabh Bachchan’s, and ₹33,300 crore, or 1,110% higher than Salman Khan’s.
Shah Rukh Khan
This year's list reported a declined of ₹2,490 crore for Shah Rukh Khan in terms of wealth. His current net worth stands at ₹10,000 crore.
Despite the dip, Shah Rukh Khan made it to the Hurun Global List 2026. He featured as the only Indian celebrity among names like Jay-Z, Taylor Swift and Rihanna.
An excerpt from it read: “The 2026 Hurun list captured a landmark moment for celebrity wealth, where the strategic ownership of brands and technology consistently outperformed traditional performance fees. Music icons Jay-Z (US$2.8bn), Taylor Swift (US$1.6bn), and Rihanna (US$1.5bn) joined sports legends like Michael Jordan (US$3.6bn) and Tiger Woods (US$1.9bn) in a record-breaking year that also minted newcomers like Bruce Springsteen, Shah Rukh Khan and Magic Johnson. This shift toward industrial scale entertainment was anchored by titans like George Lucas (US$7.6bn) and Steven Spielberg (US$6.4bn), but perhaps best exemplified by Peter Jackson; though a legendary director, his US$2bn fortune stems primarily from his visual effects powerhouse, Weta FX. Across film, sports, and the influencer empires of the Kardashian-Jenner dynasty, the defining lesson of the year remained clear: in modern entertainment, owning the ‘magic behind the magic’ the underlying technology and IP is the ultimate wealth creator.”
Amitabh Bachchan
Amitabh Bachchan witnessed a growth in his wealth, making him the second richest actor in India with an estimated net worth of ₹4,000 crore this year, compared with ₹1,630 crore in 2025. The veteran actor reportedly made multiple real estate investments over the years.
Salman Khan, Hrithik Roshan
On the other hand, Salman Khan marked his entry into the Hurun Rich List with a reported wealth of ₹3,000 crore this year. He is followed by Hrithik Roshan with ₹2,500 crore net worth.
Interestingly, this year's Hurun Rich List did not mention Juhi Chawla and Karan Johar who were a part of last year's report.
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Sneha Biswas specialises in covering entertainment and pop culture, with a specialisation on Bollywood, Hollywood, OTT platforms, K-pop, K-dramas, and major developments in the US entertainment industry. She believes in telling stories that balance speed with substance, and in making entertainment journalism contextual, culturally aware, and reader-first rather than purely reactive.<br><br> With over six years of experience in digital media, Sneha currently serves as a Deputy Chief Content Producer at Live Mint. She has spent more than three and a half years with the HT Group and returned to the organisation in February 2025, joining Live Mint to uplift the entertainment section. Over the past year, she has been closely involved in entertainment coverage including breaking news, explainers, trend reporting, box office reports and analysis for the audience.<br><br> Sneha is Google News certified, having completed training focused on newsroom best practices, digital reporting, and SEO-driven content strategies. Her work reflects a strong understanding of audience behaviour, search trends, and the evolving consumption patterns of entertainment news across formats.<br><br> Prior to her current role, Sneha has worked across multiple content and editorial functions within digital newsrooms, building expertise in content planning, editing, and real-time coverage. Her professional interests lie at the intersection of entertainment, internet culture, and global pop trends.<br><br> Working for the National city team, Biswas closely follows global entertainment movements while maintaining a strong pulse on what is happening in India.
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