Rahul Bhatia

Rahul Bhatia (#561)

Global Rank #561

Country Rank #25

Country India

If you keep driving costs down and improving efficiency, the runway is long.

$ 7 B
Aviation
India
M
67 Years

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Global Rank #561

Country Rank #25

Net Worth $7.1B

Previous Worth $7.0B

Worth Change +$0.1B

Country India

Industry Aviation

Age 67 Years

Gender M

Worth As Of May 4, 2026

Residence Delhi, India

Citizenship India

World Billionaires List India Billionaires Aviation

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Personal Stats

Age 66

Source Of Wealth Aviation

Residence Delhi, India

Citizenship India

Marital Status Married

Children 2

Education Master of Science, University of Waterloo

Net Worth Change +$0.1B +1.4% from previous worth

Previous Net Worth $7.0B

Current Net Worth $7.1B

Worth as of May 4, 2026

About Me

Rahul Bhatia's biggest asset is a stake in InterGlobe Aviation, whose IndiGo is India's biggest airline by market share. IndiGo, which he cofounded with billionaire airline veteran Rakesh Gangwal in 2006, has a 65% domestic market share (as of January 2025). It has a fleet of more than 400 aircraft and flies to 125 destinations, including 37 overseas. Its CEO, Pieter Elbers, was the former CEO of KLM. In 2019, Bhatia and Gangwal had a public falling out over how IndiGo is run. In 2022, Gangwal stepped down from the board and has been gradually selling his stake since. His privately held InterGlobe Enterprises has a joint venture with logistics giant UPS called Movin.

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#557

Billionaires (2026)

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Hospitality arm Interglobe Hotels has 21 hotels in India with France's Accor and 13 hotels outside India, including the Sheraton Amsterdam Airport Hotel.

An electrical engineer, Rahul Bhatia's first business venture was in telecom but that never took off due to regulatory hurdles.

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Current Net Worth: $7.1B (May 4, 2026)