Star power: Indian billionaires with Pisces zodiac sign had a good run last year

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Star power: Indian billionaires with Pisces zodiac sign had a good run last year
  • Cancerians, like Gautam Adani, contributed 8.5% to the cumulative wealth, saw a 26.4% erosion.
  • Aries comes fourth, courtesy Mukesh Ambani who saw a 2% uptick in his wealth to top of the list.
  • Virgos, led by the likes of Shapoor Pallonji Mistry and Anil Agarwal contributed 9.6% to the list.
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The stars have to align for entrepreneurs to become billionaires, they say. While not everyone believes in it, 360 ONE Wealth Hurun India Rich List 2023 report gives a detailed list of the star signs of India’s most successful billionaires.

As of 2023, those with the Pisces sign had a great year, followed by Taurus and Libra. Things were not that smooth for the Cancerians who saw 26% of their wealth eroded.

While there was a cumulative wealth increase of almost 35% for the Pisces, Taurus saw an uptick of 26.6%. Librans were just behind with 25.2% growth in wealth. Virgos, Aquarians, Capricorns, Leos and Gemini’s saw a double digit growth in wealth in the last one year. Aries, and Scorpios saw single digit rises. For Sagittarians, there was barely any change.

The top contributors to the list

A closer look at the star signs of India’s richest shows that, overall, Virgos and Scorpios led the way in total contribution, with the highest number of entries followed by Pisces.

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Virgo, the star sign was led by the likes of Shapoor Pallonji Mistry, Anil Agarwal, Gopikishan Damani and contributed 9.6% to the Hurun Rich list.

Shapoor Pallonji Mistry has total wealth of ₹70,800 crore and is fifth on the list of Richest Non-Resident Indians. Anil Agarwal of Vedanta Group has ₹66,900 cr with his family after seeing a 14% uptick.

While Cancerians cumulatively saw an erosion, the likes of Gautam Adani, who has come second overall despite a tough year, contributed 8.5% to the rich list.

The Aries in this list were propelled to the fourth spot, courtesy Mukesh Ambani who saw a 2% uptick in his wealth to top the individual list.


RankZodiac signTotal contribution to the list (%)Richest Individuals
1Virgo9.60%Shapoor Pallonji Mistry, Anil Agarwal, Gopikishan Damani
2Scorpio9.10%Yusuff Ali MA, Sunil Mittal, Arvind Kumar Poddar
3Pisces9.00%Gopichand Hinduja, Radhakishan Damani, Uday Kotak
4Aries8.90%Mukesh Ambani, Sudhir Mehta, Adi Godrej, S Gopalakrishnan
4Gemini8.90%LN Mittal, Kumar Mangalam Birla, Rahul Bhatia
6Leo8.80%Sri Prakash Lohia, Acharya Balkrishna, Rakesh Gangwal
7Cancer8.50%Gautam Adani, Shiv Nadar, Benu Gopal Bangur
8Capricorn8.10%Karsanbhai Patel, Vijay Chauhan, Radha Vembu
9Aquarius7.60%Nusli Wadia, Vikram Lal, Jamshyd Godrej
10Taurus7.50%Cyrus S Poonawalla, Rajiv Singh, Harsh Mariwala
11Sagittarius7.20%Ravi Jaipuria, Sajjan Jindal, Mangal Prabhat Lodha
12Libra6.70%Dilip Shanghvi, Chandru Raheja, P Pitchi Reddy
Source: 360 ONE Wealth Hurun India Rich List 2023
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