Degrees Of Wealth: How India’s Billionaires Studied Their Way To The Top

India’s richest minds in 2025 reflect a fascinating blend of academic excellence, entrepreneurial grit, and unconventional choices. From Mukesh Ambani’s engineering roots to Kaivalya Vohra’s Gen Z disruption, the M3M Hurun India Rich List reveals how education shaped their journeys.

Academic Paths That Built Empires  

- Mukesh Ambani studied chemical engineering at University of Mumbai and briefly pursued an MBA at Stanford  

- Gautam Adani enrolled in commerce at Gujarat University but dropped out in his second year 
 
- Roshni Nadar Malhotra holds a Communications degree from Northwestern and an MBA from Kellogg  

- Cyrus Poonawalla earned a PhD from Pune University and received honorary doctorates from Oxford and Massachusetts
  
- Kumar Mangalam Birla completed his MBA at London Business School and is a Chartered Accountant  

- Kaivalya Vohra, India’s youngest billionaire at 22, studied computer science at Stanford before co-founding Zepto

Sources: Indian Express, Jansatta, DNA India