Indian immigrants to the US account for the highest number of billionaires!

India has emerged as the top contributor to America's billionaire immigrant population, according to Forbes' 2025 list of the richest foreign-born US citizens.

- BY S VENKAT NARAYAN

In 2022, India (7) was behind Israel, Canada, and on par with China in terms of origin for billionaire immigrants. However, India now leads the list with 12. Israel (11) and Taiwan (11) are next in the 2025 list. China had seven in 2022 and eight in 2025.

With 12 individuals on the list, India overtook Israel to become the leading birthplace of immigrant billionaires (12) this year, overtaking Israel as the leading birthplace of billionaire immigrants.

The 125 billionaire immigrants identified by Forbes hail from 43 countries. But nearly two-thirds of them were born in India, Israel, Taiwan, Canada, China and five other nations. Newcomers from India include 53-year-old Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai, 57-year-old Microsoft chief Satya Nadella and 57-year-old Nikesh Arora, who has run cybersecurity company Palo Alto Networks since 2018.

But the one name that stands out is 65-year-old cybersecurity mogul Jay Chaudhry, who had never been on a plane before when he flew from his native India to attend grad school at the University of Cincinnati in 1980.