By News18,Shachi Chaturvedi

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Bollywood’s superstar and King of Romance, Shah Rukh Khan, was named in the 2025 Hurun India Rich List, becoming the first Indian actor to be a billionaire.
The list revealed Shah Rukh’s net worth to be about $1.4 billion, making him arguably the richest actor in the world.
While Shah Rukh Khan may have become the richest actor in the world, he isn’t the richest person in Bollywood.
The fun fact is that the richest person in Bollywood is neither an actor nor a director — he is a producer with a reported net worth of $1.5 billion.
The richest person in the Hindi film industry is producer and entrepreneur Ronnie Screwvala, who began his career manufacturing toothbrushes in the 1980s before setting up a cable TV network and founding UTV in 1990.
Ronnie Screwvala is richer than some of the biggest names in Bollywood, including Bhushan Kumar and Aditya Chopra, whose net worth falls between ₹8,000–10,000 crore.
Ronnie Screwvala’s UTV was initially a TV studio and later turned into a film production house, producing films including Lakshya, Swades, Rang De Basanti, Jodhaa Akbar, and Fashion.
In 2012, Disney acquired UTV in a landmark billion-dollar deal, marking a significant milestone in Ronnie Screwvala’s career. Following this, he went on to establish RSVP Movies.
Under RSVP Movies, he produced several critically acclaimed and commercially successful films, including Kedarnath, Uri: The Surgical Strike, and Sam Bahadur, further cementing his reputation.
Ronnie Screwvala co-founded online education platform UpGrad, launched sports company U Sports, and invests in Indian startups through Unilazer Ventures, focusing on early-stage and minority stakes.