Rank #631
Rahul Bhatia
Net worth $6.5B
Aviation · India
- Born
- Jun 10, 1959
- Age
- 66
- Source
- Aviation
- Residence
- Delhi
- Citizenship
- India
- Marital status
- Married
- Children
- 2
- Education
- Master of Science, University of Waterloo
Net worth over time
Biography
- 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 64% domestic market share (as of November 2025).
- It has a fleet of more than 400 aircraft and flies to 140 destinations, including 44 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.
- Hospitality arm Interglobe Hotels has 22 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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