Top 10 IPL Team Owners List 2025
Let’s be real—IPL 2025 is the Super Bowl meets Bollywood, with a dash of Wall Street thrown in for good measure. Everyone tunes in for the sixes, but the real drama? It’s all played out in boardrooms and WhatsApp groups, where owners, half of whom could probably buy a small country, call the shots.
You’ve got this wild mix: oil tycoons, movie stars, and the kind of business moguls who probably negotiate TV rights while brushing their teeth. Here’s the rundown of the top 10 IPL puppet-masters, and why their bank accounts and egos run the show:
1. Mumbai Indians – Mukesh & Nita Ambani
Reliance Industries runs this circus, and let’s face it, the Ambanis aren’t just rich—they’re “let’s buy an entire cricket league for fun” rich. Nita and Akash handle the nitty-gritty, five titles in the bag, and somehow, the team bus is probably comfier than my apartment.
Ownership Since: 2008
Net Worth (Franchise): $1.3 Billion
2. Royal Challengers Bangalore – United Spirits (Diageo)
Started as Vijay Mallya’s midlife crisis project, and now it’s Diageo’s headache. No titles, but if fan tweets counted as trophies, they’d have a cabinet full.
Ownership Since: 2016
Net Worth: $1.025 Billion
3. Chennai Super Kings – N. Srinivasan
India Cements and old-school business legend N. Srinivasan. MS Dhoni’s still their golden goose, and somehow Chennai just keeps winning.
Ownership Since: 2008
Net Worth: $1.15 Billion
4. Sunrisers Hyderabad – Kalanithi & Kavya Maran
SUN Group took over after the Deccan Chargers imploded. Now, Kavya Maran is pretty much the face of SRH.
Ownership Since: 2012
Net Worth: $970 Million
5. Delhi Capitals – GMR & JSW Group
GMR and JSW joined forces, and Parth Jindal runs the team. They went from “meh” to “hey, we might win this thing” in a few years.
Ownership Since: 2018 (JSW joined)
Net Worth: $1.035 Billion
6. Punjab Kings – Preity Zinta & Co.
Preity Zinta, Ness Wadia, and a handful of others—this team is still waiting for a trophy, but hey, the selfie game is strong.
Ownership Since: 2008
Net Worth: $925 Million
7. Kolkata Knight Riders – Shah Rukh Khan, Juhi Chawla & Jay Mehta
SRK owns the team. Need I say more? KKR’s marketing is slick, the fans are loud, and every win feels like a movie premiere.
Ownership Since: 2008
Net Worth: $1.1 Billion
8. Rajasthan Royals – Manoj Badale & Partners
They snagged the very first IPL trophy. Had some drama (ahem, bans), but Manoj Badale and Lachlan Murdoch keep them in the mix.
Ownership Since: 2008
Net Worth: $850 Million
9. Gujarat Titans – CVC Capital Partners
These guys rolled in, won the trophy in their debut, and left everyone else looking silly. Private equity money talks.
Ownership Since: 2021
Net Worth: $1.1 Billion
10. Lucknow Super Giants – Dr. Sanjiv Goenka
RPSG Group’s Dr. Goenka jumped in and made everyone sit up. Expensive buy-in, but hey, it’s already paying off.
Ownership Since: 2021
Net Worth: $1.2 Billion
Conclusion
Bottom line? IPL is way more than cricket. It’s a billionaire playground, a status symbol, and, honestly, probably the only place where you’ll see Preity Zinta, Mukesh Ambani, and Shah Rukh Khan stress-eating samosas together. The money’s only getting crazier, and the owners? They’re just getting started.