Vinod Khosla, Sundar Pichai on Forbes’ list of 250 successful immigrants in US: Here’s the full list

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4 min readNew DelhiJun 11, 2026 12:41 PM IST

Marking the 250th anniversary of the United States of America, Forbes on Wednesday released a list of the country’s 250 successful living immigrants, featuring billionaire venture capitalist Vinod Khosla, renowned entrepreneur and investor Naval Ravikant, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, among other Indians.

The top five ranks on the list were occupied by Austria-born billionaire, real estate mogul, movie star and former California governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger (#1), Russia-born tech giant Elon Musk (#2), Russia-born Google cofounder Sergey Brin (#3), Nvidia’s CEO Jensen Huang from Taiwan (#4), and Australian media mogul and owner of Wall Street Journal, the New York Post and Fox News, Rupert Murdoch (#5).

The Forbes’ list features prominent figures from across the fields of technology, media, science, politics, economics, arts and culture, including Nobel Prize winners, who all have contributed significantly to the American economy and society.

The list comes at a time when the Donald Trump administration is cracking down on immigrants in the US through mass deportations, tighter Green Card rules, and widespread immigration enforcement operations, among other measures. Just on Wednesday, the US House of Republicans also approved a $70 billion immigration enforcement package that would fund border and deportation agencies through Trump’s term.

Here are the top Indian-origin immigrants who made it to the Forbes list:

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