Meet Bollywood’s only billionaire film producer, who started by selling toothbrushes and went on to build a huge empire. Know all about his incredible journey to becoming the richest figure in the industry! New Delhi: Bollywood is known for its glamour and massive wealth, but only one person in the industry can claim billionaire status—Ronnie Screwvala. With a net worth of $1.
55 billion (approximately Rs 13,000 crore), the film producer stands above Bollywood’s richest, even surpassing industry giants like Shah Rukh Khan, Aditya Chopra, and Bhushan Kumar. According to Forbes, Ronnie is the only Bollywood figure to officially reach billionaire status, making him a standout figure in the industry. Bollywood’s richest man Ronnie Screwvala’s journey to becoming Bollywood’s richest man wasn’t typical.
He started humbly in the 1970s with a toothbrush manufacturing business before moving into the cable TV industry during India’s cable boom in the 1980s. In 1990, with just Rs 37,000, he launched UTV, initially a small TV production house that eventually became a powerhouse in both television and film. UTV produced iconic Indian TV shows like Shanti and Sea Hawks before moving on to box-office hits such as Swades, Jodhaa Akbar, Fashion, and Chennai Express.
A post shared by Ronnie Screwvala (@ronnie.screwvala) Ronnie Srewvala’s work front One of Ronnie’s biggest breakthroughs came in 2012, when he sold his stake in UTV to Disney for a whopping billion dollars, mark.