India ranks third globally in terms of number of family-owned businesses with 111 companies having a total market capitalisation of $839 billion.
The study was published by the Credit Suisse Research Institute (CSRI).
India closely follows China with 159 firms and the US with 121 firms, according to the ‘Credit Suisse Family 1000 in 2018’.
As per the report, in terms of number of family-owned businesses within the non-Japan Asian region, the list is dominated by China, India and Hong Kong.
These three jurisdictions together account for around 65% of the non-Japan Asian section of CSRI’s database.