Top 10 Richest Billionaires in India Today
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| Richest People of India. Photo: Top Ranked |
List Of Top 10 Richest Billionaires in India
1. Mukesh Ambani - $83 Billion
2. Gautam Adani - $32 Billion
3. Shiv Nadar - $27 Billion
4. Lakshmi Mittal - $19 Billion
5. Cyrus Poonawalla - $18.5 Billion
6. Hinduja Brother - $18 Billion
7. Uday Kotak - $15 Billion
8. Radhakishan Damani - $14.5 Billion
9. Jay Chaudhry - $13 Billion
10. Dilip Shanghvi - $12.5 Billion
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Who are the richest billionaires in India today?
1. Mukesh Ambani - $83 Billion
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| Mukesh Ambani. Photo: Glusea |
The richest person in India and Asia as a whole is Mukesh Ambani. He is the chairman, managing director, and largest shareholder of Reliance Industries Ltd. (RIL), a Fortune Global 500 company and India’s most valuable company by market value.
He holds a BE degree in Chemical Engineering from the Institute of Chemical Technology. He started his career by helping his father run their family business.
Ambani later enrolled for an MBA at Stanford University but withdrew in 1980 to help his father build Reliance, which at the time was still a small but fast-growing enterprise.
His father felt that real-life skills were harnessed through experiences and not by sitting in a classroom, so he called his son back to India from Stanford to take command of a yarn manufacturing project in his company.
2. Gautam Adani - $32 Billion
Hailing from Gujarat, Gautam Adani is the proud owner of Adani group that focuses on infrastructures and commodities. His fortunes rose in the last few years. In fact his wealth almost doubled in this intermittent period.
Adani is the president of the Adani Fo-undation, which is primarily led by his wife, Priti Adani. He founded The Adani Group in 1988 and diversified his business into resources, logistics, energy, agriculture, defense, and aerospace, amongst others.
3. Shiv Nadar - $27 Billion
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| Shiv Nadar. Photo: NDH |
He is the founder and chairman of HCL and the Shiv Nadar Foundation. Nadar founded HCL in the mid-1970s and transformed the IT hardware company into an IT Enterprise over the next three decades by constantly reinventing his company’s focus.
In 2008, Nadar was awarded Padma Bhushan for his efforts in the IT industry.
4. Lakshmi Mittal - $19 Billion
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| Lakshmi. N Mittal. Photo: ArcelorMittal |
Lakshmi Niwas Mittal is an Indian steel magnate, based in the United Kingdom.
He is the chairman and CEO of ArcelorMittal, the world’s largest steelmaking company. Mittal owns 38% of ArcelorMittal and holds a 20% stake in Queens Park Rangers F.C..
In 2005, Forbes ranked Mittal as the third-richest person in the world, making him the first Indian citizen to be ranked in the top ten in the publication’s annual list of the world’s richest people.
In 2007, Mittal was considered to be the richest Asian person in Europe.
He was ranked the sixth-richest person in the world by Forbes in 2011, but dropped to 82nd place in March 2015.
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5. Cyrus Poonawalla - $18.5 Billion
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| Cyrus Poonawalla. Photo: GQ India |
He is the chairman of Poonawalla Group. One of the institutes in this group is a company that manufactures vaccines. His net worth amounts to approximately USD 18.5 billion. His company has also been contributing to the production of vaccines against the Coronavirus.
6. Hinduja Brother - $18 Billion
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| Hinduja Brother. Photo: Telegraph India |
The conglomerate Hinduja Group founded and operated by four brothers Srichand Hinduja, Gopichand Hinduja, Prakash Hinduja, and Ashok Hinduja are the Hinduja brothers. Their combined net worth is estimated to be around USD 18 billion. Their group is one of the most diversified in the world with 11 sectors from Automotive and Oil to Media & Entertainment and Real Estate.
7. Uday Kotak - $15 Billion
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| Uday Kotak. Photo: Business Today |
Uday Kotak is an Indian billionaire banker, and the executive vice-chairman and managing director of Kotak Mahindra Bank.
Kotak is a member of the Government of India’s High-Level Committee on Financing Infrastructure, the Primary Market Advisory Committee of the Securities & Exchange Board of India, Member of the Board of Governors of the National Institute of Securities Markets and ICRIER.
He is also a Governing Member of the Mahindra United World College of India, and Member of National Council of CII.
Kotak is also a member of the strategic board which advises the national law firm, Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas.
8. Radhakishan Damani - $14.5 Billion
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| Radhakishan Damani. Photo: Outlook India |
Damani, an investor, the businessman is also the founder of DMart. His net worth is estimated to be USD 14.5 billion. He is also one of the challenges and competitors of Mukesh Ambani especially in the retail field. He also has stakes in various other companies from tobacco firms to cement producers.
9. Jay Chaudhry - $13 Billion
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| Jay Chaudhry. Photo: StarsUnfolded |
He is an Indian-American who founded the cybersecurity company Zscaler. His net Worth is approximately USD 13 billion. His company has faced huge growths in the last few years increasing his net worth as well as his position in the top 10 richest person in India. In fact it is this growth that has granted him the position that he is holding today in the Top 10 Richest Person In India 2021 list.
10. Dilip Shanghvi - $12.5 Billion
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| Dilip Shanghvi. Photo: Wikipedia |
Shanghvi is the owner of Sun Pharmaceuticals. With an approximate net worth of USD 12.5 billion he has managed to bag a spot in the top 10 Richest Person In India 2021list. He was also awarded Padma Shri, the civilian honour by the Indian government in 2016.
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