From Ambani to Birla, meet top 10 richest billionaires of India

We all know that wealth does not remain static and specially during the fluctuating industry scenario that we are facing due to the ongoing covid pandemic. But even in this tough situation where market continue to go up and down, India has produced several billionaires who occupy a significant number of slots on the list of wealthiest persons in the world today. And with just a few days left for the year 2021 to end, here is the list of the top 10 richest persons in India as per the Forbes.

Mukesh Ambani

With a net worth of $92.7 billion, according to Forbes, the Chairman of Reliance Industries tops the list, yet again. During the lockdown period, Ambani raised $20 billion, by selling one-third of the stake of Jio to investors like Google and Facebook. He has remained at the top place for more than 10 years now.

 Gautam Adani

The infrastructure tycoon has a net worth of $74.8 billion. Apart from infra, he has business interests in power generation and transmission, edible oil and real estate as well. Interestingly, Adani owns a 74 per cent stake in Mumbai International Airport.

Shiv Nadar

With a net worth of $31 billion, the co-founder of HCL ranks third this year. He is a leading philanthropist and has donated more than $662 million to his Shiv Nadar Foundation. His daughter, Roshni Nadar Malhotra, is the current Chairman of HCL Technologies.

Radhakishan Damani

Damani has a net worth of $29.4 billion. He owns 214 DMart stores across the country. In 2017, he became India’s retail king after a successful IPO of his supermarket chain Avenue Supermart.

Cyrus Poonawalla

The founder of Serum Institute of India, Poonawalla has a net worth of $19 billion. SII is the world’s largest vaccine maker. During and after Covid-19’s second wave, the majority of Indians got vaccinated with Covishield, a product of SII.

Lakshmi Mittal

The Chairman of ArcelorMittal, the world’s largest steel and mining company, Mittal has a net worth of $18.8 billion. He has been frequently featured on the list of richest Indians. In January 2021, Mittal gave the CEO’s position to his son Aditya Mittal.

Savitri Jindal

The Richest Indian woman, Jindal has a net worth of $18 billion. She is the Chairperson of Jindal Group, founded by her late husband, Om Prakash Jindal. In 2005, after Jindal’s sudden death, the group got divided among their four sons.

Uday Kotak

Founder of Kotak Mahindra Bank, Uday Kotak has a net worth of $16.5 billion. The bank, which is now among the top four private banks in the country, was converted to a bank from a finance firm that Kotak founded in 1985. He was, initially, backed by Anand Mahindra for the bank.

Pallonji Mistry

Famous construction and engineering giant Shapoorji Pallonji Group is virtually controlled by Mistry. He has a net worth of $16.4 billion. Interestingly, SP Group also owns the water purifier brand, Eureka Forbes.

Kumar Birla

Head of Aditya Birla Group, Birla has a net worth of $15.8 billion. In India, he is also called the ‘Commodity King’. He inherited the empire after the death of his father, Aditya Birla, in 1995.

Richest people on earth in 2021 : With a net worth of more than $296 billion as of November 27, 2021, Tesla CEO Elon Musk is the richest person in the world, followed by Amazon’s founder and former CEO Jeff Bezos. The businessman has a total net worth of approximately $201 billion.

LVMH’s Chairman and CEO, Bernard Arnault, is the 3rd-richest person in the world, with approximately $164 billion in current real-time total net worth. Microsoft mogul Bill Gates ranked 4th with a personal wealth of $136 billion, followed by Larry Page with $127 billion.

RANK    NAME   TOTAL NET WORTH         COUNTRY            INDUSTRY

1              Elon Musk           $296 billion                          United States    Technology

2              Jeff Bezos           $201 billion                          United States    Technology

3              Bernard                $164 billion                          France                  Consumer

                Arnault

4              Bill Gates             $136 billion                          United States    Technology

5              Larry Page           $127 billion                          United States    Technology

6              Mark                     $124 billion                          United States    Technology

                Zuckerberg

7              Sergey Brin         $122 billion                          United States    Technology

8              Steve Ballmer    $117 billion                          United States    Technology

9              Larry Ellison        $112 billion                          United States    Technology

10           Warren Buffett $103 billion                          United States    Diversified

11           Mukesh               $91.1 billion                        India                      Energy

                Ambani

12           Francoise             $90.1 billion                        France                  Consumer

                Meyers

13           Gautam Adani   $78.1 billion                        India                      Industrial

14           Zhong                   $75.1 billion                        China                     Diversified

                Shanshan

15           Amancio              $70.5 billion                        Spain                     Retail

                Ortega

16           Michael                $70 billion                            United States    Media & Telecom

                Bloomberg

17           Jim Walton          $65.0 billion                        United States    Retail

18           Rob Walton        $64.5 billion                        United States    Retail

19           Alice Walton       $63.1 billion                        United States    Retail

20           Phil Knight           $62.9 billion                        United States    Consumer

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