These 119 Indian billionaires are worth over $300 billion right now, according to Forbes
Dec 28, 2020, 14:50 IST
- India has added at least 17 billionaires in the last six months.
- There are 119 billionaires in India right now — who collectively have over $300 billion.
- Mukesh Ambani is the richest person in India and is worth $88 billion, followed by Gautam Adani and Shiv Nadar.
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Even as the COVID-19 pandemic wiped out the personal savings of hundreds of people and wrecked damage across global economies — some have become richer. India has added at least 17 billionaires in the last six months.According to the Forbes list, there are 119 billionaires in India right now — who collectively have $300 billion. Mukesh Ambani, who helms the oil-to-telecom conglomerate, Reliance Industries, is the richest person in India with a net worth of $88 billion. He is followed by Gautam Adani and Shiv Nadar
These are 119 billionaires in India right now, according to Forbes real-time billionaires on December 28, 2020 —
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| Global Rank | India Rank | Name | Net Worth ($ Billion) | Age | Source of Income |
| 9 | 1 | Mukesh Ambani | $77.0 B | 63 | diversified |
| 48 | 2 | Gautam Adani | $28.3 B | 58 | commodities, ports |
| 65 | 3 | Shiv Nadar | $22.9 B | 75 | software services |
| 98 | 4 | Radhakishan Damani & family | $19.0 B | 65 | retail, investments |
| 115 | 5 | Uday Kotak | $16.3 B | 61 | banking |
| 138 | 6 | Lakshmi Mittal | $14.7 B | 70 | steel |
| 184 | 7 | Cyrus Poonawalla | $11.4 B | 79 | vaccines |
| 197 | 8 | Sunil Mittal & family | $10.6 B | 63 | telecom |
| 211 | 9 | Dilip Shanghvi | $10.0 B | 65 | pharmaceuticals |
| 218 | 10 | Kumar Birla | $9.8 B | 53 | commodities |
| 258 | 11 | Azim Premji | $8.3 B | 75 | software services |
| 262 | 12 | Kuldip Singh & Gurbachan Singh Dhingra | $8.3 B | unknown | paints |
| 265 | 13 | Savitri Jindal & family | $8.2 B | 70 | steel |
| 315 | 14 | Benu Gopal Bangur | $7.3 B | 89 | cement |
| 320 | 15 | Murali Divi & family | $7.3 B | 69 | pharmaceuticals |
| 338 | 16 | Ashwin Dani | $6.9 B | 78 | paints |
| 402 | 17 | Kushal Pal Singh | $6.1 B | 89 | real estate |
| 407 | 18 | Bajaj brothers | $6.0 B | unknown | diversified |
| 444 | 19 | Mahendra Choksi & family | $5.6 B | 79 | paints |
| 447 | 20 | Rahul Bajaj | $5.5 B | 82 | diversified |
| 459 | 21 | Hasmukh Chudgar | $5.4 B | 87 | pharmaceuticals |
| 465 | 22 | Pankaj Patel | $5.4 B | 67 | pharmaceuticals |
| 511 | 23 | Kapil & Rahul Bhatia | $5.1 B | unknown | airlines |
| 525 | 24 | Abhay Vakil & family | $5.1 B | 70 | paints |
| 569 | 25 | Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw | $4.8 B | 67 | biopharmaceuticals |
| 574 | 26 | Vikram Lal | $4.8 B | 78 | motorcycles |
| 608 | 27 | M.A. Yusuff Ali | $4.5 B | 65 | retail |
| 715 | 28 | Pawan Munjal & family | $3.9 B | 66 | motorcycles |
| 734 | 29 | Nusli Wadia | $3.8 B | 76 | consumer goods |
| 735 | 30 | Karsanbhai Patel | $3.8 B | 76 | consumer goods |
| 822 | 31 | Anil Agarwal & family | $3.5 B | 67 | mining, metals |
| 849 | 32 | N.R. Narayana Murthy | $3.4 B | 74 | software services |
| 870 | 33 | Shyam & Hari Bhartia | $3.3 B | 67 | diversified |
| 880 | 34 | Vinod & Anil Rai Gupta | $3.3 B | unknown | electrical equipment |
| 903 | 35 | P.V. Ramprasad Reddy | $3.2 B | 62 | pharmaceuticals |
| 932 | 36 | Rakesh Jhunjhunwala | $3.1 B | 60 | investments |
| 933 | 37 | Senapathy Gopalakrishnan | $3.1 B | 65 | software services |
| 958 | 38 | Ajay Piramal | $3.0 B | 65 | pharmaceuticals |
| 976 | 39 | Samir Mehta | $3.0 B | 57 | pharmaceuticals, power |
| 976 | 40 | Sudhir Mehta | $3.0 B | 66 | pharmaceuticals, power |
| 996 | 41 | Ravi Jaipuria | $2.9 B | 66 | soft drinks, fast food |
| 998 | 42 | Chandru Raheja | $2.9 B | 80 | real estate |
| 1040 | 43 | Micky Jagtiani | $2.8 B | 69 | retail |
| 1069 | 44 | Vivek Chand Burman | $2.8 B | 83 | consumer goods |
| 1112 | 45 | Sanjeev Bikhchandani | $2.7 B | 57 | Internet |
| 1189 | 46 | Byju Raveendran and Divya Gokulnath | $2.5 B | 39 | education technology |
| 1200 | 47 | Harsh Mariwala | $2.5 B | 69 | consumer goods |
| 1204 | 48 | Kalanithi Maran | $2.5 B | 55 | media |
| 1235 | 49 | Madhukar Parekh | $2.4 B | 73 | adhesives |
| 1239 | 50 | Nandan Nilekani | $2.4 B | 65 | software services |
| 1246 | 51 | Jamshyd Godrej | $2.4 B | 71 | consumer goods |
| 1246 | 52 | Adi Godrej | $2.4 B | 78 | consumer goods |
| 1246 | 53 | Rishad Naoroji | $2.4 B | 69 | consumer goods |
| 1246 | 54 | Smita Crishna-Godrej | $2.4 B | 70 | consumer goods |
| 1246 | 55 | Nadir Godrej | $2.4 B | 69 | consumer goods |
| 1267 | 56 | Vijay Shekhar Sharma | $2.3 B | 42 | financial technology |
| 1284 | 57 | Anand Burman | $2.3 B | 68 | consumer goods |
| 1300 | 58 | Jitendra Virwani | $2.3 B | 54 | real estate |
| 1301 | 59 | Aloke Lohia | $2.3 B | 62 | petrochemicals |
| 1326 | 60 | Shashi & Ravi Ruia | $2.2 B | unknown | diversified |
| 1328 | 61 | Abhay Firodia | $2.2 B | 76 | automobiles |
| 1329 | 62 | Acharya Balkrishna | $2.2 B | 48 | consumer goods |
| 1356 | 63 | Salil Singhal | $2.2 B | 73 | agrochemicals |
| 1380 | 64 | K. Dinesh | $2.1 B | 66 | software services |
| 1386 | 65 | Vikas Oberoi | $2.1 B | 50 | real estate |
| 1390 | 66 | Baba Kalyani | $2.1 B | 71 | engineering |
| 1411 | 67 | Arvind Poddar | $2.1 B | 63 | tires |
| 1422 | 68 | Kishore Mariwala | $2.1 B | 85 | consumer goods |
| 1440 | 69 | Arvind Tiku | $2.0 B | 50 | oil & gas, investments |
| 1500 | 70 | Mahendra Prasad | $2.0 B | 80 | pharmaceuticals |
| 1511 | 71 | Harsh Goenka | $2.0 B | 63 | diversified |
| 1528 | 72 | Yusuf Hamied | $1.9 B | 84 | pharmaceuticals |
| 1589 | 73 | Sunny Varkey | $1.9 B | 63 | education |
| 1591 | 74 | Lachhman Das Mittal | $1.9 B | 90 | tractors |
| 1603 | 75 | Sandeep Engineer | $1.8 B | 59 | plastic pipes |
| 1633 | 76 | Anand Mahindra | $1.8 B | 65 | diversified |
| 1644 | 77 | S.D. Shibulal | $1.8 B | 65 | software services |
| 1653 | 78 | Chirayu Amin | $1.8 B | 74 | pharmaceuticals |
| 1660 | 79 | Sanjiv Goenka | $1.8 B | 59 | diversified |
| 1725 | 80 | Devendra Jain | $1.7 B | 91 | chemicals |
| 1731 | 81 | Narendrakumar Parekh | $1.7 B | 82 | adhesives |
| 1742 | 82 | P.P. Reddy | $1.6 B | 63 | infrastructure |
| 1749 | 83 | Bhadresh Shah | $1.6 B | 69 | engineering |
| 1754 | 84 | Satish Reddy | $1.6 B | 53 | pharmaceuticals |
| 1765 | 85 | Ajay Parekh | $1.6 B | 63 | adhesives |
| 1777 | 86 | Amit Burman | $1.6 B | 51 | consumer goods |
| 1795 | 87 | P.V.Krishna Reddy | $1.6 B | 51 | infrastructure |
| 1803 | 88 | G.V. Prasad | $1.6 B | 60 | pharmaceuticals |
| 1814 | 89 | G. Rajendran | $1.5 B | 78 | jewellery |
| 1826 | 90 | Surjit Kumar Gupta | $1.5 B | 78 | electrical equipment |
| 1827 | 91 | R.G. Chandramogan | $1.5 B | 71 | dairy |
| 1846 | 92 | Arvind Lal | $1.5 B | 71 | medical diagnostics |
| 1848 | 93 | Basudeo Singh | $1.5 B | 80 | pharmaceuticals |
| 1889 | 94 | Anurang Jain | $1.5 B | 58 | auto parts |
| 1899 | 95 | Harindarpal Banga | $1.5 B | 70 | commodities |
| 1914 | 96 | Sushilkumar Parekh | $1.4 B | 87 | adhesives |
| 2047 | 97 | Girdhari Lal Bawri | $1.3 B | 73 | pharmaceuticals |
| 2047 | 98 | Banwari Lal Bawri | $1.3 B | 67 | pharmaceuticals |
| 2047 | 99 | Rajendra Agarwal | $1.3 B | 61 | pharmaceuticals |
| 2055 | 100 | Niranjan Hiranandani | $1.3 B | 70 | real estate |
| 2064 | 101 | Ravi Pillai | $1.3 B | 67 | construction |
| 2066 | 102 | Rajju Shroff | $1.3 B | 87 | agrochemicals |
| 2071 | 103 | Subhash Runwal | $1.3 B | 77 | real estate |
| 2076 | 104 | Ranjan Pai | $1.3 B | 48 | education |
| 2078 | 105 | Shamsheer Vayalil | $1.3 B | 43 | healthcare |
| 2086 | 106 | Mangal Prabhat Lodha | $1.3 B | 65 | real estate |
| 2103 | 107 | Pradip Burman | $1.2 B | 78 | consumer goods |
| 2133 | 108 | Balkrishan Goenka | $1.2 B | 54 | textiles |
| 2143 | 109 | Radha Vembu | $1.2 B | 48 | technology |
| 2159 | 110 | Sachin Bansal | $1.2 B | 39 | flipkart |
| 2180 | 111 | Hemendra Kothari | $1.2 B | 74 | Financial Services |
| 2184 | 112 | Mofatraj Munot | $1.2 B | 76 | real estate |
| 2193 | 113 | T.S. Kalyanaraman | $1.2 B | 73 | jewelry |
| 2207 | 114 | Radhe Shyam Goenka | $1.2 B | 74 | consumer goods |
| 2207 | 115 | Radhe Shyam Agarwal | $1.2 B | 75 | consumer goods |
| 2240 | 116 | Murli Dhar & Bimal Kumar Gyanchandani | $1.1 B | unknown | Detergents |
| 2251 | 117 | Binny Bansal | $1.1 B | 38 | flipkart |
| 2289 | 118 | Nirmal Minda | $1.1 B | 63 | auto parts |
| 2312 | 119 | Analjit Singh | $1.0 B | 66 | healthcare |
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