Dec 21, 2023
By: Sourabh JainMukesh Ambani, who heads Reliance Industries that has interests spanning energy, telecom, retail and more, is India’s richest person with a net worth of $94.4 billion. In the past year, Ambani’s net worth has increased by $7.26 billion as per the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
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Gautam Adani is a close second with a net worth of $81.1 billion, which is down by $39.4 billion year-to-date. Adani, who was earlier on top of the list, witnessed a decline in wealth amid the Hindenburg saga.
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Shapoor Mistry is a distant third, with a net worth of $34.6 billion. Mistry’s net worth has increased by $6.82 billion year-to-date. Mistry controls the Shapoorji Pallonji Group and has a stake in Tata Sons.
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Shiv Nadar is a close fourth, with a net worth of $33.3 billion. His net worth has increased by $8.82 billion in the past year. He is the founder and chairman emeritus of tech giant HCL Technologies.
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Azim Premji, the founder chairman of Wipro is next on the list with a net worth of $24.4 billion. The billionaire has reported an increase of $387 billion in the past one year.
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Savitri Jindal, who chairs the Jindal Group is next on the list, with a net worth of $23.9 billion. Her net worth has reported an increase of $8.17 billion year-to-date.
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Lakshmi Mittal, the chairman of ArcelorMittal is the country’s seventh richest man with a net worth of $20.4 billion. His net worth has increased by $3.01 billion year-to-date.
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Dilip Shanghvi, the founder of Sun Pharmaceutical Industries is the eighth richest man in India, with a net worth of $20.2 billion. His net worth has increased by $4.68 billion year-to-date.
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Radhakishan Damani, the founder of popular supermarket chain Avenue Supermarts (DMart) is the country’s ninth richest man with a net worth of $19 billion. His net worth has reported a decline of $357 million year-to-date.
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Kumar Mangalam Birla, the chairman of the Aditya Birla Group, is ranked as the 10th richest person in India, with a net worth of $17.4 billion. Birla’s net worth has increased by $6 billion year-to-date.
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