Mukesh Ambani, Chairman of Reliance Industries Limited, remains the richest Indian for the thirteenth year in a row. Forbes released Thursday 2020’s list of the 100 richest Indians. In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic that hit India hard, half of the nation’s 100 richest people on the Forbes India 2020 Rich List saw gains. “Their collective net worth increased 14% to $ 517.5 billion from the prior year,” Forbes said.
“In a tumultuous year for the global economy, India’s wealthiest preserved their wealth. Mukesh Ambani remains the richest Indian for the thirteenth year in a row, adding $ 37.3 billion to his net worth, “noted Forbes. The new entrant in the top 10 is Cyrus Poonawalla, president of the Serum Institute of India (SII), based in Pune IBS is the world’s largest vaccine producer by number of doses produced.
List of the 20 richest people in India:
1. Mukesh Ambani ($ 88.7 billion)
2. Gautam Adani ($ 25.2 billion)
3. Shiv Nadar ($ 20.4 billion)
4. Radhakishan Damani ($ 15.4 billion)
5. Hinduja Brothers ($ 12.8 billion)
6. Cyrus Poonawalla ($ 11.5 billion)
7. Pallonji Mistry ($ 11.4 billion)
8. Uday Kotak ($ 11.3 billion)
9. Godrej Family ($ 11 billion)
10. Lakshmi Mittal ($ 10.3 billion)
11. Sunil Mittal ($ 10.2 billion)
12. Dilip Shanghvi ($ 9.5 billion)
13. Burmese family ($ 9.2 billion)
14. Kumar Birla ($ 8.5 billion)
15. Azim Premji ($ 7.9 billion)
16. Bajaj family ($ 7.4 billion)
17. Madhukar Parekh ($ 7.2 billion)
18. Kuldip and Gurbachan Singh Dhingra ($ 6.8 billion)
19. Savitri Jindal ($ 6.6 billion)
20. Murali Divi ($ 6.5 billion)
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