Gautam Adani claims the top spot in the list with a net worth of ₹ 1,211,460.11 crores. A Mint report suggests that Adani’s wealth will triple in 2021 alone. With a net worth of $134.7 billion, Adani is also the third richest person in the world, behind only Elon Musk and Bernard Arnault.
However, this is the first time Forbes has ranked the Adani Group chairman as the richest Indian, a position that belonged to Mukesh Ambani for a very long time. The chairman and MD of Reliance Industries currently has a net worth of ₹ 710,723.26 crore. Ambani lost the top position for the first time since 2013. Other individuals in the Forbes top 10 richest people list are as follows:
Radhakishan Damani (DMart supermarket chain): ₹ 222,908.66 crore Cyrus Poonawalla (Serum Institute of India): ₹ 173,642.62 crore
Shiv Nadar (HCL Technologies): ₹ 172,834.97 crore
Savitri Jindal (OP Jindal Group): ₹ 132,452.97 crore
Dilip Shagvi (Sun Pharmaceuticals): ₹ 125,184.21 crore
Hinduja Brothers (Hinduja Group): ₹ 122,761.29 crore
Kumar Birla (Aditya Birla Group): ₹ 121,146.01 crore
Bajaj Family (Bajaj Group): ₹ 117,915.45 crore
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is the richest person in India?
Gautam Adani: ₹ 1,211,460.11 crore
What is Gautam Adani’s Global Rank?
Gautam Adani is in third place globally after Elon Musk and Bernard Arnault.
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