Hurun India & IIFL Wealth on Thursday has released the 10th annual ranking of rich Indians. For the tenth year in a row, Mukesh Ambani of Reliance Industries Ltd topped the list. Ambani’s wealth was up 9 percent from last year at Rs 7.18 lakh crore.
Here are some interesting facts about the richest Indians according to the list
- Gautam Adani is now the second richest Asian after Mukesh Ambani, overtaking China’s bottled water producer Zhong Shanshan.
- The decade also saw the fastest wealth creation in history; together, India’s rich added Rs 2,020 crore per day.
- 13 individuals have a worth of Rs 1 lakh crore or more, up by 5 from last year.
- 229 new faces made it to the list, with a cumulative worth of Rs 5,61,200 crore.
- A total of 47 women made it to the list this year. Smita V Crishna is the richest woman & Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw is the richest self-made woman.
- Bharatpe’s Shashvat Nakrani, is the youngest self-made individual.
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