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These are the 100 richest Indians in the world

Mukesh Ambani, Azim Premji, S.P. Hinduja and Lakshmi Mittal (left to right)

Dubai - The combined net worth of India's 100 wealthiest stood at $479 billion, a rise of 26% from $374 billion in 2016.

Published: Thu 5 Oct 2017, 12:23 PM

Updated: Thu 5 Oct 2017, 11:42 PM

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Forbes has released its 2017 list of India's 100 richest people, and Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani is one again -- for the tenth straight year -- at the top, with a net worth of $38 billion.
Far behind, on the second spot, is Wipro chairman Azim Premji, with a net worth of $19 billion.
On the third spot are the Hinduja brothers of Ashok Leyland, sitting at $18.4 billion.
"Despite the country's economic hiccups, the combined net worth of India's 100 wealthiest stood at a whopping $479 billion, a rise of 26 percent from $374 billion in 2016," Forbes said in a statement on its website.
"While the Indian billionaire factory continued to churn out new names from diverse sectors, the price of entry rose to a record high. The top 100 club is getting more exclusive with each passing year," Naazneen Karmali, India Editor of Forbes Asia, said.
The 100 wealthiest on this year's list are all billionaires. The minimum amount required to make the list was $1.25 billion last year, 17 per cent lower than this year.
In terms of billionaires in the UAE, Yusufali MA, who leads Emke Group, was ranked at 27, followed by Micky Jagtiani of the Landmark Group (32), B.R Shetty of NMC Group (34), Ravi Pillai of RP Group (35) and Sunny Varkey of Gems Group (65).

Here is the complete list:

RankNameNet worth ($ bn)CompanyAge
1Mukesh Ambani38Reliance Industries60
2Azim Premji19Wipro72
3Hinduja brothers18.4Ashok Leyland81, 76, 71, 66
4Lakshmi Mittal16.5Arcelormittal67
5Pallonji Mistry16Shapoorji Pallonji Group88
6Godrej family14.2Godrej GroupNA
7Shiv Nadar13.6HCL Technologies72
8Kumar Birla12.6Aditya Birla Group50
9Dilip Shanghvi12.1Sun Pharmaceutical Industries61
10Gautam Adani11Adani Ports & SEZ55
11Uday Kotak10.5Kotak Mahindra Bank58
12Radhakishan Damani9.3Avenue Supermarts62
13Cyrus Poonawalla8.9Serum Institute Of India76
14Sunil Mittal8.3Bharti Airtel60
15Bajaj family8Bajaj AutoNA
16Savitri Jindal7.5O.P. Jindal Group67
17Vikram Lal7.2Eicher Motors75
18Benu Gopal Bangur6.6Shree Cement86
19Acharya Balkrishna6.55Patanjali Ayurved45
20Burman Family6.5DaburNA
21Subhash Chandra6Essel Group66
22Pankaj Patel5.9Cadila Healthcare64
23Vivek Chaand Sehgal5.85Motherson Sumi Sytems60
24Kushal Pal Singh5.7DLF86
25Nusli Wadia5.6Britannia Industries73
26Ajay Piramal5.2Piramal Enterprises62
27M.A. Yusuff Ali5LuLu Group61
28Madhukar Parekh4.75Pidilite Industries71
29Kalanithi Maran4.55Sun TV Network52
30Pawan Munjal4.5Hero Motocorp63
31Kapil & Rahul Bhatia4.4Interglobe Aviation85 (Kapil), 57 (Rahul)
32Micky Jagtiani4.3Landmark Group66
33Harsh Mariwala4.2Marico66
34B.R. Shetty3.9NMC Health75
35Ravi Pillai3.8RP Group64
36Mangal Prabhat Lodha3.75Lodha Group61
37Kuldeep & Gurbachan Singh Dhingra3.7Berger Paints India70 (Kuldeep), 67 Gurbachan
38Karsanbhai Patel3.6Nirma73
39Ashwin Dani3.5Asian Paints74
40Gupta Family3.45LupinNA
41Shashi & Ravi Ruia3.4Essar Group73 (Shashi), 68 (Ravi)
42Sudhir & Samir Mehta3.35Torrent Group63 (Sudhir), 54 (Samir)
43Samprada Singh3.3Alkem Laboratories91
44Anil Agarwal3.2Vedanta Resources64
45Anil Ambani3.15Reliance Communications58
46P.V. Ramprasad Reddy3.14Aurobindo Pharma59
47Baba Kalyani3.13Bharat Forge68
48Vinod & Anil Rai Gupta3.11Havells72 (Vinod), 48 (Anil)
49Sameer Gehlaut3.1Indiabulls Group43
50Hasmukh Chudgar3.05Intas Pharmaceuticals84
51Jain Family3Bennett Coleman & Co.NA
52Ashwin Choksi2.95Asian Paints74
53Rajan Raheja2.9Exide Industries63
54Rakesh Jhunjhunwala2.8Rare Enterprises57
55Kishore Biyani2.75Future Group56
56Abhay Vakil2.71Asian Paints66
57Chandru Raheja2.7K. Raheja Corp77
58M.G. George Muthoot2.67Muthoot Finance67
59Abhay Firodia2.65Force Motors72
60Yusuf Hamied2.62Cipla81
61Rajesh Mehta2.6Rajesh Exports53
62Vijay Chauhan2.5Parle Products81
63Amalgamations Group family2.48Tractors & Farm EquipmentNA
64Jai Hari and Yadu Hari Dalmia2.45Dalmia Bharat73(Jai Hari), 70(Yadu Hari)
65Sunny Varkey2.4GEMS Education60
66Murugappa family2.38Murugappa GroupNA
67Rajendra Agarwal2.3Macleods Pharmaceuticals58
68Harsh Goenka2.28RPG Group59
69Sunil Vaswani2.25Stallion Group54
70Jitendra Virwani2.2Embassy Property Development51
71Leena Tewari2.19USV India60
72Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw2.16Biocon64
73Sanjiv Goenka2RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group56
74Lachhman Das Mittal1.98Sonalika Group86
75Murli Dhar & Bimal Gyanchandani1.96RSPLNA
76Mofatraj Munot1.95Kalpataru72
77Murali Divi1.94Divi's Laboratories66
78Ramesh Juneja1.92Mankind Pharma64
79Anurag Jain1.91Endurance Technologies55
80Ranjan Pai1.9Manipal Group44
81Vikas Oberoi1.87Oberoi Realty47
82Ravi Jaipuria1.84RJ Corp62
83Salil Singhal1.83PI Industries70
84N.R. Narayana Murthy1.82Infosys71
85Nirav Modi1.8Firestar Diamond46
86Rajju Shroff1.77UPL83
87Sunder Genomal1.75Page Industries63
88Dinesh Nandwana1.72Vakrangee54
89Nandan Nilekani1.71Infosys62
90Radhe Shyam Agarwal1.64Emami72
90Radhe Shyam Goenka1.64Emami71
92Senapathy Gopalakrishnan1.61Infosys62
93Satish Mehta1.6Emcure Pharmaceuticals66
94Shamsheer Vayalil1.57VPS Healthcare40
95Shyam & Hari Bhartia1.56Jubilant Group64 (Shyam), 60 (Hari)
96Anand Mahindra1.54Mahindra & Mahindra62
97Reddy family1.53Dr. Reddy's LaboratoriesNA
98Arvind Poddar1.48Balkrishna Industries59
99Vijay Shekhar Sharma1.47Paytm39
100Rana Kapoor1.46Yes Bank60



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