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In 2021, the richest 10 people in India are as follows:
1. Mukesh Ambani
Net Worth: $92.7 Billion, makes him 1st of Top richest Indian 2021
Mukesh Ambani is the chairman and managing director of Reliance Industries, which is India’s largest conglomerate. Ambani has a degree in chemical engineering from the Institute of Chemical Technology. He started his career working for Reliance Industries, and he was instrumental in the company’s expansion into textiles and petrochemicals.
Ambani is also known for his philanthropic work. He has donated billions of dollars to various charities, including the Reliance Foundation, which supports education and health initiatives in India.
2. Gautam Adani
Net Worth: $74.8 Billion, makes him 2nd of Top 10 richest Indian of 2021
Gautam Adani is an Indian billionaire businessman who is the chairman and founder of the Adani Group. As of March 2019, his net worth was estimated to be $11.2 billion.
Adani was born in 1962 in Ahmedabad, India. He comes from a Gujarati family. His father, Shantilal Adani, was a diamond merchant.
Adani started his own business in 1988 with a single cotton trading company. He later diversified his businesses into areas such as power generation, coal mining, and infrastructure development.
3. Shiva Nadar
Net Worth: $31 Billion, makes him 3rd richest Indian of 2021
Shiva Nadar is an Indian billionaire business tycoon. He is the founder and chairman of HCL and the Shiv Nadar Foundation. As of March 2019, he has a net worth of $20.5 billion.
Shiva Nadar was born in 1945 in Tamil Nadu, India. He completed his schooling from Chennai and then graduated with a degree in electrical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras.
After graduation, Nadar started his career as a systems engineer with DCM Limited. He later joined Hindustan Computers Limited (HCL) as one of its founding members in 1976. HCL was established with a vision to provide quality computer hardware at affordable prices to the Indian market.
4. Radhakishan Damani
Net Worth: $29.4 Billion
Radhakishan Damani is an Indian business tycoon and investor. He is the founder of Avenue Supermarts, which operates a chain of supermarkets under the D-Mart brand. As of March 2020, his net worth was estimated to be US$13.2 billion, making him the richest person in India.
Damani began his career as a stockbroker and soon made a name for himself as a successful investor. He made his first major investment in 1987, when he bought shares in Vardhman Textiles at a price of Rs. 80 per share. The company’s share price later surged to Rs. 4,000, giving Damani a return of 5,000%.
5. Cyrus Poonawalla
Net Worth: $19 Billion
Cyrus Poonawalla is the chairman of the Poonawalla Group, which includes companies like the Serum Institute of India. He has a net worth of $8.9 billion, making him the richest person in India.
Poonawalla was born in Mumbai to a Parsi family. His father was a doctor and his mother was a homemaker. He has three brothers, one of whom is also involved in the family business.
Poonawalla has been married twice and has four children. He is currently based in Mumbai.
6. Lakshmi Mittal
Net Worth: $18.8 Billion
Lakshmi Mittal is an Indian steel magnate who has a net worth of $16.5 billion. Lakshmi is the chairman and CEO of ArcelorMittal, the world’s largest steelmaking company.
Lakshmi started his career working in his family’s steel business in India. He then moved to Indonesia where he founded his own steel company. In 1995, he acquired a failing steel mill in Romania and turned it into a successful business.
In 2006, Lakshmi made a hostile takeover bid for Arcelor, a French steel company. The deal made him the richest man in India and the fifth richest man in the world at the time.
7. Savitri Jindal & Family
Net Worth: $18 Billion
Savitri Jindal is an Indian business tycoon and a member of the Legislative Assembly. She is the chairperson of the OP Jindal Group, one of India’s largest steel and power conglomerates.
Savitri Jindal was born in 1951 into a family of industrialists. She studied metallurgical engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee.
After her husband, Om Prakash Jindal, died in a helicopter crash in 2005, she took over as the chairperson of the OP Jindal Group. Under her leadership, the company has become one of the most successful businesses in India.
8. Uday Kotak
Net Worth: $16.5 Billion
Uday Kotak is an Indian billionaire banker, and the founder, managing director, and chief executive officer (CEO) of Kotak Mahindra Bank.
Kotak started his career working for ANZ Grindlays Bank in 1983. He later founded Kotak Mahindra Finance Ltd, a non-banking financial company, in 1985. The company was later renamed Kotak Mahindra Bank.
In 2014, Kotak was named by Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world.
9. Pallonji Mistry
Net Worth: $16.4 Billion
Pallonji Shapoorji Mistry was an Indian-born Irish billionaire construction tycoon. He was chairman of the Shapoorji Pallonji Group and a major shareholder of India’s largest private conglomerate, Tata Group. He was one of the world’s wealthiest person.
10. Kumar Birla
Net Worth: $15.8 Billion
Kumar Birla is the chairman of the Aditya Birla Group, one of the largest conglomerates in India. The group has interests in sectors such as aluminium, cement, textiles, and telecommunications. Birla also serves on the boards of several companies, including Grasim Industries and Hindalco Industries.
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