Forbes India Rich List 2021: Mukesh Ambani has topped Forbes India Rich List 2021 for the 14th year in a row since 2008 with a net worth of $92.7 billion. Gautam Adani is ranked second with a net worth of $74.8 billion, followed by Shiv Nadar at 3rd place with $31 billion.
As per Forbes India Rich List 2021, India's richest people have increased their cumulative wealth by 50 percent in the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic. India's 100 richest people are now worth $775 billion.
While most of India's rich gained wealth during 2021, four pharma billionaires saw a fall in their wealth including Biocon's Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Reddy Family from Dr. Reddy's Laboratories, Aurobindo Pharma's P.V. Ramprasad Reddy and Lupin's Gupta Family.
The other rich whose wealth declined during the pandemic include Hero MotoCorp's Pawan Munjal, Anil Agarwal from Vedanta Resources and P.P. Reddy from Megha Engineering & Infrastructures.
Forbes India Rich List 2021: India's Top 10 Richest People
Rank | Name | Net Worth (In $ Billion) | Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mukesh Ambani | 92.7 | Reliance Industries |
| 2 | Gautam Adani | 74.8 | Adani Ports & SEZ |
| 3 | Shiv Nadar | 31 | HCL Technologies |
| 4 | Radhakishan Damani | 29.4 | Avenue Supermarts |
| 5 | Cyrus Poonawalla | 19 | Serum Institute of India |
| 6 | Lakshmi Mittal | 18.8 | ArcelorMittal |
| 7 | Savitri Jindal | 18 | O.P. Jindal Group |
| 8 | Uday Kotak | 16.5 | Kotak Mahindra Bank |
| 9 | Pallonji Mistry | 16.4 | Shapoorji Pallonji Group |
| 10 | Kumar Birla | 15.8 | Aditya Birla Group |
New Entrants into India's 100 richest people list
Rank | Name | Net Worth (In $ Billion) | Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 57 | Inder Jaisinghani | 3.6 | Polycab India |
| 87 | Arvind Lal | 2.55 | Dr Lal PathLabs |
| 93 | Ashok Boob | 2.3 | Clean Science and Technology |
| 97 | Deepak Mehta | 2.05 | Deepak Nitrite |
| 99 | Bajranglal Taparia | 1.94 | Supreme Industries |
| 100 | Yogesh Kothari | 1.94 | Alkyl Amines Chemicals |
Source: Forbes India
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