Mukesh Ambani Named Richest Indian by a Chinese Survey

China based Research firm Hurun in a Report on 10 October 2012 declared Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani, the richest Indian with a Personal Fortune of $19.3 billion.
Mukesh Ambani is preceded by Arcelor-Mittal chief L.N. Mittal, whose wealth is nailed down to be $16.9 billion.

The other businessman included in the list followed by Mukesh Ambani and Laxmi Mittal are Azim Premji of Wipro with a Personal Fortune of $12.3 billion, Dilip Shanghvi of Sun Pharmaceuticals with $8.5 billion, Pallonji Mistry of Shapoorji Pallonji & Co, the largest shareholder in Tata Group with $7.9 billion, Shashi and Ravi Ruia of Essar Energy with personal fortune of $7.2 billion and Adi Godrej of Godrej Group with $6.9 billion.

Four others Entrepreneurs who are included in the list of top 10 billionaires are Kushal Pal Singh of DLF with a Personal fortune of $6.3 billion, Kumara Mangalam Birla of Grasim Industries with $5.8 billion, Shiv Nadar of HCL Technology with $5.7 billion and Sunil Mittal of Bharti Airtel with $5.7 billion of Personal fortune.

In terms of women Savitri Jindal, the non-executive chairperson of O.P. Jindal Group, is the richest Indian woman with personal fortune of $5.6 billion, on the other hand Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, the chairman and managing director of Biocon is the richest self-made woman with a personal wealth of $600 million.

Also, In the list of people  whose wealth was adversely affected in 2012 were Mukesh Ambani, L N Mittal, Shashi Ruia and Ravi Ruia, Kumara Mangalam Birla's flagship company Hindalco and telecom tycoon Sunil Mittal.

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw is the only self-made woman in the list of top 100 richest Indians.

The reports shows that only five of the top 100 rich Indians are women. Among the women rich list, Savitri Jindal is followed by Indu Jain of Bennett Coleman with $1.7 billion, Anu Aga of Thermax with $690 million, Mazumdar-Shaw of Biocon with $600 million and Shobhana Bhartia of Hindustan Times with $490 million.

Talking of State, Mumbai is the place for 36 of India's richest 100, followed by Delhi and Bangalore with 22 and 15, respectively.

The youngest person put on the list is Shivinder Mohan Singh at 37 years old while the oldest one is Keshub Mahindra with 89 years of age.The average age of the Top 100 is 62 years while the average age of the Top 10 is 65 years.