- India has added at least 17 billionaires in the last six months.
- There are 119 billionaires in India right now — who collectively have over $300 billion.
- Mukesh Ambani is the richest person in India and is worth $88 billion, followed by Gautam Adani and Shiv Nadar.
Even as the COVID-19 pandemic wiped out the personal savings of hundreds of people and wrecked damage across global economies — some have become richer. India has added at least 17 billionaires in the last six months.
According to the Forbes list, there are 119 billionaires in India right now — who collectively have $300 billion. Mukesh Ambani, who helms the oil-to-telecom conglomerate, Reliance Industries, is the richest person in India with a net worth of $88 billion. He is followed by Gautam Adani and Shiv Nadar
These are 119 billionaires in India right now, according to
Forbes real-time billionaires on December 28, 2020 —
Global Rank
| India Rank
| Name
| Net Worth ($ Billion)
| Age
| Source of Income
|
9
| 1
| Mukesh Ambani
| $77.0 B
| 63
| diversified
|
48
| 2
| Gautam Adani
| $28.3 B
| 58
| commodities, ports
|
65
| 3
| Shiv Nadar
| $22.9 B
| 75
| software services
|
98
| 4
| Radhakishan Damani & family
| $19.0 B
| 65
| retail, investments
|
115
| 5
| Uday Kotak
| $16.3 B
| 61
| banking
|
138
| 6
| Lakshmi Mittal
| $14.7 B
| 70
| steel
|
184
| 7
| Cyrus Poonawalla
| $11.4 B
| 79
| vaccines
|
197
| 8
| Sunil Mittal & family
| $10.6 B
| 63
| telecom
|
211
| 9
| Dilip Shanghvi
| $10.0 B
| 65
| pharmaceuticals
|
218
| 10
| Kumar Birla
| $9.8 B
| 53
| commodities
|
258
| 11
| Azim Premji
| $8.3 B
| 75
| software services
|
262
| 12
| Kuldip Singh & Gurbachan Singh Dhingra
| $8.3 B
| unknown
| paints
|
265
| 13
| Savitri Jindal & family
| $8.2 B
| 70
| steel
|
315
| 14
| Benu Gopal Bangur
| $7.3 B
| 89
| cement
|
320
| 15
| Murali Divi & family
| $7.3 B
| 69
| pharmaceuticals
|
338
| 16
| Ashwin Dani
| $6.9 B
| 78
| paints
|
402
| 17
| Kushal Pal Singh
| $6.1 B
| 89
| real estate
|
407
| 18
| Bajaj brothers
| $6.0 B
| unknown
| diversified
|
444
| 19
| Mahendra Choksi & family
| $5.6 B
| 79
| paints
|
447
| 20
| Rahul Bajaj
| $5.5 B
| 82
| diversified
|
459
| 21
| Hasmukh Chudgar
| $5.4 B
| 87
| pharmaceuticals
|
465
| 22
| Pankaj Patel
| $5.4 B
| 67
| pharmaceuticals
|
511
| 23
| Kapil & Rahul Bhatia
| $5.1 B
| unknown
| airlines
|
525
| 24
| Abhay Vakil & family
| $5.1 B
| 70
| paints
|
569
| 25
| Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
| $4.8 B
| 67
| biopharmaceuticals
|
574
| 26
| Vikram Lal
| $4.8 B
| 78
| motorcycles
|
608
| 27
| M.A. Yusuff Ali
| $4.5 B
| 65
| retail
|
715
| 28
| Pawan Munjal & family
| $3.9 B
| 66
| motorcycles
|
734
| 29
| Nusli Wadia
| $3.8 B
| 76
| consumer goods
|
735
| 30
| Karsanbhai Patel
| $3.8 B
| 76
| consumer goods
|
822
| 31
| Anil Agarwal & family
| $3.5 B
| 67
| mining, metals
|
849
| 32
| N.R. Narayana Murthy
| $3.4 B
| 74
| software services
|
870
| 33
| Shyam & Hari Bhartia
| $3.3 B
| 67
| diversified
|
880
| 34
| Vinod & Anil Rai Gupta
| $3.3 B
| unknown
| electrical equipment
|
903
| 35
| P.V. Ramprasad Reddy
| $3.2 B
| 62
| pharmaceuticals
|
932
| 36
| Rakesh Jhunjhunwala
| $3.1 B
| 60
| investments
|
933
| 37
| Senapathy Gopalakrishnan
| $3.1 B
| 65
| software services
|
958
| 38
| Ajay Piramal
| $3.0 B
| 65
| pharmaceuticals
|
976
| 39
| Samir Mehta
| $3.0 B
| 57
| pharmaceuticals, power
|
976
| 40
| Sudhir Mehta
| $3.0 B
| 66
| pharmaceuticals, power
|
996
| 41
| Ravi Jaipuria
| $2.9 B
| 66
| soft drinks, fast food
|
998
| 42
| Chandru Raheja
| $2.9 B
| 80
| real estate
|
1040
| 43
| Micky Jagtiani
| $2.8 B
| 69
| retail
|
1069
| 44
| Vivek Chand Burman
| $2.8 B
| 83
| consumer goods
|
1112
| 45
| Sanjeev Bikhchandani
| $2.7 B
| 57
| Internet
|
1189
| 46
| Byju Raveendran and Divya Gokulnath
| $2.5 B
| 39
| education technology
|
1200
| 47
| Harsh Mariwala
| $2.5 B
| 69
| consumer goods
|
1204
| 48
| Kalanithi Maran
| $2.5 B
| 55
| media
|
1235
| 49
| Madhukar Parekh
| $2.4 B
| 73
| adhesives
|
1239
| 50
| Nandan Nilekani
| $2.4 B
| 65
| software services
|
1246
| 51
| Jamshyd Godrej
| $2.4 B
| 71
| consumer goods
|
1246
| 52
| Adi Godrej
| $2.4 B
| 78
| consumer goods
|
1246
| 53
| Rishad Naoroji
| $2.4 B
| 69
| consumer goods
|
1246
| 54
| Smita Crishna-Godrej
| $2.4 B
| 70
| consumer goods
|
1246
| 55
| Nadir Godrej
| $2.4 B
| 69
| consumer goods
|
1267
| 56
| Vijay Shekhar Sharma
| $2.3 B
| 42
| financial technology
|
1284
| 57
| Anand Burman
| $2.3 B
| 68
| consumer goods
|
1300
| 58
| Jitendra Virwani
| $2.3 B
| 54
| real estate
|
1301
| 59
| Aloke Lohia
| $2.3 B
| 62
| petrochemicals
|
1326
| 60
| Shashi & Ravi Ruia
| $2.2 B
| unknown
| diversified
|
1328
| 61
| Abhay Firodia
| $2.2 B
| 76
| automobiles
|
1329
| 62
| Acharya Balkrishna
| $2.2 B
| 48
| consumer goods
|
1356
| 63
| Salil Singhal
| $2.2 B
| 73
| agrochemicals
|
1380
| 64
| K. Dinesh
| $2.1 B
| 66
| software services
|
1386
| 65
| Vikas Oberoi
| $2.1 B
| 50
| real estate
|
1390
| 66
| Baba Kalyani
| $2.1 B
| 71
| engineering
|
1411
| 67
| Arvind Poddar
| $2.1 B
| 63
| tires
|
1422
| 68
| Kishore Mariwala
| $2.1 B
| 85
| consumer goods
|
1440
| 69
| Arvind Tiku
| $2.0 B
| 50
| oil & gas, investments
|
1500
| 70
| Mahendra Prasad
| $2.0 B
| 80
| pharmaceuticals
|
1511
| 71
| Harsh Goenka
| $2.0 B
| 63
| diversified
|
1528
| 72
| Yusuf Hamied
| $1.9 B
| 84
| pharmaceuticals
|
1589
| 73
| Sunny Varkey
| $1.9 B
| 63
| education
|
1591
| 74
| Lachhman Das Mittal
| $1.9 B
| 90
| tractors
|
1603
| 75
| Sandeep Engineer
| $1.8 B
| 59
| plastic pipes
|
1633
| 76
| Anand Mahindra
| $1.8 B
| 65
| diversified
|
1644
| 77
| S.D. Shibulal
| $1.8 B
| 65
| software services
|
1653
| 78
| Chirayu Amin
| $1.8 B
| 74
| pharmaceuticals
|
1660
| 79
| Sanjiv Goenka
| $1.8 B
| 59
| diversified
|
1725
| 80
| Devendra Jain
| $1.7 B
| 91
| chemicals
|
1731
| 81
| Narendrakumar Parekh
| $1.7 B
| 82
| adhesives
|
1742
| 82
| P.P. Reddy
| $1.6 B
| 63
| infrastructure
|
1749
| 83
| Bhadresh Shah
| $1.6 B
| 69
| engineering
|
1754
| 84
| Satish Reddy
| $1.6 B
| 53
| pharmaceuticals
|
1765
| 85
| Ajay Parekh
| $1.6 B
| 63
| adhesives
|
1777
| 86
| Amit Burman
| $1.6 B
| 51
| consumer goods
|
1795
| 87
| P.V.Krishna Reddy
| $1.6 B
| 51
| infrastructure
|
1803
| 88
| G.V. Prasad
| $1.6 B
| 60
| pharmaceuticals
|
1814
| 89
| G. Rajendran
| $1.5 B
| 78
| jewellery
|
1826
| 90
| Surjit Kumar Gupta
| $1.5 B
| 78
| electrical equipment
|
1827
| 91
| R.G. Chandramogan
| $1.5 B
| 71
| dairy
|
1846
| 92
| Arvind Lal
| $1.5 B
| 71
| medical diagnostics
|
1848
| 93
| Basudeo Singh
| $1.5 B
| 80
| pharmaceuticals
|
1889
| 94
| Anurang Jain
| $1.5 B
| 58
| auto parts
|
1899
| 95
| Harindarpal Banga
| $1.5 B
| 70
| commodities
|
1914
| 96
| Sushilkumar Parekh
| $1.4 B
| 87
| adhesives
|
2047
| 97
| Girdhari Lal Bawri
| $1.3 B
| 73
| pharmaceuticals
|
2047
| 98
| Banwari Lal Bawri
| $1.3 B
| 67
| pharmaceuticals
|
2047
| 99
| Rajendra Agarwal
| $1.3 B
| 61
| pharmaceuticals
|
2055
| 100
| Niranjan Hiranandani
| $1.3 B
| 70
| real estate
|
2064
| 101
| Ravi Pillai
| $1.3 B
| 67
| construction
|
2066
| 102
| Rajju Shroff
| $1.3 B
| 87
| agrochemicals
|
2071
| 103
| Subhash Runwal
| $1.3 B
| 77
| real estate
|
2076
| 104
| Ranjan Pai
| $1.3 B
| 48
| education
|
2078
| 105
| Shamsheer Vayalil
| $1.3 B
| 43
| healthcare
|
2086
| 106
| Mangal Prabhat Lodha
| $1.3 B
| 65
| real estate
|
2103
| 107
| Pradip Burman
| $1.2 B
| 78
| consumer goods
|
2133
| 108
| Balkrishan Goenka
| $1.2 B
| 54
| textiles
|
2143
| 109
| Radha Vembu
| $1.2 B
| 48
| technology
|
2159
| 110
| Sachin Bansal
| $1.2 B
| 39
| flipkart
|
2180
| 111
| Hemendra Kothari
| $1.2 B
| 74
| Financial Services
|
2184
| 112
| Mofatraj Munot
| $1.2 B
| 76
| real estate
|
2193
| 113
| T.S. Kalyanaraman
| $1.2 B
| 73
| jewelry
|
2207
| 114
| Radhe Shyam Goenka
| $1.2 B
| 74
| consumer goods
|
2207
| 115
| Radhe Shyam Agarwal
| $1.2 B
| 75
| consumer goods
|
2240
| 116
| Murli Dhar & Bimal Kumar Gyanchandani
| $1.1 B
| unknown
| Detergents
|
2251
| 117
| Binny Bansal
| $1.1 B
| 38
| flipkart
|
2289
| 118
| Nirmal Minda
| $1.1 B
| 63
| auto parts
|
2312
| 119
| Analjit Singh
| $1.0 B
| 66
| healthcare
|
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