Forbes has released the 2020 edition of India’s richest people and it seems like India’s rich people have got richer this year widening the gap between the rich and poor. The collective net worth of the top 100 people has increased 14 percent to $517.5 billion from a year ago and there are nine newcomers this year in the top 100 list.
Mukesh Ambani, chairman of Reliance Industries has topped the list once again with $88.7 billion.
Here is the list of top 10 richest people in India as per Forbes:
1) Mukesh Ambani; US$88.7 billion
2) Gautam Adani; $25.2 billion
3) Shiv Nadar; $20.4 billion
4) Radhakishan Damani; $15.4 billion
5) Hinduja brothers; $12.8 billion
6) Cyrus Poonawalla; $11.5 billion
7) Pallonji Mistry; $11.4 billion
8) Uday Kotak; $11.3 billion
9) Godrej family; $11 billion
10) Lakshmi Mittal; $10.3 billion
Below are the top 11 to 20 richest people in the list:
11. Sunil Mittal ($10.2 billion)
12. Dilip Shanghvi ($9.5 billion)
13. Burman family ($9.2 billion)
14. Kumar Birla ($8.5 billion)
15. Azim Premji ($7.9 billion)
16. Bajaj family ($7.4 billion)
17. Madhukar Parekh ($7.2 billion)
18. Kuldip and Gurbachan Singh Dhingra ($6.8 billion)
19. Savitri Jindal ($6.6 billion)
20. Murali Divi ($6.5 billion)
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