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117 billionaires in total in India | Forbes list released in the year 2020

117 billionaires in total in India | Forbes list released in the year 2020

 


The corona epidemic wiped out hundreds of lives. The crisis also hurt global economies. But some people have become even more wealthy amid the Corona crisis. The best example of this need not be seen anywhere abroad, it will be seen in India itself, where 15 more new names have been added to the list of billionaires in the last 6 months. Let's know who is the richest people in India and how much is the total wealth of these billionaires.

 

According to Forbes, India currently has 117 billionaires. Their total wealth is more than $ 300 billion or Rs 22,000 billion. In this list, Mukesh Ambani, who owns Reliance Industries, is India's richest person with assets of $ 88 billion. By the way, he has become the richest person not only in India but also in Asia. After him, Shiv Nadar is second and Gautam Adani third in the list of the rich in India. Currently, Shiv Nadar has assets of $ 19.9 billion and Adani's wealth is $ 18.7 billion.

 

These are among the top 10 richest billionaires in India according to Forbes

 

1. Mukesh Ambani, who owns Reliance Industries ($ 88 billion),

2. Shiv Nadar ($ 19.9 billion), 

3. Gautam Adani ($ 18.7 billion),

4. Radhakishan belongs to Damani and family ($ 15.3 billion),

5. Cyrus Poonawalla ($ 12 billion),

4. Uday Kotak ($ 11.5 billion),

7. Lakshmi Mittal ($ 9.9 billion),

8. Sunil Mittal and family ($ 9.6 billion),

9. Dilip Shanghvi ($ 8.8 billion) and

10. Kumar Birla ($ 8.6 billion).

 

India has three people among the 100 richest people in the world. Among them, Mukesh Ambani is sixth, Shiv Nadar 69th and Gautam Adani at number 76.

 

Mukesh Ambani's wealth has increased significantly this year. Reliance's stock has risen by over 150 per cent, increasing the company's market capitalization and increasing Ambani's wealth in the result. Reliance benefited from investments made by large investors in digital and e-commerce units, nearly doubling its market capitalization in 2020. Reliance became the first Indian company to cross the $ 200 billion mark in terms of market cap. Giants like Facebook, Google invested money in its digital unit. As a result, Mukesh Ambani rose to the fourth position in terms of highest wealth in the world.

 

Azim Premji, Savitri Jindal and family, Benu Gopal Bangur, Kuldeep Singh and Gurbachan Sing Dhingra, Murali Devi and family, Ashwin Dani and Hasmukh Choudhary all own property worth over $ 5 billion. Balakrishna Goenka, at 117th position in this list, has assets of $ 1.1 billion. According to this Forbes list, 42 people are among 1000 richest people in India. At the same time, the number of 2000 highest paid Indians is 104.


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