Forbes declares Mukesh Ambani richest Indian consecutively 11th year
Thursday - October 4, 2018 4:01 pm ,
Category : INDIA
Mukesh Ambani, Chairman of Reliance Industries, has emerged as the richest Indian for the 11th consecutive year with a fortune of $ 47.3 billion. Forbes magazine releases the data. Ambani's assets have increased by $ 9.3 billion this year. He is also the highest earning Indian this year.
#ForbesIndiaRichlist | Mukesh Ambani remains at No. 1 for the 11th year in a row, with a net worth of $47.3 billion: https://t.co/8getOqFkL9 pic.twitter.com/eKii59qgv1
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Top 10 rich Indians in the country
In the list of Forbes India's Indian Rich List, Wipro Chairman Azim Premji has retained the second position. Their assets have increased by $ 2 billion to $ 21 billion. ArcelorMittal's chairman Lakshmi Mittal's assets have risen $ 1.8 billion and he is ranked third with $ 18.3 billion worth of assets. Hinduja Brothers are at $ 18 billion and Palangzi Mistry with $ 15.7 billion respectively in the fourth and fifth places respectively. Top 10 rich Indians include Shiv Nadar ($ 14.6 billion), Godrej family ($ 14 billion), Dilip Sanghvi ($ 12.6 billion), Kumar Birla ($ 12.5 billion) and Gautam Adani ($ 11.9 billion).
Increase in number of new billionaires
Forbes Asia Editor (India) Najinin Karmali said, "When the rupee has weakened in a challenging year, the top 100 rich Indians have been able to retain their assets. In addition, the number of new billionaires has also increased, which shows that the energy of entrepreneurship has increased in India. "Forbes said in the statement that property of 11 country's top 100 wealthy persons has increased more than a billion dollars. The collective wealth of the top 100 wealth has increased to $ 492 billion.
