1. Mukesh Ambani
Mukesh Ambani — Net Worth - $32 billion.
Well, we all know who the first
one is in our list. Yes, It is Mukesh Ambani, the elder of the Ambani
brothers. He has his hand in many businesses but the important ones are
Petrol, oil and gas. His Reliance Industries is the numero uno company
in India. Another distinction he has is that he is the second richest
man in the world. Fortune magazinwe predicts he will be the richest man
in the world before 2014. He continues his father, Dhirubhai Ambani's
legacy in business.
2. Lakshmi N. Mittal
Lakshmi N. Mittal — Net Worth - $30 billion
You could have called him a
little upstart some years ago and you would not have been more wrong.
Not any more. From a scrap merchant in erstwhile Calcutta to one of the
top steel magnets in the world is no joke. Sheer hard work and prudence
has earned him the second place in this list. His factories are present
in South America, India and Middle east.
3. Anil Ambani
Anil Ambani — Net Worth - $17.5 billion.
Ambani brothers can easily be the
richest people in the world by far, had they chosen to remain as one
company. Alas, they had to part company and the younger Brother Anil
Ambani comes third in our list of 10 richest Indians. His business
interests include telecom, entertainment, financial services and
infrastructure. His flag ship company is Reliance Dhirubhai Ambani
Group.
4. Azim Premji
Azim Premji — Net Worth - $14.9 billion
When Azim Premji was selling
cooking oil, nobody knew him. He made a plunge into IT sector when it
was in nascent stage. He did not look back since then. His Wipro is as
well known as any other IT major in the world with its third largest
exports from the country to scores of countries in the world. Computers
and allied industries keep him in the 4th position.
5. Shashi & Ravi Rhuia
Shashi - Ravi Rhuia — Joint Net Worth - $13.6 billion.
Family business to the fore
again. When Nand Kishore Ruia,their father died, the brothers Shashi and
Ravi Ruia took over the company known as Essar group. mainly into
shipping and paint in the beginning, now their multi-faceted operations
include steel, power and oil.
6. Kushal Pal Singh
K.P. SIngh — Net Worth - $13.5 billion.
The property company DLF's
slogan says it all: Building India. DLf is India's and now world's
largest builders and their operations extend throughout India. Almost
all metropolitan and tier II cities come under their developing
activities. The chairman Kushal Pal Singh is an army veteran. DLF has a
city named after itself near Delhi: DLF city!
7. Savitri Jindal
Savitri Jindal — Net Worth - $12 billion.
Om Prakash Jindal, the founder
of the Jindal Group died in March 2005 and the family fortune was
divided into four parts for 4 brothers but eh controlling interest went
to his wife Savitri Jindal. The lady as the non-executive chairman of
the O.P. Indal group. This company manufactures power and steel.
8. Sunil Mittal
Sunil Mittal — Net worth - $8.2 billion.
Airtel is the pioneer in the
telecom in India and is the number one in the field. It is this company
that took mobile phone and telemedia to all the corners of India. The
Bharthi Airtel, the company that owns Airtel has Sunil Mittal as its
chairman.
9. Kumar Birla
Kumar Birla — Net Worth: $7.8 billion
Birla group used to be the
number two business house in India but after its split some decades ago,
one of the group companies Aditya-Birla group, is the world's tenth
largest cement company.
10. Gautam Adani
Gautam Adani — Net Worth: $6 Billion
Started just in 1988, the Adani
group has climbed up the ladder fast to reach forefront of business in
commodities trading and expanded to infrastructure and energy. Its
chairman Gutam Adani is our tenth richest person.