The CEOWORLD magazine has published its much-anticipated “India Rich List for 2018,” which ranks the wealthiest people in India, as well as the rest of the world.
With a net worth of $47.8 billion, the chairman of Reliance Industries Limited Mukesh Ambani, the energy and petrochemicals magnate, tops the CEOWORLD magazine’s India Rich List for 2018. Mukesh Ambani, the owner of the Indian Premier League cricket club Mumbai Indians, is also the wealthiest sports team owners in the world, according to the CEOWORLD magazine.
Azim Premji, Chairman of Wipro (one of the world’s largest IT company), is second on the list with $20.9 billion. Lakshmi Mittal holds the third spot with a net worth of 18.1 billion, followed by the chairman of HCL Technologies Shiv Nadar, Kumar Birla, and Sun Pharmaceuticals chairman Dilip Shanghvi.
Radhakishan Damani, Uday Kotak, Cyrus Poonawalla, and Savitri Jindal, rounded up the top five wealthiest people in India with $10.9 billion, $10.5 billion, $8.3 billion, and $8.2 billion respectively.
Richest people in India: CEOWORLD magazine’s top 100 Indian billionaires of 2018:
1 | Mukesh Ambani | $47.8 billion |
2 | Azim Premji | $20.9 billion |
3 | Lakshmi Mittal | $18.1 billion |
4 | Shiv Nadar | $14.8 billion |
5 | Kumar Birla | $12.4 billion |
6 | Dilip Shanghvi | $11.9 billion |
7 | Radhakishan Damani | $10.9 billion |
8 | Uday Kotak | $10.5 billion |
9 | Cyrus Poonawalla | $8.3 billion |
10 | Savitri Jindal | $8.2 billion |
11 | Sunil Mittal | $7 billion |
12 | Gautam Adani | $7 billion |
13 | Nusli Wadia | $6.4 billion |
14 | Benu Gopal Bangur | $5.4 billion |
15 | Vikram Lal | $5.3 billion |
16 | K P Singh | $5 billion |
17 | Acharya Balkrishna | $4.8 billion |
18 | Ajay Piramal | $4.8 billion |
19 | Yusuff Ali M.A. | $4.7 billion |
20 | Ravi Pillai | $4.3 billion |
21 | Pankaj Patel | $4.3 billion |
22 | Rahul Bajaj | $4.2 billion |
23 | Micky Jagtiani | $4.1 billion |
24 | Pawan Munjal | $4 billion |
25 | Subhash Chandra | $4 billion |
26 | Sameer Gehlaut | $4 billion |
27 | B.R. Shetty | $3.9 billion |
28 | Kuldip Singh & Gurbachan Singh Dhingra | $3.9 billion |
29 | Sudhir & Samir Mehta | $3.8 billion |
30 | Kalanithi Maran | $3.6 billion |
31 | Hasmukh Chudgar | $3.6 billion |
32 | Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw | $3.5 billion |
33 | Anil Agarwal | $3.5 billion |
34 | Karsanbhai Patel | $3.4 billion |
35 | Ashwin Dani | $3.4 billion |
36 | Kapil & Rahul Bhatia | $3.4 billion |
37 | Aloke Lohia | $3.2 billion |
38 | Chandru Raheja | $3 billion |
39 | P.V. Ramprasad Reddy | $2.7 billion |
40 | Murali Divi | $2.7 billion |
41 | Mangal Prabhat Lodha | $2.7 billion |
42 | Rishad Naoroji | $2.7 billion |
43 | Adi Godrej | $2.7 billion |
44 | Jamshyd Godrej | $2.7 billion |
45 | Nadir Godrej | $2.7 billion |
46 | Smita Crishna-Godrej | $2.7 billion |
47 | Baba Kalyani | $2.6 billion |
48 | Rajan Raheja | $2.6 billion |
49 | Rakesh Jhunjhunwala | $2.6 billion |
50 | Sunny Varkey | $2.6 billion |
51 | Leena Tewari | $2.5 billion |
52 | Shashi & Ravi Ruia | $2.5 billion |
53 | Vinod & Anil Rai Gupta | $2.4 billion |
54 | Anil Ambani | $2.4 billion |
55 | Arvind Tiku | $2.3 billion |
56 | Jitendra Virwani | $2.3 billion |
57 | Narayana Murthy | $2.2 billion |
58 | Vivek Chand Burman | $2.2 billion |
59 | Vijay Shekhar Sharma | $2.2 billion |
60 | Harsh Mariwala | $2.1 billion |
61 | Senapathy Gopalakrishnan | $2.1 billion |
62 | Ravi Jaipuria | $2 billion |
63 | Shyam & Hari Bhartia | $2 billion |
64 | Harsh Goenka | $2 billion |
65 | Anand Burman | $2 billion |
66 | Nandan Nilekani | $2 billion |
67 | Abhay Firodia | $1.9 billion |
68 | Lachhman Das Mittal | $1.9 billion |
69 | Ranjan Pai | $1.9 billion |
70 | Sanjiv Goenka | $1.8 billion |
71 | Jai Hari & Yadu Hari Dalmia | $1.8 billion |
72 | Arvind Poddar | $1.8 billion |
73 | Anand Mahindra | $1.7 billion |
74 | Kishore Mariwala | $1.7 billion |
75 | Vikas Oberoi | $1.7 billion |
76 | Murli Dhar & Bimal Kumar Gyanchandani | $1.7 billion |
77 | Anurang Jain | $1.6 billion |
78 | Krishna Kumar Bangur | $1.6 billion |
79 | Tarang Jain | $1.6 billion |
80 | Devendra Jain | $1.6 billion |
81 | Yusuf Hamied | $1.5 billion |
82 | Shamsheer Vayalil | $1.5 billion |
83 | K. Dinesh | $1.5 billion |
84 | Bhadresh Shah | $1.4 billion |
85 | Radhe Shyam Agarwal | $1.4 billion |
86 | Radhe Shyam Goenka | $1.4 billion |
87 | Amit Burman | $1.4 billion |
88 | Joy Alukkas | $1.3 billion |
89 | S.D. Shibulal | $1.3 billion |
90 | Subhash Runwal | $1.3 billion |
91 | T.S. Kalyanaraman | $1.2 billion |
92 | Rajju Shroff | $1.2 billion |
93 | Harindarpal Banga | $1.2 billion |
94 | Mahendra Prasad | $1.2 billion |
95 | Mofatraj Munot | $1.2 billion |
96 | Balkrishan Goenka | $1.1 billion |
97 | R.G. Chandramogan | $1.1 billion |
98 | Niranjan Hiranandani | $1.1 billion |
99 | Chirayu Amin | $1.1 billion |
100 | Hemendra Kothari | $1.1 billion |
101 | Sheela Gautam | $1.1 billion |
102 | Basudeo Singh | $1 billion |
103 | Samprada Singh | $1 billion |
104 | Ajay Kalsi | $1 billion |