The nation's richest top their Chinese counterparts when it comes to the size of their fortunes.
India’s wealthiest person, once again Reliance Industries’ Mukesh Ambani, has a fortune of $32 billion, more than five times the $5.8 billion net worth of BYD’s Wang Chuanfu, China’s richest citizen at the time we published our China 400 rankings earlier this month. (Wang’s fortune has since dropped along with BYD’s shares.)
Steel baron and U.K. resident Lakshmi Mittal, who oversees the world’s largest steel company, ArcelorMittal from London, is a close second with a $30 billion fortune. Mukesh’s estranged brother Anil, who’s locked in a bitter court battle over a gas supply agreement with his older sibling, is ranked at No 3. Overall, the top three are worth $79.5 billion, $25.7 billion more than their combined sum a year ago, though still far shy of their record total of $145 billion in 2007. The top 10 are
worth $155 billion, a 60% increase over last year and four times that of China’s top 10.
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India’s Richest
Rank
1. Mukesh Ambani : Mumbai
2. Lakshmi Mittal : London
3. Anil Ambani : Mumbai
4. Azim Premji : Bangalore
5. Shashi & Ravi Ruia : Mumbai
6. Kushal Pal Singh : Delhi
7. Savitri Jindal : Hisar/Delhi
8. Sunil Mittal : Delhi
9. Kumar Birla : Mumbai
10. Gautam Adani : Ahmedabad
Note: 60 Vijay Mallya, Bangalore (Vijay Mallya Rank 60-na lia a y). Forbes.com: Vijay Mallya
