Bangalore: Indians worry a lot to know about others wealth. Wealth brings power and respect in the society. Wealthy people are the leaders somehow they rule the world they live in. Today we are curious to know about the super rich people. Richest people are always fascinating and inspiring. Forbes listed top 10 wealthy Indians.
1. Mukesh Ambani
Mukesh Ambani is the richest man in India with $32 billion in net worth. He is known as Indian business magnate. He is the chairman and managing director of Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries, the largest private sector enterprise in India listed in Fortune 500 magazine. He is one among the five richest people in the world and the second richest man in Asia. He is a member of the board of directors of Bank of America Corporation and a present member of the international advisory board of the Council on Foreign Relations. According to Forbes Magazine forecasts, he is expected to regain the title of the richest man in the world in 2014.
2. L N Mittal
Mittal is the second richest man in India with $30 billion in net worth. He is known as Indian steel magnate. He is the chairman and chief executive officer of Arcel or Mittal , the world’s largest steelmaking company. Mittal is looking to invest in Brazil, India and West Asia. He owns 12-bedroom mansion in Lo
ndon's posh Kensington area. He is presently the fourth richest individual in the world and he is the 44th "most powerful person" of the 68 individuals named in Forbes's Most Powerful People list. He also presently serves as a board council member of the Prime Minister of India's Global Advisory Council of Overseas Indians. In 2007, Time magazine included him in their "100 most influential persons in the world".
3. Azim Premji
Azim Premji is an Indian business tycoon and the chairman of Wipro Limited. According to Forbes, he is currently the third wealthiest Indian and 36th richest in the world, with a personal wealth of US$16.8 billion in 2011. In 2000, he was voted among the 20 most powerful men in the world by Asiaweek. He has tw
ice been listed among the 100 most influential people by TIME Magazine, once in 2004 and more recently in 2011. Premji has been recognized by Business Week as one of the Greatest Entrepreneurs for being responsible for Wipro emerging as one of the world’s fastest growing companies. In 2011, he has been awarded Padma Vibhushan, the second highest civilian award by the Government of India
4. Anil Ambani
Anil Dhirubhai Ambani is an Indian business baron and chairman of Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, one of the largest private conglomerates. He is a member of the Board of Overseers at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He is voted as the 3rd most powerful person in India in the 2009
India Today Power List, in March and also voted as Businessman of the Year 2006 by Times of India -TNS pol.
5. Shashi & Ravi Ruia
The Essar Group is a multinational conglomerate corporation in the sectors of Steel, Energy, Power, Communications, Shipping Ports & Logistics as well as Construction. Essar is managed by shashi Ruia , Chairman – Essar Group and Ravi Ruia, Vice Chairman Essar Group. They are in the world’s billionari
es list with the net worth of $15.8 B. The duo is also attempting to raise $925 million, using part of their 33 per cent stake in Vodafone Essar as collateral. They withdrew their $150-million bid to take over Australian coal firm Rocklands Richfield.
6. Kushal Pal Singh
Kushal Pal Singh or K.P. Singh is a real estate mogul and the chairman and CEO of DLF Limited, India's largest real estate developer. After Mukesh and Anil Ambani, DLF's Kushal Pal Singh became India's third rupee trillionaire with a net wealth of 101,250 crore. The market cap of India's largest real estate company DLF now stands at 1,14,744 crore.
The promoter holding in DLF stands at 88.24% and has appreciated in value by over Rs 22,000 crore since listing. Prior to listing, Singh's stake was worth about Rs 79,000 crore.
7. Savitri Jindal
Savitri Jindal is an Indian steel baroness, the wealthiest woman in India and she is the 8th richest woman in the world. She is the non-executive chairperson of Jindal Steel and Power Limited and JSW Steel, and member of the Haryana Legislative Assembly. She also served as a Minister of Power in the Governm
ent of Haryana until 2010. She is worth $12.2 billion. She overtook to the business of her husband O.P Jindal, the founder of Jindal Group of steel and power.
8. Sunil Mittal
Sunil Bharti Mittal is an Indian telecom mogul, philanthropist and the founder, chairman and Group CEO of Bharti Enterprises. The US$8.3 billion turnover company runs India's largest GSM-based mobile phone service and world's fifth largest wireless company with over 190 million customers across 19 countries
in Asia and Africa. In 2007, he was awarded the Padma Bhushan , India's third highest civilian honor. He owns net worth $8.2 billion.
9. Kumar Mangalam Birla
Kumar Mangalam Birla is an Indian industrialist and the Chairman of the Aditya Birla Group, one of the largest conglomerate corporations in India. He is also the Chancellor of the Birla Institute of Technology & Science. An iconic figure, Mr. Birla holds several key positions on various regulatory and
professional boards. Mr. Birla was named the ‘CNN-IBN Indian of the Year 2010 – Business’. He was also named the "Business Leader of the Year" at the AIMA Managing India Awards 2010 by the All India Management Association (AIMA).
10. Gautam Adani
Gautam Adani, is an Indian businessman. He is the chairman of the Adani Group, a leading trading and export company of India. He has plans to raise $325 million more through a rights issue of Adani Enterprises to invest in coal mining. He bought an Australian coal mine lease from Linc Energy for $455 milli
on and inked a $1.65 billion deal with Indonesia's state-owned coal mining company Bukit Asam . He recently transferred his holdings in Mundra to flagship Adani Enterprises.