Reliance Industries
chairman and energy tycoon Mukesh Ambani and London-based
steel baron Lakshmi Narayan Mittal continue to hold the top two positions in
the Hunur's list, with personal wealth of $18.9 billion and $15.9 billion
respectively.
Meanwhile, Dilip Shanghvi, managing director of Sun
Pharmaceutical Industries Limited, has moved to third position, pushing Azim
Hashim Premji, chairman of Wipro Limited, to fourth.
Shanghvi's personal
wealth saw a surge of 66 percent - from $8.5 billion to $14.1 billion - this
year. Premji, 68, is the richest South Indian and is now at fourth spot, with
an asset of $12 billion.
The second edition of the richest Indians list is dominated by
men and only four percent of women entered the pick this year.
Bollywood
superstar Shah Rukh Khan has become the first actor to enter the list of
super-rich Indians, with fortune worth $400 million.
Shah Rukh, co-owner of Red Chillies Entertainment, has been
ranked as 114th richest Indian, according to the second
edition of China-based research firm Hurun India Rich List.
Steel baroness Savitri Jindal topped the richest Indian woman
list for the second time in a row, with a personal fortune pegged at $5.1
billion. Indu Jain, chairperson of India's largest media group Bennett, Coleman
& Co. Ltd, is the second female billionaire in the list.
Anu Aga (energy), Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw (pharmaceuticals) and
Shobhana Bhartia (media and entertainment) are the third, fourth and fifth
richest Indian women respectively, according to Hunur research.
Madhu Kapur, wife of late Ashok Kapur, co-founder Yes Bank is at
sixth position in the women's rich list.
Compared to last year, the total wealth of
India's Top 100 richest individuals has increased from $221 billion to $250
billion this year. Around five individuals from last year failed to make it in
this year's list, though 46 new millionaires made their entry.
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