Richest People: Top10 Rich People in India as of 2017.
The following list comprises of top10 richest people in India.Here I have provided vital details like net worth, education, date of birth and operating industry, etc.
10.
Cyrus Poonawalla
Cyrus S. Poonawalla is an Indian businessman, the chairman of Poonawalla Group, which includes Serum Institute of India, the Indian biotech company that manufactures paediatric vaccines.
Net worth:
$8.6 B.
Industry:
Vaccines.
Date of Birth:
1945, Pune.
Educational Qualification:
Bachelor of Arts / Science, Pune University; Doctorate, Pune University.
09.
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.
Net worth:
$8.8 B.
Industry:
commodities.
Date of Birth:
14 June 1967.
Educational Qualification:
Bachelor of Arts / Science, University of Bombay; Master of Business Administration, London Business School.
08.
Shiv Nadar
Shiv Nadar is an Indian industrialist and philanthropist. He is the founder and chairman of HCL and the Shiv Nadar Foundation. Nadar founded HCL in the mid-1970’s and transformed the IT hardware company into an IT enterprise over the next three decades by constantly reinventing his company’s focus.
Net worth:
$11.4 B
Industry:
software services
Date of Birth:
14 July 1945
Educational Qualification:
Bachelor of Arts / Science, PSG College of Technology.
07.
Godrej family
The Godrej family Is an Indian Parsi family that manages and largely owns the Godrej Group, a conglomerate founded by Ardeshir Godrej and his brother Pirojsha Burjorji Godrej in 1897, spanning sectors as diverse as real estate, consumer products, industrial engineering, appliances, furniture, security and agricultural products. Headed by Adi Godrej alongside his brother, Nadir Godrej, and cousin, Jamshyd Godrej, the family is one of the richest in India.
Net worth:
$12.4 B
Industry:
Godrej Group
06.
Lakshmi Mittal
Lakshmi Mittal is An Indian steel magnate based in the United Kingdom. He is the chairman and CEO of ArcelorMittal, the world’s largest steelmaking company. Mittal owns 38% of ArcelorMittal and holds an 11% stake in Queens Park Rangers F.C
Net worth:
$12.5 B
Industry:
steel
Date of Birth:
15 June 1950
Educational Qualification:
Bachelor of Arts / Science, St Xavier’s College Calcutta.
05.
Pallonji Mistry
Pallonji Shapoorji Mistry is an Irish Indian construction tycoon and chairman of Shapoorji Pallonji Group through which he owns Shapoorji Pallonji Construction Limited, Forbes Textiles and Eureka Forbes Limited.He is the single largest shareholder in India’s largest private conglomerate Tata Group.He is the former chairman of Associated Cement Companies. Pallonji gave up his Indian citizenship in 2003 to obtain Irish nationalist because India does not yet allow dual nationality.
Net worth:
$13.9 B.
Industry:
construction.
Date of Birth:
1929.
04.
Azim Premji
Azim Hashim Premji is an Indian business tycoon, investor, and philanthropist, Who is the chairman of Wipro Limited.He is informally known as the Czar of the Indian IT Industry. He was responsible for guiding Wipro through four decades of diversification and growth to finally emerge as one of the global leaders in the software industry.
Net worth:
$15 B.
Industry:
software services.
Date of Birth:
24 July 1945.
Educational Qualification:
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University.
03.
Hinduja family
Parmanand Deepchand Hinduja started his journey in 1914, who was from a Sindhi Hindu family based in India. Initially operating in Mumbai, India, he set up the company’s first international operation in Iran in 1919.
Net worth:
$15.2 B.
Industry:
diversified.
02.
Dilip Shanghvi
Dilip Shanghvi is an Indian businessman and one of the country’s richest people. He founded Sun Pharmaceuticals with a partner, Pradeep Ghosh.The Government of India awarded him the civilian honour of the Padma Shri in 2016.
Net worth:
$16.9 B.
Industry:
pharmaceuticals.
Date of Birth:
1 October 1955.
Educational Qualification:
Bachelor of Arts / Science, Calcutta University.
01.
Mukesh Ambani
Mukesh Dhirubhai Ambani is an Indian business magnate who is the chairman, managing director and largest shareholder of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL)
Net worth:
$22.7 B.
Industry:
petrochemicals, oil & gas.
Date of Birth:
19 April 1957.
Educational Qualification:
Bachelor of Science in Engineering, University of Bombay; Drop Out, Stanford University.
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