Sun Pharmaceuticals founder Dilip Shanghvi has broken into the
list of the top three richest Indians with a 66- per cent jump in wealth as the company's stock rose with the expected surge in sales in the US market of its anti- cancer drug Doxil.
According to the Chinabased Hurun India Rich List, released on Thursday, Reliance Industries Ltd chairman Mukesh Ambani retained the top rank with personal assets of $ 18.9 billion.
However, Ambani's wealth decreased by two per cent over the previous year.
London- based steel baron L. N. Mittal, with assets of $ 15.9 billion, figures at the second spot albeit with a decline of six per cent per cent in his wealth from last year. Among others in the top 10 are Wipro's Azim Premji ( 4th, $ 12 billion, HCL Technology's Shiv Nadar ( 5th, $ 8.6 billion), Grasim Industries' Kumar Mangalam Birla ( 6th, $ 8.4 billion), Godrej Group's Adi Godrej ( 7th, $ 8.1 billion).
The other three who make the list of top 10 billionaires are Pallonji Mistry of Shapoorji Pallonji & Co ($ 8 billion) ranked 8th, Shashi & Ravi Ruia ( Essar Energy, $ 7.6 billion) ranked 9th and Sunil Mittal ( Bharti Airtel, $ 7.3 billion).
Anil Ambani of Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group occupies the 11th position with a personal fortune of $ 7.1 billion.
Men dominate the rich list with only four per cent occupied by women. Steel baroness Savitri Jindal is the richest Indian woman with a personal fortune pegged at $ 5.1 billion.
Courtesy: Mail Today
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