RIL’s Mukesh Ambani, Adani Group’s Gautam Adani, SII’s Cyrus S Poonawalla lead Billionaire Boom as net worth of 1,319 Indians rise to over Rs 1,000 crore; BT Magazine’s The Point decodes key figures

BT Magazine’s The Point: Rising Riches

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India’s Top 10 Richest: Mukesh Ambani, Gautam Adani and more

From Reliance Industries Limited’s Mukesh Ambani, Adani Group’s Gautam Adani, SII’s Cyrus S Poonawalla to Aditya Birla Group’s KM Birla, HCL’s Shiv Nadar, DMart’s Radhakishan Damani and more, the combined fortunes of India’s top 10 richest persons is Rs 26.84 lakh crore. This is more than 8 per cent of the BSE’s market cap Note: This list refers to individuals residing or born and raised in India

Most Indian Billionaires from pharma

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Richest Indian Professionals

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Billionaire Cities: Mumbai, Delhi & more

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Wealth-o-Meter: Poonawalla, Shiv Nadar and more

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A Rich Man’s World: NRI billionaires

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Richest NRIs: Hinduja family, LN Mittal and more

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