Forbes India Rich List 2017: Mukesh Ambani Richest With $38 Billion
October 5th, 2017
Forbes Magazine has released its India Rich List for 2017, with Reliance Industries Limited chairman Mukesh Ambani topping the charts for the 10th consecutive year with a net worth of $38 billion. Mr Ambani is followed by tech czar Azim Premji who jumped two places with the net worth of $19 billion. Ranked third are the Hinduja brothers who added $3.2 billion to their net worth. According to Forbes, the combined net worth of the 100 richest Indians stood at $479 billion, a jump of 26% from $374 billion in 2016. Acharya Balkrishna, CEO of Patanjali Ayurved, figures at No. 19 with net worth of $6.55 billion.
The Top 10 Indian in the List are as follows-
| Rank | Name | Net Worth ($ Billion) | Company |
| 1 | Mukesh Ambani | 38 | Reliance Industries |
| 2 | Azim Premji | 19 | Wipro |
| 3 | Hinduja brothers | 18.4 | Ashok Leyland |
| 4 | Lakshmi Mittal | 16.5 | Arcelormittal |
| 5 | Pallonji Mistry | 16 | Shapoorji Pallonji Group |
| 6 | Godrej family | 14.2 | Godrej Group |
| 7 | Shiv Nadar | 13.6 | HCL Technologies |
| 8 | Kumar Birla | 12.6 | Aditya Birla Group |
| 9 | Dilip Shanghvi | 12.1 | Sun Pharmaceutical Industries |
| 10 | Gautam Adani | 11 | Adani Ports & SEZ |