Top 10 Richest People with Net Worth in India 2021 : Here is the list of Top 10 Richest People in India 2021. Mukesh Dhirubhai Ambani is ranked 1st in the list of richest person in India according to his total net worth of $84.5 Billion.
| Rank | Name | Net Worth |
|---|---|---|
| #1 | Mukesh Ambani | $84.5 Billion |
| #2 | Gautam Adani | $50.5 Billion |
| #3 | Shiv Nadar | $23.5 Billion |
| #4 | Radhakishan Damani | $16.5 Billion |
| #5 | Uday Kotak | $15.9 Billion |
| #6 | Lakshmi Mittal | $14.9 Billion |
| #7 | Kumar Birla | $12.8 Billion |
| #8 | Cyrus Poonawalla | $12.7 Billion |
| #9 | Dilip Shanghvi | $10.9 Billion |
| #10 | Sunil Mittal | $10.5 Billion |
Top 10 Richest People Details : Important Details about India’s richest (Billionaires) people including their Net Worth, Source of Wealth, Age, Date of Birth, Residence and other details
1. Mukesh Ambani
| Net Worth | $84.5 Billion |
| Source Of Wealth | Diversified |
| Residence | Mumbai |
| Age | 64 Years |
| Date of Birth | April 19, 1957 |
Mukesh Ambani is an Indian businessman, and the chairman, MD and largest shareholder of Reliance Industries Limited.
Ambani accomplished a fund-raising of $35 billion through his recent deals and he has achieved his target of reducing Reliance Industries’ net debt to zero by 2021. In his recent international deal, Ambani has sold a third of his telecom company Jio to marquee investors such as Facebook and Google and offloaded 10% of Reliance Retail to private equity firms such as KKR and General Atlantic, plus concluded a $7.3 billion rights issue of Reliance shares.
2. Gautam Adani
| Net Worth | $50.5 Billion |
| Source Of Wealth | Infrastructure |
| Residence | Ahmedabad |
| Age | 59 Years |
| Date of Birth | June 24, 1962 |
Gautam Adani is an Indian billionaire industrialist who is the chairman and founder of the Adani Group, a multinational group involved in port & infrastructure development and operations in India.
Recently, Adani has acquired 74% stake in Mumbai International Airport which is India’s second busiest airport. Adani has also raised $2.5 billion by selling 20% stake of Adani Green Energy(renewables firm) to French energy giant.
3. Shiv Nadar
| Net Worth | $23.5 Billion |
| Source Of Wealth | Software Services |
| Residence | Delhi |
| Age | 76 Years |
| Date of Birth | July 14, 1945 |
Shiv Nadar is an Indian industrialist. Who is the founder and ex chairman of HCL Technologies Limited and the Shiv Nadar Foundation.
The tech tycoon has stepped down as chairman of $9.9 billion (revenues) HCL Technologies in last July and handed over the position to his only daughter, Roshni Nadar Malhotra.
#4 | Radhakishan Damani
| Net Worth | $16.5 Billion |
| Source Of Wealth | Retail, Investments |
| Residence | Mumbai |
| Age | 67 Years |
| Date of Birth | January 1, 1954 |
Radhakishan Damani is an Indian investor & businessman. He is the founder of India’s biggest supermarket chain – DMart. He also manages his portfolio through his Investment firm, Bright Star Investments Limited. Damani’s listed super-market chain Avenue Supermarts operates more than 221 DMart stores across the country.
5. Uday Kotak
| Net Worth | $15.9 Billion |
| Source Of Wealth | Banking |
| Residence | Mumbai |
| Age | 62 Years |
| Date of Birth | March 15, 1959 |
Uday Suresh Kotak is an Indian banker and the executive vice chairman and managing director of Kotak Mahindra Bank, which is among the country’s top four in the private sector. Recently Kotak sold shares worth $950 million to reduce his stake in the bank to 26% as mandated by the Reserve Bank of India.
6. Lakshmi Mittal
| Net Worth | $14.9 Billion |
| Source Of Wealth | Steel |
| Residence | London |
| Age | 71 Years |
| Date of Birth | June 15, 1950 |
Lakshmi Narayan Mittal is an Indian businessman who was CEO of ArcelorMittal, the world’s largest steelmaking company & Chairman of stainless steel manufacture Aperam. In February, Mittal stepped down as CEO of ArcelorMittal, the $53.3 billion (revenue) steel behemoth, handed over the seat to his son Aditya Mittal.
7. Kumar Birla
| Net Worth | $12.8 Billion |
| Source Of Wealth | Commodities |
| Residence | Mumbai |
| Age | 54 Years |
| Date of Birth | June 14, 1967 |
Kumar Mangalam Birla is the Chairman of the Aditya Birla Group. He is also the chancellor of the Birla Institute of Technology & Science, the chairman of the IIT-Delhi and IIM-Ahmedabad. Birla’s expansion into telecom has cost him dearly. The Vodafone Idea which is also known as Vi, a joint venture between his Idea Cellular and U.K.’s Vodafone Group, has been in huge loss & racking up losses battling Ambani’s Jio.
8. Cyrus Poonawalla
| Net Worth | $12.7 Billion |
| Source Of Wealth | Vaccines Production |
| Residence | Pune |
| Age | 80 Years |
| Date of Birth | 1941 |
Cyrus S. Poonawalla is an Indian businessman and the chairman & MD of the Cyrus Poonawalla Group, which includes the Serum Institute of India, an Indian biotech company which is the largest vaccine manufacturer in the world. Poonawalla’s Serum Institute of India, the world’s largest producer of vaccines by number of doses, is on the frontlines of India’s fight against Covid-19, with multiple vaccine partnerships orchestrated by his son Adar, Serum’s CEO. Adar also struck a deal this year to acquire a 60% stake in listed finance firm Magma Fincorp for $475 million.
9. Dilip Shanghvi
| Net Worth | $10.9 Billion |
| Source Of Wealth | Pharmaceuticals |
| Residence | Mumbai |
| Age | 65 Years |
| Date of Birth | October 1, 1955 |
Dilip Shanghvi is an Indian businessman and one of the country’s richest people. He is the founder of Sun Pharmaceuticals, a Medicine & pharma company. The Government of India awarded him the civilian honour of the Padma Shri in 2016. Shanghvi, who founded and runs listed generics drug maker Sun Pharmaceuticals doing very well in indian stockmarket.
10. Sunil Mittal
| Net Worth | $10.5 Billion |
| Source Of Wealth | Telecom |
| Residence | Delhi |
| Age | 63 Years |
| Date of Birth | October 23, 1957 |
Sunil Bharti Mittal is an Indian entrepreneur, philanthropist and the founder and chairperson of Bharti Enterprises, which has diversified interests in telecom, insurance, real estate, education, malls, hospitality, Agri and food besides other ventures. His Bharti Airtel which is a joint venture with Singapore’s Singtel is India’s second-largest telecom operator after Ambani’s Jio.