M Humayun Kabir: Mukesh Ambani, Industrialist and Reliance Industries Ltd Chairman, has retained the top position as the richest person in India for the seventh consecutive year, reports NDTV.
According to the report, Barclays Hurun India Rich List-2018 told NDTV on Tuesday that he has topped their list with Rs 371,000 crore as his estimated wealth.
SP Hinduja & Family of Hinduja Group is the next on the chart, with an estimated wealth of Rs 159,000 crore, while Arcelor Mittal’s LN Mittal & Family with wealth worth Rs 114,500 crore.
The annual list is a compilation of the super-richest Indians having a net worth of Rs 1,000 crore or more.
The number of people who has Rs 1,000 crore or more has increased by a staggering one-third — from 617 in 2017 to 831 in 2018, said Hurun Report India’s Managing Director Rahman Junaid to NDTV.
“India’s commercial capital Mumbai tops the list with 233 names, followed by the political capital New Delhi at 163 and the IT capital of Bengaluru at 70”, said Baclays Private Clients CEO SN Bansal to NDTV.
Junaid also told NDTV that the Indian edition of the list is the fastest growing rich list in the world, highlighting the optimism of a young, vibrant and ambitious country.
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