Some call it the showpiece of the elitist rich-list in the world, others call the list the most defining marks of success. But no matter what sobriquet you come to decorate the Forbes List with, its impact and effect in the world is buoyed by the fact that it is not only respected by a world-wide business fraternity, but also by an endearing lot of industry moguls in India as in the rest of the world. Now the Forbes' List of the richest Indians for 2016 has been announced and we are thrilled with the starlit names in the feature.
Reliance Industries' Chairman Mukesh Ambani has topped the elite list of the richest Indians with a net worth of $22.7 billion- a figure that is sky rocketing quite like the Mumbai skyscrapers.
The corporate doyen of the pharmaceutical sector in India, Dilip Sanghvi follows Ambani on the 2nd spot of Forbes' Richest Indians list. His net worth his around $16.9 billion and Sun Pharmaceutical's success has become synonymous with Sanghvi's meteoric rise in the corporate sector.
The Hinduja Brothers duo occupies the third spot in the checkered Forbes' List of Richest Indians, with a net worth of $15.2 billion, a figure that's up from the last year's 14.8 billion dollar mark.
He's quite a dashing businessman. He's dapper, well-mannered and among the most loved corporate giant's from India. Azim Premji is on number 4 on Forbes' List of Richest Indians, a bit of a slide back for the graceful business tycoon who was previously one spot ahead. His current wealth is estimated at around a whopping $ 15 billion.
Construction magnate and a revered name from the Indian business fraternity, Pallonju Mistry is firmly placed on the 5th spot on Forbes' List of Richest Indians with a net worth of $13.9 billion.
He's flamboyant, aggressive and has all the makings to be heralded as the quintessential Indian business great in the west. With a net worth of $12.5 billion dollars, Lakshmi Mittal is on sixth spot of Forbes' Richest Indian list.
A family respected for values such as integrity, business diversification and enormous enterprising skills, the Godrej family, is firmly etched on the seventh spot on Forbes' List of Richest Indians with a net worth of $12.5 billion, closely following Mittal on the 6th position.
A renowned name one has come to associate with the Indian tech sector, also the co-founder of HCL, Shiv Nadar finds himself on the 8th spot on Forbes' List of Richest Indians with a net worth of $11.4 billion.
A perfect gentleman; a confluence of the quiet integrity and studious authority that marks the classic businessman DNA, Kumar Mangalam Birla stands firm on the 9th spot of Forbes' List of Richest Indians with a net worth of $8.8 billion.
He's the 10th richest Indian on the checkered and coveted Forbes' List of Richest Indians with a sterling net worth of $8.6 billion.
The Forbes' just announced list of 100 richest Indians has these 10 towering figures leading from the front. It is not merely a symbol of India's burgeoning rise in leading the corporate sector from Asia but also a bomming promise of what's going to come!
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