Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani retained the top spot in the Forbes list of richest Indians in 2021, by adding $4 billion to his net worth amounting to $92.7 billion this year. With this, the 64-year-old industrialist has been named the wealthiest in the country for 14th year in a row since 2008.
The “close second” in the list was 59-year-old Gautam Adani of Adani Ports & SEZ, whose wealth increased from $25.2 billion in 2020 to $74.8 billion this year, making him “only $17.9 billion shy of Ambani”, according to the list of 100 richest Indians published by Forbes magazine.
Adding $11 billion to his fortune in a year, 76-year old Shiv Nadar of HCL Technologies was named the third richest with wealth amounting to $31 billion.
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