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Who is the No 1 businessman in India?

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Sarah Duran

Published Mar 17, 2026

Mukesh Ambani The wealthiest person in India, Mukesh Ambani of Reliance Industries occupies the fifth slot in the world’s richest persons’ list. Mukesh Ambani has a net worth of $73.6 billion.

Who is the top 10 richest man in India?

Here are India’s 10 richest people; net worths are as of March 5, 2021:

  • #1 | Mukesh Ambani. NET WORTH: $84.5 BILLION.
  • #2 | Gautam Adani. NET WORTH: $50.5 BILLION.
  • #3 | Shiv Nadar. NET WORTH: $23.5 BILLION.
  • #4 | Radhakishan Damani.
  • #5 | Uday Kotak.
  • #6 | Lakshmi Mittal.
  • #7 | Kumar Birla.
  • #8 | Cyrus Poonawalla.

Who is the greatest businessman in India?

Top 10 Indian Entrepreneurs

  1. Dhirubhai Ambani. Dhirubhai Ambani (1932–2002) is an Indian businessman who started out humbly by selling traditional snacks to religious pilgrims.
  2. Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata.
  3. Nagavara Ramarao Narayana Murthy.
  4. Shiv Nadar.
  5. Lakshmi Niwas Mittal.
  6. Ghanshyam Das Birla.
  7. Dilip Shanghvi.
  8. Azim Premji.

Who is the richest person of Asia?

Mukesh Ambani
Reliance Industries promoter Mukesh Ambani remains the wealthiest businessman in Asia with a networth of around $76.5 billion, according to Bloomberg data.

Who is the richest woman in India?

India’s richest women as per Hurun list: Kiran Mazumdar Shaw and Smita Crishna on top

  • Radha Vembu – USD 1.7 billion.
  • GV Prasad & G Anuradha – USD 1.5 billion.
  • Kavita Yadupati Singhania & family – USD 1.4 billion.
  • Anu Aga & family – USD 1.1 billion.
  • Renu Munjal & family – USD 1.1 billion.
  • Kalpana Apurva Parekh – USD 1 billion.

Who is India’s biggest industrialist?

Top 27 richest Indians

RankNameCompany
1Mukesh AmbaniReliance Industries
2Gautam AdaniAdani Group
3Shiv NadarHCL Technologies
4Lakshmi MittalArcelorMittal

Who was India first billionaire?

Top 27 richest Indians

RankNameSources of wealth
1Mukesh AmbaniPetrochemicals, telecom, retail
2Gautam AdaniCommodities, ports, power generation and transmission, real estate, defense, airport and data centre
3Shiv NadarIT services and consulting
4Lakshmi MittalSteel

Who is the richest kid in India?

Riches kids in India in 2021

  • Akash Ambani.
  • Jai Anshul.
  • Shashwat Goenka.
  • Ananya Birla.
  • Advaitesha Birla. Image: twitter.com, @mpowerminds.
  • Ritesh Agarwal. Image: twitter.com, @jsroars.
  • Rohit Kashyap. Image: twitter.com, @innovatorrohit.
  • Shravan and Sanjay Kumaran. Image: twitter.com,@IIM_Bangalore.

Who is the 2nd richest person in India?

Gautam Adani
Top 27 richest Indians

RankNameNet worth (USD)
1Mukesh Ambani88.9 billion
2Gautam Adani75.3 billion
3Shiv Nadar22.5 billion
4Lakshmi Mittal18.7 billion