The list of India's 100 richest people of Forbes 2022 has arrived. According to the list, the combined wealth of India's 100 richest people has increased by $25 billion to $800 billion. Wealth rose despite a slight decline in the stock market compared to a year ago, with the biggest detractor being the weakening rupee, which fell by 10 per cent in the same period. Gautam Adani is on the top position in this list.
After that Mukesh Ambani is named. According to Forbes data, the total wealth of the top 10 richest people is $385 billion. India's richest man has a net worth of $150 billion while the richest woman has a net worth of $16.4 billion. There are 9 women in this list.
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Gautam Adani: The chairman of Adani Group has total assets of Rs 1,211,460.11 crore. He tripled his wealth in 2021 and has become India's richest person for the first time in 2022.
Mukesh Ambani: Reliance Industries Ltd. The Chairman and Managing Director of O2C, Telecom and New Energy Group has a net worth of Rs 710,723.26 crore. For the first time after 2013, his rank has come down to number 2.
Radhakishan Damani: He owns the supermarket DMart chain and has a net worth of Rs 222,908.66 crore. Damani entered retail with one store in 2002 and now has 271 Dmart stores in India.
Cyrus Poonawalla: Cyrus Poonawalla, chairman of Serum Institute of India, the world's largest vaccine manufacturing company, has total assets of Rs 173,642.62 crore. sII has made several partnerships to make vaccines for Covid-19. Poonawala's property also includes stud farms.
Shiv Nadar: The total assets of the chairman of HCL Technologies are Rs 172,834.97 crore. Shiv Nadar is one of the pioneers of the Indian IT sector. He has donated 662 million dollars for education this year.
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