Zee Media Bureau
New Delhi: Reliance Industries (RIL) Chairman Mukesh Ambani has again topped the list of richest Indian while Adani Group Chairman Gautam Adani has made it to the 10th spot.
As per the Hurun India Rich List for 2014, Mukesh Ambani's wealth has risen 37 percent to Rs 1.65 lakh crore this year.
RIL posted posted a 13.7 percent jump in its April-June quarter net profit to almost USD 1 billion, the highest quarterly profit by a private firm, on the back of higher refining margins, better petrochem earnings and surge in US shale gas business.
Founder and managing director of Sun Pharmaceuticals Dilip Shangvi has shot into the second position, piping LN Mittal of Arcelormittal.
Gautam Adani, piped Reliance Group Chairman Anil Ambani to attain the top 10 spot with a net worth of ?44,020 crore.
Chairman and CEO of ArcelorMittal LN Mittal came third (at Rs 97,000 cr), chairman of Wipro Limited Azim Hashim Premji fourth ( at Rs 86,000 cr), HCL chairman Shiv Nadar at fifth, Hinduja Group chairman SP Hinduja at sixth, Shapoorji Pallonji Group chairman Pallonji Mistry at seventh, Aditya Birla Group chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla at eighth and Bharti Enterprises chairman and Group CEO Sunil Mittal at ninth position in the list.
