According to the data from Bloomberg, Reliance India Ltd chairman Mukesh Ambani has regained his position as the World’s Richest Indian, as pharma tycoon Dilip Shanghvi slipped to the second place after remaining on top for the last few months.
India’s Top Ten Billionaires
- Mukesh Ambani
- Dillip Shangivi
- Pallonji Mistry
- Azim Premji
- Shiv Nadar
- Lakshmi Mittal
- Cyrus Poonawalla
- Gautam Adani
- Micky Jagtiani
- Uday Kotak
Who is Dillip Shangivi?
- He is the founder and managing director of Sun Pharmaceuticals, India’s most valuable drug company.
- He started his career by helping his father in the latter’s wholesale generic drugs business in Kolkata.
- Dilip Shanghvi started Sun Pharmaceutical Industries with capital of Rs 10,000 in 1982 at Vapi.
- Shanghvi founded Sun Pharmaceuticals in 1983 with five psychiatry products. Today, it is India’s largest drugmaker and most valuable drug company.
- On 19 February 2015, he surpassed Mukesh Ambani as the richest person of India, as his parent company stocks surges
Who is Pallonji Mistry?
- Pallonji Shapoorji Mistry (born 1929) is an Irish Indian construction tycoon and chairman of Shapoorji Pallonji Group.
- His wealth is estimated to be US$15.4 billion as of June 2015.
- With his 18.4% stake in Tata Sons, he is the single largest shareholder in India’s largest private conglomerate Tata Group.
- His son Cyrus Mistry is chairman of Tata Sons.
