NEW
YORK (NNN-PTI) -- Mukesh Ambani has retained his position as the world's
richest Indian for the fifth year in a row, although his networth declined by
USD 1.6 billion to USD 21 billion but remained well above that of the
second-ranked Lakshmi Mittal.
Steel
baron Mittal's networth also fell by USD 3 billion at USD 16 billion, making
him the second richest, as per global business magazine Forbes' annual ranking
of 100 wealthiest Indians, released on Thursday.
Ambani,
who heads energy-to-retail conglomerate Reliance Industries group, and Mittal
were followed by IT czar Azim Premji (USD 12.2 billion), construction major and
Tata group's
major
shareholder Shapoorji Pallonji group patriarch Pallonji Mistry (USD 9.8
billion) and drugmaker Sun Pharma's Dilip Shanghvi (USD 9.2 billion) in the
top-five.
Mukesh's
younger brother Anil Ambani, who heads telecom- to-infrastructure conglomerate
Reliance Group, was ranked 11th with a networth of USD 6 billion.
Others
in top-10 ranking include Adi Godrej at 6th position (USD 9 billion), followed by
Savitri Jindal (USD 8.2 billion), Shashi & Ravi Ruia (USD 8.1 billion),
Hinduja Brothers (USD 8 billion) and Kumar Mangalam Birla (USD 7.8 billion).
Even
as the networth of top-ranked persons like Ambani and Mittal fell, the
collective wealth of India
The
number of billionaires also rose to 61, from 57 last year. Sun Pharma group's
Shanghvi entered the top-five for the first time. -- NNN-PTI
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