According to the IIFL Wealth Hurun India list, the richest people in the country live in Maharashtra. 335 billionaires from the state of Maharashtra have got a place in this list. Which is 33 more than last year. Let us tell you that 271 billionaires from Maharashtra were included in the 2018 list. Delhi has the highest number of billionaires in this list after Maharashtra. The list of billionaires in Delhi has increased by 18 people compared to last year. The names of 185 people from the national capital are in the list. According to the list, 94 in Karnataka, 86 in Gujarat, 79 in Tamil Nadu, 70 in Telangana, 38 in West Bengal, 29 in Haryana, 25 in Uttar Pradesh, 16 in Rajasthan, 15 in Kerala, eight in Andhra Pradesh, seven in Punjab, six in Madhya Pradesh, four in Jharkhand and Bihar, three each in Chhattisgarh and Odisha. Three, two in Uttarakhand and one in Chandigarh are the richest.
According to Hurun India’s Rich List, the country’s richest people hail from the city of Mumbai in Maharashtra. 283 people from this city have been given place in the list. In which Mukesh Ambani and his family are at number one. Let us tell you that 28 billionaires have increased in this city compared to last year. On the other hand, 185 billionaires from the country’s capital Delhi have been given a place in the list. Top HCL group head Shiv Nadar and his family have been featured in the list. In terms of rich, Bengaluru is at number three with 89 rich, Hyderabad at number four with 64 rich and Chennai at number five with 51 rich.
Listed as the richest person in the country, Gautam Adani and his family live in the city of Ahmedabad. This city ranks sixth in terms of billionaires. 45 billionaires from this city have been included in the list. Last year, 42 people from this city were included in this list. In the year 2018, 48 people from Ahmedabad city were included in this list. After Ahmedabad, 37 people from Kolkata, 34 from Pune, 22 from Surat and 18 from Gurugram have been given place in the list. Apart from this, four people from Noida, five from Rajkot and six from Nagpur are included in this list. For the first time, the name of the city of Gurugram in Haryana has also been included in the list of top 10 cities that have produced the most billionaires.
94 NRI businessmen have also been included in the Hurun India Rich List 2022 list. Among them, 48 Indian billionaires live in America. After the US, the highest number of Indian billionaires reside in the UAE with 20. Apart from this, 13 people from United Kingdom (UK) and three from Singapore have been included in this list. As far as most NRIs are concerned, the Adani family is ahead in this regard as well. Gautam Adani’s brother Vinod Shantilal Adani is included in the list as the richest NRI. His net worth is one lakh 69 thousand crore rupees and he lives in Dubai. Jai Chaudhary is the richest NRI living in America, his wealth is 70 thousand crores.
Adani has the most wealth, Ratan Tata has the most social media followers
According to the Hurun India Wealth List, Gautam Adani’s wealth has seen the highest increase in wealth this year. Gautam Adani’s net worth has increased by 116 percent compared to last year. His assets include Rs. 5,88,500 crore has increased. The list includes Mukesh Ambani as the richest person in Mumbai. While among the billionaires included in the list, Ratan Tata has the most social media followers. He has 18 million followers on Twitter.
Apart from this, if we talk about the fastest growing business, the pharmaceutical sector tops the list. The wealth of Cyrus Poonawalla, the maker of Corona vaccine, has also seen a big jump. Apart from this, growth has also been seen in chemical and petrochemicals, software, financial services and automobile sectors.