New Delhi: Reliance Industries (RIL) chairman and Asia’s richest man Mukesh Ambani has become the only Indian to feature in the world’s top 10 billionaires, according to the Hurun Global Rich List released on Wednesday. . Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) chairman and managing director Mukesh Ambani is the only Indian among the world’s top 10 billionaires, according to the Hurun World Rich List 2023.
Ambani surpassed Gautam Adani with a net worth of $82 billion. The list, compiled by Hurun Research Platform in association with real estate company M3M, showed that despite a 20 per cent decline in Ambani’s wealth, he was ranked 9th internationally. Ambani has also retained the title of richest Asian for the third consecutive year.
Despite a 20 percent decline in wealth, the RIL boss is ranked ninth globally with a net worth of $82 billion. According to a report compiled by m research platform Hurun along with real-estate group M3M titled ‘The 2023 M3M Hurun Global Rich List’. The billionaire has also retained the title of richest Asian for the third year in a row. The RIL chief celebrated 20 years at the helm of Reliance, which has seen the group grow 17-fold in revenue and 20-fold in profits during this time.
Ambani ranks first among Indian billionaires, followed by Gautam Adani with a net worth of $53 billion. Cyrus Poonawalla is at the third position with a net worth of $28 billion. Shiv Nadar and his family are fourth with $27 billion and Lakshmi Mittal is fifth with $20 billion. The report also showed that Adani lost $28 billion or ₹3,000 crore per week in 2022-2023 following the explosive Hindenburg Research report in January 2023. The report alleged that the Adani group was involved in stock manipulation and accounting fraud schemes, misusing offshore tax havens.