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Forbes India 13th Anniversary: Rewind of Key Milestones of India's Corporates and Startups

A rewind of the key milestones in India's corporates and startups, through the lens of 13 years of Forbes India

Thoughts on bear markets

Billionaire fastlane

In 2009, the cut-off to enter the Rich List was $400 million. In 2018, it is $1.48 billion

India Rich List 2018: A few rise in a flat year

Buffett, broadband and biotech lift some of the lofty

Oyo: There's room at the top

By guiding his hotel chain into diverse segments and markets, Oyo founder Ritesh Agarwal might soon be entering the billionaires' club

Lakshmi Mittal: Steely resolve

A winning Essar Steel bid will mark Mittal's homecoming

Turakhia brothers: Getting it right, time after time

Serial entrepreneurs and internet services barons, brothers Bhavin and Divyank Turakhia, have managed to replicate their success with every new business they have built

Pidilite's Madhukar Parekh: Glued to growth

The chairman sees his fortune soar as the Fevicol-maker's stock appreciates on the back of strong volume-led sales growth and a push into high-growth businesses

Yusuff Ali: A mentor to his sons-in-law

The next generation seems well poised to carry the torch of Yusuff Ali and his LuLu Group

Biocon: A biosimilar shot in the arm

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw's successful foray into the lucrative US biosimilars market has resulted in a surge in her ranking among India's rich

Bhadresh Shah: Colours of chrome

The founder of AIA Engineering returns to the Rich List after seven years by adding more heft to his metallurgical export power house

India loses out on innovation quotient: Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

The Biocon founder on the need for an ecosystem where VCs invest in life tech enterprises and why some Indian startups prefer a presence in the mature US market

IndiGo's Kapil and Rahul Bhatia: Hitting an air pocket

Duo loses almost a billion dollars of their combined personal wealth, largely on account of higher fuel prices and a depreciating rupee

FlipSmart but still short

The Bansals haven't made it to the 2018 Forbes India Rich List

India's most wanted

A special court in Mumbai is seeking to declare both Mallya and Modi fugitive economic offenders

The biggest wealth losers

Top wealth destructors on the Rich List had seen double digit growth in their net worth last year

Mukesh Ambani: Racing ahead of peers

India's richest man widens the gap with his peers

Billionaires left out

Some candidates with an estimated wealth of $1 billion or more were left off the list this year

Billionaire's day out: A guide on looking suave

The style guide for culinary escapades, evenings out & taking to the skies

India's wealthiest women

The list includes hands-on enterpreneurs, next-gen scions and matriarchs holding sprawling family empires together

India's tryst with taxes

While the rich pay a bulk of the income tax paid by individuals in India, many wealthy people do not pay their share of taxes

Cracking the consumption code

Short term blips aside, the India story remains a growth story

Forbes India Rich List: Sliced, diced and visualised

Forbes India puts the billionaires and their billions in perspective, and breaks down the numbers to figure who gained the most, who destroyed the most wealth, how the richest moved since 2009, and which cities they come from

The rapid rise of India's ultra rich

While total wealth has been rising in India—it grew 9.7 percent in the 12 months to mid-2018—not everyone has shared this growth

Graphite India: Historical arc

A shift in steel technology has a family-run leader in graphite electrodes humming. Even a wary patriarch is making bigger plans

Matters of the heart

Entrepreneurs on building enviable collections or fulfilling their passion amid the pressure of handling professional responsibilities

Savour thy sip: The slow alcohol fad

With a focus on provenance, ingredients and complex flavours, slow alcohol is catching on fast