Meet the top 10 richest Indians of 2021

A look at the top 10 richest Indians of 2021, their net worth, and more

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  • 07/10/2021 12:00 AM

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Gautam Adani retained his spot as the second richest Indian, by nearly tripling his fortune to $74.8 billion from $25.2 billion in 2020 as shares of all his listed companies soared. In 2020, the gap between Mukesh Ambani and his wealth was $63.5 million, which has now narrowed to a sweet $17.9 billion.

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HCL Technologies' Shiv Nadar retained his spot as the third richest Indian, and the country's buoyant tech sector gave his wealth a $10.6 billion boost to reach $31 billion in 2021.

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Radhakishan Damani opened 22 new stores in the fiscal year ending March 2021, cementing Damani's place in the fourth spot on the Forbes India Rich List and his income nearly doubling to $29.4 billion from $15.4 billion in 2020.

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Cyrus Poonawalla whose company Serum Institute of India makes the Covishield vaccine that has inoculated millions in India and in other countries, moved up a spot to rank 5 as his fortune grew to $19 billion in 2021 from $11.5 billion in 2020.

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ArcelorMittal's Lakshmi Mittal moved up four spots in the Top 10 club to find place on rank 6 (up from rank 10) with a fortune of $18.8 billion, up from $10.3 billion.

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O.P. Jindal Group's matriarch Savitri Jindal breaks into the top 10 list for the first time with a fortune of $18 billion, nearly doubling from $6.6 billion a year ago.

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Uday Kotak keeps his spot has the 8th richest man in India, with a net worth of $16.5 billion, up from $11.3 billion in 2020.

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Shapoorji Pallonji's Pallonji Mistry added $5 billion to his fortune, gaining the 9th spot on the list with a net worth of $16.4 billion.

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Kumar Birla enters the Top 10 club, moving up from rank 14 to rank 10 this year. His net worth at $15.8 billion is $7.3 billion more than what it was in 2020.