List of Top 10 Richest Man in India 2017

TOP 10  BILLIONAIRES IN INDIA

1 – Mukesh Ambani (Net Worth:  $22.3 Billion)

 Mukesh the richest man in India but he is also the richest man in all of Asia.Born in Yemen in 1957 to parents Dhirubhai and Kokilaben Ambani.Mukesh would early on be interested in studying chemicals. After he graduated from high school he went on to study at the Institute of Chemical Technology where he earned his Bachelor of Engineering degree in Chemical Engineering. After receiving his degree he went on to study abroad in the United States where he got accepted to Stanford University. He had enrolled for a Master of Business Administration degree but ended up dropping out instead to return to India and help his father start up his own business.


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2 – Dilip Shanghvi (Net Worth: $17.5 Billion)

Dilip Shanghvi was born in 1955 in the small town of Amreli which is located in the state of Gujarat.  He spent quite a long time going to several schools to earn his education, including J. J. Ajmera High School and Bhawanipur Education Society College. Afterwards he would attend the University of Calcutta where he would earn a Bachelor of Commerce degree.

3 – Azim Premji (Net Worth: $16.5 Billion)

Azim Premji was born in 1945 to father Mohamed Premji. In the same year that Azim was born, his loving father created a business that manufactured vegetable products in India. Azim wasn’t all that interested in the business as he was more interested in engineering. As he got older he moved to the United States to attend Stanford University. It was here that he earned a Bachelor’s of Science in Electrical Engineering degree. Right after his education ended, Azim’s father tragically passed away due to health problems. Azim returned home and rather than continuing in the field of his choice he continued manufacturing vegetable products at his father’s company. When he took over he started to expand the business by also manufacturing soap and hydraulic cylinders.

4 – Pallonji Mistry (Net Worth: $14.7 Billion)

Pallonji Mistry was born in 1929 and when he was only a few years old his father purchased 18.4% shares of the law firm Tata Sons. The law firm would go on to belong to Tata Group, the largest conglomerate group in all of India. Since his father has sadly passed, the shares passed on to Pallonji, thus making him the largest shareholder of the largest conglomerate group which helps contribute to his multi-billion dollar fortune.

5– Shiv Nadar (Net Worth: $12.9 Billion)

Shiv Nadar was born in Tamil Nadu, India in the year 1945. From a young age he was very bright and got accepted to admission at the Town Higher Secondary School. From then on he went to Town High School and then received his pre-University degree at The American College. After graduating from there he went on to study at the PSG College of Technology in Coimbatore, India where he received his degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering.

6 – Godrej Family (Net Worth: $11.4 Billion)

The Godrej Group is a huge conglomerate that deals with consumer products, furniture, security, industrial engineering, agricultural products and real estate. Something this diverse can’t be managed by a single person so instead it is managed by three members from the Godrej family. The original founders of this group are Ardeshir Godrej and his brother Pirojsha Burjorji Godrej. Together they helped bring this goliath of a business to life all the way back in 1897. Today it is run by their descendants, three men two whom are brothers and one who is their cousin whose names are Adi Godrej, Nadir Godrej and Jamshyd Godrej.  On their own they are worth billions of dollars but considering this is a joint company they are all together worth more than $11 Billion.

 7-Lakshmi Mittal (Net Worth: $11.2 Billion)

A member of the board of directors of the global investment banking firm Goldman Sachs, Mittal was once considered the 6th richest person in the world until his net worth dropped him to 82nd. Mittal was born in the year 1950 to father Mohan Lal Mittal, a once prominent businessman of the steel company Nippon Denro Ispat. Lakshmi ended up getting a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Calcutta and then followed in his father’s footsteps in early 1976 to begin his very own steel factor in Indonesia. Since then he has been one of India’s leading contributors to rolling mill for sheet stills. Although he resides in India he does business all around the world, including both the United Kingdom and the United States. He is actually the CEO of ArcelorMittal which is based in the United Kingdom and is considered to be the largest steelmaking company in the world.

8 – Cyrus Poonawalla (Net Worth: $8.5 Billion)

Cyrus Poonawalla was born in 1945 and seriously has one of the most badass last names of all time. Cyrus actually comes from a family who is very serious about horse racing. They own several farms with their main farm being calledPoonawalla Stud Farms. While Cyrus is an advocate for horse racing, he felt that horse racing wasn’t going to lead to success for him.  Instead he decided to get into the field of medicine and went on to study at the Brihan Maharashtra College of Commerce and graduated in 1966 but it wasn’t for another 20 years that he would finally earn a PhD. During those 20 years he has spent the majority of his time producing vaccines to help protect children from several lethal diseases.

9 – Kumar Birla (Net Worth: $7.8 Billion)

Kumar Birla was born in 1967 in Rajasthan and hails from a family that has some of the richest history in all of India. The family line originally began only a few generations ago and stems from a long line of wealthy businessmen. Throughout his childhood, Kumar would travel from place to place but mainly residing in Kolkata and Mumbai. From an early age he wanted to continue his family’s line of work by majoring in accounting. He went on to receive a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Bombay in Chartered Accounting and then proceeded to obtain an MBA from London Business School.

10 – Gautam Adani (Net Worth: $7.0 Billion)

Gautam Adani was born in 1962 to parents Shantilal and Shanta Adani. His parents migrated together from Tharad to Gujarat, India where they would raise Gautam and his seven brothers and sisters. As he got older he would begin school at Sheth Chimanlal Nagindas Vidyalaya and then graduated from college at Gujarat University where he would earn his bachelor’s degree in Commerce. Afterwards he would start his career by working as a diamond sorter until he saved up enough money to start his own diamond brokerage. Starting his own business was a major success and he went on to make lots of money and was a genuine millionaire after the first year.