Top 10 super rich who make India proud

India has 97 billionaires, 27 more than last year and their combined wealth adds up to $266 billion.

Its raining billionaires in India. For the first time, India is placed among the top three countries with the most number of billionaires in the world. 
India beat Russia and the UK to win the third place with 97 billionaires, 27 more than 2014.  
Reliance Industries' chairman Mukesh Ambani tops the Hurun list of richest Indians in 2015.

Meet the 10 richest Indians...

Mukesh Ambani
Chairman, Reliance Industries

Rank: 1
Wealth: $20 billion
Rise in wealth (YoY): 11%
Global rank: 41

Dilip Shanghvi
Chairman, Sun Pharma

Rank: 2
Wealth: $17 billion
Rise in wealth (YoY): 26%
Global rank: 53

 

Shapoorji Pallonji Mistry

Rank: 3
Wealth: $16 billion 
Rise in wealth (YoY): 33%
Global rank:  60

Azim Premji, chairman, Wipro

Rank: 4

Wealth: $14 billion  
Rise in wealth (YoY): 4%
Global rank:  74

Shiv Nadar, chairman, HCL Technologies

Rank: 5

Wealth: $11 billion
Rise in wealth (YoY): nil
Global rank: 104

Kumar Mangalam Birla, chairman, Aditya Birla Group

Rank: 6

Wealth: $10 billion
Rise in wealth (YoY):32%
Global rank: 120

 

Sunil Mittal and family

Rank: 7

Wealth: $10 billion
Rise in wealth (YoY): 47%
Global rank: 120

 

Anand Burman & family

Rank: 8

Wealth: $5.8 billion
Global rank: 120

Uday Kotak, executive vice chairman and managing director, Kotak Bank.

Rank: 9
Wealth: $5.4 billion
Rise in wealth (YoY): 20%
Global rank: 218

 

Gautam Adani, chairman, Adani Group 

Rank: 10
Wealth: $20 billion
Rise in wealth (YoY): 26%
Global rank: 240