The Mukesh Ambani owner of Reliance Industries Ltd continues to be the richest Indian for the ninth consecutive year on the Hurun India Rich list 2020 with Rs 6,58,400 crore of personal wealth. He is the only Indian person to feature among the top 5 on the global rich list. The Hurun India list names the richest individuals in the country having a wealth of Rs 1,000 crore or more as on August 31, 2020. In the 2020 edition, the list had 828 Indians.
London-based Hinduja brothers (SP Hinduja, along with his three brothers) with a joint wealth of Rs 1,43,700 crore bagged the second position. HCL Founder Shiv Nadar with a wealth of Rs 1,41,700 crore ranked third, followed by Gautam Adani & family at fourth spot and Wipro’s Azim Premji at fifth spot. Radhakishan Damani, Founder of Avenue Supermarts, debuted on the list of top 10 wealthiest individuals on the Hurun India Rich List 2020, at the seventh place.
Other names in the Top 10 list named as Cyrus S Poonawalla of Serum Institute of India, Uday Kotak of Kotak Mahindra Bank, Dilip Shanghvi of Sun Pharma and Cyrus Pallonji Mistry and Shapoorji Pallonji Mistry of Shapoorji Pallonji Group.