5 Billionaires Who Control Half Of India's Wealth


BANGALORE: With India making enormous progress in all the fields possible these days, here are the top five Indian billionaires led by Reliance Industries chairperson Mukesh Ambani, who collectively controls about $85.5 billion in personal wealth which accounts to nearly half of the country's total billionaire wealth. So, read on to find out about some more people as compiled by the rediff.

# Mukesh Ambani

According to the analysis by wealth research firm, Wealth-X of India's richest in

an estimated net worth of $24.4 billion. Mukesh Dhirubhai Ambani, Chairman and Managing Director of Reliance Industries Limited is the largest shareholder of the company. In 2013, he was ranked number 37 on the Forbes list of the world's most powerful people and in 2010, he was included in the Forbes's list of "68 people who matter most".

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