12 techies in Forbes 40 richest Indians Date:   Tuesday , January 31, 2006 In the latest annual Forbes India’s 40 rich, the technology industry (telecom included) has 12 people. The list is led by Steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal with a personal wealth of $20 billion, followed by Wipro Chairman Azim H. Premji at $11 billion. Closely following Premji is Anil Ambani at 4 with a net worth of $5.5 billion. At 5 is India’s telecom czar Sunil Mittal with $4.9 billion. At number 10 is Anurag Dikshit of Party Gaming, a London based online poker site that went public last year. He is worth $3.1 billion. Shiv Nadar of HCL at 11 is worth $3 billion. Infosys chief mentor N.R. Narayana Murthy with $1.1 billion is ranked at 26 while Vikrant Bhargava, co-founder of Party Gaming is ranked at 30 with $870 million. Bangalorean Nandan M. Nilekani (Infosys) with $740 million is at 33 while Biotech Czarina Kiran Mazumdar Shaw of Biocon with $710 million is at 34. Fellow Bangalorean S. Gopalakrishnan (Infosys) $700 million is ranked 35. B. Ramalinga Raju (Satyam Computer) $670 million is at 36 while Narendra Patni (Patni Computer Systems) $650 million, who shuttles between Boston and Mumbai is at 37.