Jeff Bezos & Mukesh Ambani Tops in World Billionaire List


Jeff Bezos & Mukesh Ambani Tops in World Billionaire List

Mukesh Ambani, the Chief of Reliance Groups with value of $44.3 is ranked 17 in the world billionaires list by Forbes. He is topping the list and leading the race when only Indians are considered.

He own revenue $88 billion oil and gas giant Reliance Industries, among India's most valuable companies.

It has on more than 340 million customers by offering free domestic voice calls, dirt-cheap data services and virtually free smartphones, said the report.

Investor Radhakishan Damani who is India's retail king with his chain DMart – is at a distant 65th position with a net worth of $16.6 billion, marking 34th in the annual list and second topped Indian.

At 114th position, HCL Technologies Founder Shiv Nadar is worth $12.4 billion. One of India's leading philanthropists, Nadar has donated $662 million to his Shiv Nadar Foundation.

While Hinduja brothers are at 116th position with $12.2 billion net worth. Srichand and Gopichand live in London and Prakash resides in Monaco while the youngest sibling Ashok oversees their Indian interests from Mumbai.

At 138th position, Uday Kotak is worth $10.7 billion. His Kotak Mahindra Bank is now among India's top four banks in the private sector, boosted by its 2014 acquisition of ING Bank's Indian operations.

Amazon Founder and CEO Jeff Bezos has maintained his top slot as world’s richest man with a net worth of $113 billion, followed by Bill Gates at $98 billion, according to the latest Forbes 34th annual worlds billionaires list.