The following is a Forbes list of Indian billionaire

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s currently, and is based on an annual assessment of wealth and assets, compiled and published by Forbes

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magazine on October 27, 2011.

India, presently with exactly 57 "dollar-billionaires" (individuals with a total net worth of one billion dollars and above), accounts for roughly 4.5% of the global total of 1210 billionaires across the six continents.

2011 Indian billionaires list

Global Rank	Country Rank	Name	Net worth Net worth In business, net worth is the total assets minus total outside liabilities of an individual or a company. For a company, this is called shareholders' preference and may be referred to as book value. Net worth is stated as at a particular year in time...  (USD)	Age	City	Main Source	Industry
9	1	Mukesh Ambani Mukesh Ambani Mukesh Dhirubhai Ambani is an Indian business magnate. He is the chairman and managing director of Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries, the largest private sector enterprise in India listed in Fortune 500 magazine. His personal stake in Reliance Industries is 48%...	22.4	54	Mumbai	Reliance Industries Reliance Industries Reliance Industries Limited is an Indian conglomerate company headquartered at Mumbai, India. The company operates through three business segments: petrochemicals, refining, and oil and gas, other segment of the company includes textile, retail business, special economic zone development and...	Telecom Telecom Telecom refers to:* An abbreviation of telecommunication.* Short for telecommunications company, in general.* A short name for any telecommunications company with "Telecom" specifically in the name, where context allows media or people to commonly exclude the rest of its name without confusion,...
6	2	Lakshmi Mittal Lakshmi Mittal Lakshmi Narayan Mittal is an Indian steel magnate. He is the chairman and chief executive officer of ArcelorMittal, the world’s largest steelmaking company....	19.2	61	Mumbai	ArcelorMittal	Steel Steel Steel is an alloy that consists mostly of iron and has a carbon content between 0.2% and 2.1% by weight, depending on the grade. Carbon is the most common alloying material for iron, but various other alloying elements are used, such as manganese, chromium, vanadium, and tungsten...
36	3	Azim Premji Azim Premji Azim Hashim Premji is an Indian business tycoon and philanthropist who is the chairman of Wipro Limited, guiding the company through four decades of diversification and growth to emerge as one of the Indian leader in the software industry...	13.00	65	Bangalore	Wipro Technologies	Diversified but primarily software and IT-enabled services Business process outsourcing Business process outsourcing is a subset of outsourcing that involves the contracting of the operations and responsibilities of specific business functions to a third-party service provider. Originally, this was associated with manufacturing firms, such as Coca Cola that outsourced large segments...
42	4	Shashi Ruia & Ravi Ruia Ravi Ruia Ravikant Nand Kishore Ruia is the Vice-Chairman of Essar Group , and is a recipient of the Business India Businessman of the Year Award 2010....	10.20	67	Mumbai	Essar Group Essar Group The Essar Group is a multinational conglomerate corporation in the sectors of Steel, Energy, Power, Communications, Shipping Ports & Logistics as well as Construction head quartered at Mumbai, India...	Diversified
56	6	Savitri Jindal Savitri Jindal Savitri Jindal is an Indian steel baroness, the wealthiest woman in India and the world's 56th richest person. She is the non-executive chairperson of Jindal Steel and Power Limited and JSW Steel, and member of the Haryana Vidhan Sabha, MLA. She also served as a Minister of Power in the...  & family	9.50	61	Hisar	Jindal Steel Jindal Steel Jindal Steel and Power Limited is the most valuable private steel producer in India, with an annual turnover of over US $2.1 billion , Jindal Steel & Power Limited is a part of about US$ 12 billion diversified O. P. Jindal Group. JSPL is a leading player in Steel, Power, Mining, Oil & Gas and...	Steel Steel Steel is an alloy that consists mostly of iron and has a carbon content between 0.2% and 2.1% by weight, depending on the grade. Carbon is the most common alloying material for iron, but various other alloying elements are used, such as manganese, chromium, vanadium, and tungsten...
81	5	Gautam Adani Gautam Adani Gautam Adani , is an Indian businessman. He is the chairman of the Adani Group, a leading trading and export company of India. In March, 2011 Forbes magazine announced that Adani is the 6th richest person in India with a personal wealth of US $10 billion...	10	49	Ahmedabad	Adani Group Adani Group The Adani Group is a Gujarat based Indian conglomerate with the industrialist Gautam Adani as its CMD and promoter. The core business of the group is Commodities Trading, edible oil Manufacturing, Mundra port operations and distribution of Natural Gas. Adani group has more than 50 companies under...	Infrastructure, Commodities
97	7	Kumar Mangalam Birla Kumar Mangalam Birla Kumar Mangalam Birla is an Indian industrialist and the Chairman of the Aditya Birla Group, one of the largest conglomerate corporations in India. He is also the Chancellor of the Birla Institute of Technology & Science.-Education and career:...	9.2	44	Mumbai	Aditya Birla Group Aditya Birla Group The Aditya Birla Group is an Indian multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Mumbai, India. It operates in 33 countries with more than 133,000 employees worldwide...	Commodities
103	8	Anil Ambani Anil Ambani Anil Dhirubhai Ambani is an Indian-Gujarati business baron and chairman of Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, one of the largest private conglomerates. Anil's elder brother, Mukesh Ambani, is worth more than 29 billion dollars, and owns another company called Reliance Industries...	8.80	52	Mumbai	Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group	Diversified
110	9	Sunil Mittal Sunil Mittal Sunil Bharti Mittal , Punjabi: ਸੁਨੀਲ ਭਾਰਤੀ ਮਿੱਤਲ, born 23 October 1957) is an Indian telecom mogul, philanthropist and the founder, chairman and Group CEO of Bharti Enterprises...  & family	8.30	54	Delhi	Bharti Airtel Bharti Airtel Bharti Airtel Limited , commonly known as Airtel, is an Indian telecommunications company that operates in 20 countries across South Asia, Africa and the Channel Islands. It operates a GSM network in all countries, providing 2G or 3G services depending upon the country of operation...	Telecommunications
130	10	Adi Godrej Adi Godrej Adi Godrej is an Indian industrialist and philanthropist. , he is one of the richest Indians with net worth of US$7.3 billion. He is 130 on Forbes List of Billionaires. Also He is the second richest person of Parsi descent in the world after Pallonji Mistry.-Career:Godrej received his...  & family	7.30	69	Mumbai	Godrej Industries Ltd Godrej Industries Ltd Godrej Industries is one of the India's leading manufacturer of oleochemicals and makes more than a hundred chemicals for use in over two dozen industries. It also manufactures edible oils, vanaspati and bakery fats. Besides, it operates real estate. With global reach spreading across 40 countries...	Diversified
130	11	Kushal Pal Singh	7.30	79	Delhi	DLF Universal	Real Estate Real estate In general use, esp. North American, 'real estate' is taken to mean "Property consisting of land and the buildings on it, along with its natural resources such as crops, minerals, or water; immovable property of this nature; an interest vested in this; an item of real property; buildings or... , Real Estate Real estate In general use, esp. North American, 'real estate' is taken to mean "Property consisting of land and the buildings on it, along with its natural resources such as crops, minerals, or water; immovable property of this nature; an interest vested in this; an item of real property; buildings or...
154	12	Anil Agarwal	6.40	57	London	Vedanta Resources Vedanta Resources Vedanta Resources plc is a global mining and metals company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the largest mining and non-ferrous metals company in India and also has mining operations in Australia and Zambia. Its main products are copper, zinc, aluminium, lead and iron ore...	Mining Mining Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth, from an ore body, vein or seam. The term also includes the removal of soil. Materials recovered by mining include base metals, precious metals, iron, uranium, coal, diamonds, limestone, oil shale, rock...  & Metals
159	13	Dilip Shanghvi Dilip Shanghvi Dilip S. Shanghvi is the chairman of Sun Pharmaceuticals and has an estimated wealth of $4.44 billion. Dilip Shanghvi, holds a commerce degree from the University of Calcutta. He started Sun Pharmaceuticals in 1983 and it is currently the fifth-largest drugmaker in India...	6.10	55	Mumbai	Sun Pharmaceuticals Sun Pharmaceuticals Sun Pharmaceutical is an international pharmaceutical company based in Mumbai, India. It should not be confused with Sun Pharmaceuticals Corp, which is a manufacturer of sun care products, owned by the Playtex branch of Energizer Holdings.Sun Pharmaceutical, often known just as Sun Pharma, makes...	Pharmaceuticals
182	14	Shiv Nadar Shiv Nadar Shiv Nadar is an Indian industrialist and philanthropist. He is the chairman and Chief Strategy Officer of HCL Technologies. , his personal wealth is US$5.6 billion. Shiv Nadar founded HCL in the mid-1970s and transformed the IT hardware company into an IT Enterprise over the next three decades by...	5.60	65	Delhi	HCL Enterprise	Consumer electronics Consumer electronics Consumer electronics are electronic equipment intended for everyday use, most often in entertainment, communications and office productivity. Radio broadcasting in the early 20th century brought the first major consumer product, the broadcast receiver... , ITES
265	15	Shivinder Singh Shivinder Mohan Singh Shivinder Mohan Singh is the younger son of Dr. Parvinder Singh, and is currently the managing director of Fortis Healthcare, an Indian company. He is the grandson of Bhai Mohan Singh, the founder of generic drug maker Ranbaxy Laboratories. He and his brother Malvinder Singh are among the top...  and Malvinder Singh Malvinder Mohan Singh Malvinder Mohan Singh is the son of Dr. Parvinder Singh, and is the former Chairman and CEO of Ranbaxy Laboratories. He is the grandson of Bhai Mohan Singh, the founder of Ranbaxy. He and his brother Shivinder Singh are among the top twenty richest Indians in the world...	4.10	38	Delhi	Ranbaxy Ranbaxy Laboratories Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited is a pharmaceutical company that was incorporated in India in 1961. The company went public in 1973 and Japanese pharmaceutical company Daiichi Sankyo gained majority control in 2008...	Pharmaceuticals
310	16	Kalanidhi Maran Kalanidhi Maran Kalanithi Maran is the Chairman and Managing Director of Sun Network, which is the most profitable Television network in Asia.In June 2010, he acquired Spice Jet which was the most profitable airlines in India...	3.50	45	Chennai	Sun Network Sun Network Sun TV Network is an Indian media company based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, part of Kal Media Services, Sun Group. It has been named as Asia's most profitable media corporations and the largest TV network. Established on April 14, 1993, it created and owns a variety of television channels and...	Media
347	17	Uday Kotak Uday Kotak Uday Kotak is an Indian businessman. He is the vice-chairman and managing director of Kotak Mahindra Bank. He owns a 50% stake in Kotak Mahindra Bank, which he founded and runs. Forbes estimated his wealth to be $3.2 billion in 2011...	3.20	52	Mumbai	Kotak Mahindra Bank Kotak Mahindra Bank The Kotak Mahindra Bank is a financial organization established in 1985 in India. It was previously known as Kotak Mahindra Finance Limited, a non-banking financial company. In February 2003, Kotak Mahindra Finance Ltd, the group's flagship company was given the license to carry on banking...	Finance Finance "Finance" is often defined simply as the management of money or “funds” management Modern finance, however, is a family of business activity that includes the origination, marketing, and management of cash and money surrogates through a variety of capital accounts, instruments, and markets created...
376	18	Micky Jagtiani Micky Jagtiani Micky 'Mukesh' Jagtiani is an Indian businessman who owns the Dubai-based Landmark retail-stores group, with over 600 stores in the Gulf, India, Pakistan, China and Spain.-Early life and education:...	3.00	59	Dubai Dubai Dubai is a city and emirate in the United Arab Emirates . The emirate is located south of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula and has the largest population with the second-largest land territory by area of all the emirates, after Abu Dhabi...	Landmark retail stores (Dubai-based)	Retail Retail Retail consists of the sale of physical goods or merchandise from a fixed location, such as a department store, boutique or kiosk, or by mail, in small or individual lots for direct consumption by the purchaser. Retailing may include subordinated services, such as delivery. Purchasers may be...
393	19	Subhash Chandra Goel Subhash Chandra Subhash Chandra is a onetime rice exporter-turned media baron and Chairman of Essel Group, that launched India's satellite television revolution. The Zee chairman dropped out after standard 12. His pioneering channel Zee TV competes with, among others, Sony Entertainment Television and STAR Plus...  & family	2.90	60	Mumbai	Zee Network Zee Network The Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. is the largest Indian media and entertainment company based in Mumbai, Maharashtra. It is a subsidiary of the Essel Group...	Entertainment Entertainment Entertainment consists of any activity which provides a diversion or permits people to amuse themselves in their leisure time. Entertainment is generally passive, such as watching opera or a movie. Active forms of amusement, such as sports, are more often considered to be recreation...
440	20	Pankaj Patel Pankaj Patel Pankaj Ramanbhai Patel is the current Chairman and Managing Director of Cadila Healthcare, the fifth largest pharmaceutical company in India. Patel was tied for 26th place on Forbes Magazine's first annual list of the 40 richest Indians with an estimated net worth of $510 million...	2.60	58	Ahmedabad	Cadila Healthcare Cadila Healthcare 'Cadila Healthcare' is an Indian pharmaceutical company head quartered at Ahmedabad in Gujarat state of western India. The company is the fifth largest pharmaceutical company in India, with US$290m in turnover in 2004. It is a significant manufacturer of generic drugs...	Pharmaceuticals
440	21	Indu Jain Indu Jain Indu Jain belongs to the Sahu Jain family and is the current chairperson of India's largest media group, Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd., which owns the Times of India and other large newspapers. She is widowed with two sons....	2.60	74	Delhi	Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd.	Media Mass media Mass media refers collectively to all media technologies which are intended to reach a large audience via mass communication. Broadcast media transmit their information electronically and comprise of television, film and radio, movies, CDs, DVDs and some other gadgets like cameras or video consoles...
440	22	G.M. Rao Grandhi Mallikarjuna Rao Grandhi Mallikarjuna Rao is the founder and chairman of GMR Group, a leading infrastructure developer in India. He was ranked 198th in the world's richest list by Forbes, and his wealth was valued at $2.6 billion...	2.60	60	Bangalore	GMR Group GMR Group GMR Group is a major infrastructure company in India which is headquartered in Bangalore. The company was founded in 1978 by Grandhi Mallikarjuna Rao The core business areas of the company include airports, energy and highways; apart from having presence in the agriculture and aviation sectors...	Infrastructure Infrastructure Infrastructure is basic physical and organizational structures needed for the operation of a society or enterprise, or the services and facilities necessary for an economy to function...
512	23	Cyrus Poonawalla	2.30	70	Pune	Serum Institute of India Serum Institute of India Serum Institute of India is a manufacturer of Immunobiological including vaccines in India. The company is managed by the Poonawalla group- fully owned by Cyrus Poonawalla. The company is the fifth biggest vaccinemaker by volume, the top four being GlaxoSmithKline, Sanofi-Aventis, Merck and Novartis...	Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology Biotechnology Biotechnology is a field of applied biology that involves the use of living organisms and bioprocesses in engineering, technology, medicine and other fields requiring bioproducts. Biotechnology also utilizes these products for manufacturing purpose...
540	| 24	Rajan Raheja Rajan Raheja Rajan Biharilal Raheja is an Indian businessman who lives in Mumbai. Forbes magazine has identified him as a billionaire with a net worth of $2.15 billion , making him the 30th richest person in India. Rajan Raheja made his beginning in the construction business...  & family	2.20	57	Mumbai	Rajan Raheja Group	Diversified
564	25	Desh Bandhu Gupta Desh Bandhu Gupta Desh Bandhu Gupta is the Founder and Chairman of Lupin Ltd. Lupin Ltd. is Pharmaceuticals, Drugs & Healthcare company founded in 1968.As per Forbes Mar 2011 rankings, Desh Bandhu Gupta's net worth is $2.1 Billion and is ranked #25th richest person in India & #564 richest person in the world.-Early...	2.10	73	Mumbai	Lupin Ltd. Lupin Ltd. Lupin Ltd. is world's largest manufacturer of the anti-TB drugs based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. The company production contains the Cardiovascular , Diabetology, Asthma, Pediatrics, CNS, GI, Anti-Infectives and NSAIDs therapy and world largest manufacturer of Anti-TB and Cephalosporins...	Pharmaceuticals
595	26	N.R. Narayana Murthy & family	2.00	64	Bangalore	Infosys Technologies	Software and IT-enabled services Business process outsourcing Business process outsourcing is a subset of outsourcing that involves the contracting of the operations and responsibilities of specific business functions to a third-party service provider. Originally, this was associated with manufacturing firms, such as Coca Cola that outsourced large segments...
595	27	Gautam Thapar Gautam Thapar Gautam Thapar is an Indian businessman, who is the chairman and the chief executive officer of the Avantha Group. Thapar is a billionaire and appears on the Forbes list with an estimates net worth of $2 billion...	2.00	50	Delhi	Avantha Group Avantha Group Avantha Group is a business conglomerate in India chaired by Gautam Thapar. The US$ 4 billion company is one of India’s largest business conglomerates...	Power Electrical power industry The electric power industry provides the production and delivery of electric energy, often known as power, or electricity, in sufficient quantities to areas that need electricity through a grid connection. The grid distributes electrical energy to customers... , Food processing, BPO Business process outsourcing Business process outsourcing is a subset of outsourcing that involves the contracting of the operations and responsibilities of specific business functions to a third-party service provider. Originally, this was associated with manufacturing firms, such as Coca Cola that outsourced large segments... , Infrastructure Infrastructure Infrastructure is basic physical and organizational structures needed for the operation of a society or enterprise, or the services and facilities necessary for an economy to function...
595	28	Sudhir & Samir Mehta	2.00	57	Ahmedabad	Torrent Group Torrent Group The Torrent Group worth USD 714 million is a group of companies in India founded by U. N. Mehta. Currently, the group is managed by his sons, Mr Sudhir Mehta and Mr Samir Mehta. The core business of the group is pharmaceuticals and power. The various companies under the Torrent banner are:*...	Power Electrical power industry The electric power industry provides the production and delivery of electric energy, often known as power, or electricity, in sufficient quantities to areas that need electricity through a grid connection. The grid distributes electrical energy to customers... , Pharmaceuticals
595	29	Aloke Lohia Aloke Lohia Aloke Lohia is the founder, Vice Chairman & Group CEO of Indorama Ventures Public Company Limited. From 1979 to 1987 he was the Finance Director of P.T...	2.00	52	Bangkok	Indorama Ventures	Chemicals
651	30	Venugopal Dhoot Venugopal Dhoot Venugopal Dhoot is an Indian businessman. According to Forbes Magazine, his wealth in 2009 is U$2.65 billion according to. Moreover he is said to be the eighteenth richest man in India....	1.90	59	Mumbai Mumbai Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...	Videocon Videocon Videocon is an industrial conglomerate with interests all over the world, and is a Indian multinational company. The group has 17 manufacturing sites in India and plants in China, Poland, Italy and Mexico. It is also the third largest picture tube manufacturer in the world...	Consumer goods, Communications, DTH services, Oil& Gas, Power Electrical power industry The electric power industry provides the production and delivery of electric energy, often known as power, or electricity, in sufficient quantities to areas that need electricity through a grid connection. The grid distributes electrical energy to customers...
651	31	Chandru Raheja	1.90	70	Mumbai Mumbai Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...	Shopper's Stop Shopper's Stop Shoppers Stop is an Indian department store chain promoted by the K Raheja Corp Group , started in the year 1991 with its first store in Andheri, Mumbai Shoppers Stop Ltd has been awarded "the Hall of Fame" and won "the Emerging Market Retailer of the Year Award", by at Barcelona, on April 10,... , Crossword Crossword Bookstores Crossword Bookstores is a chain of bookstores in India based in Mumbai. Crossword has stores in Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kolkata, Nagpur, Nashik, Vadodara, Navi Mumbai, Pune and Ahmedabad. The most recent outlet opened in Durgapur.Crossword is fully owned by Shopper's...	Real estate Real estate In general use, esp. North American, 'real estate' is taken to mean "Property consisting of land and the buildings on it, along with its natural resources such as crops, minerals, or water; immovable property of this nature; an interest vested in this; an item of real property; buildings or...
692	32	Nandan Nilekani Nandan Nilekani Nandan Nilekani born is an Indian entrepreneur. He currently serves as the Chairman of the new Unique Identification Authority of India , after a successful career at Infosys Technologies Ltd...  & family	1.80	56	Bangalore Bangalore Bengaluru , formerly called Bengaluru is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. Bangalore is nicknamed the Garden City and was once called a pensioner's paradise. Located on the Deccan Plateau in the south-eastern part of Karnataka, Bangalore is India's third most populous city and...	Infosys Infosys Infosys Limited, formerly Infosys Technologies Limited is a global technology services company headquartered in Bangalore, India. It is the second largest IT exporter in India with 133,560 employees as of March 2011. It has offices in 33 countries and development centers in India, China,...	Software and IT-enabled services Business process outsourcing Business process outsourcing is a subset of outsourcing that involves the contracting of the operations and responsibilities of specific business functions to a third-party service provider. Originally, this was associated with manufacturing firms, such as Coca Cola that outsourced large segments...
736	33	Ajay Kalsi Ajay Kalsi Ajay Kalsi is a first generation entrepreneur. He has a portfolio of companies in a range of business sectors including oil and gas, footwear premium brands, commodity trading, real estate and business process outsourcing....	1.70	48	London	Indus Gas	Oil
782	34	Rahul Bajaj Rahul Bajaj Rahul Bajaj is an Indian businessman, politician and philanthropist. He is the chairman of Indian conglomerate Bajaj Group and member of parliament. Bajaj comes from the business house started by a Rajasthani Marwadi businessman Jamnalal Bajaj. The US$ 1.32 Billion Bajaj Auto is his flagship company...	1.60	73	Pune Pune Pune , is the eighth largest metropolis in India, the second largest in the state of Maharashtra after Mumbai, and the largest city in the Western Ghats. Once the centre of power of the Maratha Empire, it is situated 560 metres above sea level on the Deccan plateau at the confluence of the Mula ...	Bajaj Bajaj Bajaj may refer to:People* Jamnalal Bajaj , prominent Indian businessman, founder of the Bajaj group of companies* Rahul Bajaj, Indian businessman, grandson of Jamnalal Bajaj, chairman of Bajaj Auto, and MP of Rajya SabhaCompanies...	Motorcycles
782	35	Senapathy Gopalakrishnan Kris Gopalakrishnan Senapathy Gopalakrishnan , popularly known as Kris Gopalakrishnan is the President of Infosys Technologies a global consulting and IT services company based in India. He is also one of its seven founders.- Early days :...  & family	1.60	56	Bangalore	Infosys Infosys Infosys Limited, formerly Infosys Technologies Limited is a global technology services company headquartered in Bangalore, India. It is the second largest IT exporter in India with 133,560 employees as of March 2011. It has offices in 33 countries and development centers in India, China,...	Software
833	36	Brijmohan Lall Munjal Brijmohan Lall Munjal Dr. Brijmohan Lall Munjal is an Indian businessman and the founder of The Hero MotoCorp which owns Hero Honda Motors in India and is one of the richest people in India.-Early life:...	1.50	87	Delhi Delhi Delhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census...	Hero MotoCorp Ltd	Automotive
833	37	Kallam Anji Reddy	1.50	69	Hyderabad	Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. is an integrated pharmaceutical company focused on providing medicines through its three business segments: Global Generics segment, Pharmaceutical Services and Active Ingredients segment and Proprietary Products segment. The company was founded by Dr...	Pharmaceuticals
879	38	Vijay Mallya Vijay Mallya Vijay Mallya is an Indian liquor and airline baron. The son of industrialist Vittal Mallya, he is the chairman of the United Breweries Group and Kingfisher Airlines. His United Spirits is world's second largest liquor maker, by volume...	1.40	55	Bangalore Bangalore Bengaluru , formerly called Bengaluru is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. Bangalore is nicknamed the Garden City and was once called a pensioner's paradise. Located on the Deccan Plateau in the south-eastern part of Karnataka, Bangalore is India's third most populous city and...	United Breweries Group	Beverages & Airlines
879	39	Ajay Piramal	1.40	55	Mumbai Mumbai Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...	Piramal Healthcare	Pharmaceuticals
938	40	Baba Kalyani Baba Kalyani Babasaheb Neelkanth Kalyani is an Indian businessman who serves as the chairman and managing director of Bharat Forge, the flagship company of the Kalyani Group and the world's second-largest forgings manufacturer after ThyssenKrupp of Germany....	1.30	62	Pune Pune Pune , is the eighth largest metropolis in India, the second largest in the state of Maharashtra after Mumbai, and the largest city in the Western Ghats. Once the centre of power of the Maratha Empire, it is situated 560 metres above sea level on the Deccan plateau at the confluence of the Mula ...	Bharat Forge Bharat Forge Bharat Forge is the world's second-largest forging company. The company is based in Pune, India and has nine manufacturing plants in India, Germany, Sweden, United States, Scotland, United Kingdom and mainland China...	Metals
938	41	R. P. Goenka	1.30	81	Kolkata Kolkata Kolkata , formerly known as Calcutta, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, it was the commercial capital of East India...	RPG Group RPG Group The RPG Group one of India's largest industrial conglomerate headquartered in Mumbai, India. It was founded by RP Goenka in 1979, and initially encompassed Phillips Carbon Black, Asian Cables, Agarpara Jute and Murphy India...	Power Electrical power industry The electric power industry provides the production and delivery of electric energy, often known as power, or electricity, in sufficient quantities to areas that need electricity through a grid connection. The grid distributes electrical energy to customers...
993	42	Rakesh Jhunjhunwala Rakesh Jhunjhunwala Rakesh Jhunjhunwala is an Indian Chartered Accountant by qualification but an investor / trader by profession. In 2010, Forbes rated him India's 51st and the world's #1062 richest man with wealth of billion. He is a famous equity investor in India and manages his own portfolio as a partner in his...	1.20	51	Mumbai Mumbai Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...	Mahindra & Mahindra	Diversified
993	43	K. Dinesh K. Dinesh K. Dinesh is a co-founder and was a Member of the Board of Infosys Limited until July 2011. He was the Head of Quality, Information Systems and the Communication Design Group. He was also the Chairman of Infosys Technologies Australia Pty Ltd., an Infosys subsidiary and is a trustee of the Infosys...  & family	1.20	57	Bangalore Bangalore Bengaluru , formerly called Bengaluru is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. Bangalore is nicknamed the Garden City and was once called a pensioner's paradise. Located on the Deccan Plateau in the south-eastern part of Karnataka, Bangalore is India's third most populous city and...	Infosys Infosys Infosys Limited, formerly Infosys Technologies Limited is a global technology services company headquartered in Bangalore, India. It is the second largest IT exporter in India with 133,560 employees as of March 2011. It has offices in 33 countries and development centers in India, China,...  (co-founder)	Communications
993	44	Rakesh Jhunjhunwala Rakesh Jhunjhunwala Rakesh Jhunjhunwala is an Indian Chartered Accountant by qualification but an investor / trader by profession. In 2010, Forbes rated him India's 51st and the world's #1062 richest man with wealth of billion. He is a famous equity investor in India and manages his own portfolio as a partner in his...	1.20	50	Mumbai Mumbai Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...	Rare Enterprises	Investment Investment Investment has different meanings in finance and economics. Finance investment is putting money into something with the expectation of gain, that upon thorough analysis, has a high degree of security for the principal amount, as well as security of return, within an expected period of time...
993	45	Brij Bhushan Singal	1.20	74	Delhi Delhi Delhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census...	Mahindra & Mahindra	Investment Investment Investment has different meanings in finance and economics. Finance investment is putting money into something with the expectation of gain, that upon thorough analysis, has a high degree of security for the principal amount, as well as security of return, within an expected period of time...
1057	46	Yusuf Hamied Yusuf Hamied Yusuf Khwaja Hamied is a leading Indian scientist who serves as chairman of Cipla, a socially conscious generic pharmaceuticals company founded by his father Khwaja Abdul Hamied in 1935....  & family	1.10	74	Mumbai Mumbai Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...	Cipla Cipla Cipla Limited is a prominent Indian pharmaceutical company, best-known outside its home country for manufacturing low-cost anti-AIDS drugs for HIV-positive patients in developing countries...	Pharmaceuticals
1057	47	S.D. Shibulal	1.10	56	Bangalore	Infosys Infosys Infosys Limited, formerly Infosys Technologies Limited is a global technology services company headquartered in Bangalore, India. It is the second largest IT exporter in India with 133,560 employees as of March 2011. It has offices in 33 countries and development centers in India, China,...	Software
1057	48	Bhupendra Kumar Modi	1.10	62	Singapore Singapore Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...	Spice Global Group	Retail Retail Retail consists of the sale of physical goods or merchandise from a fixed location, such as a department store, boutique or kiosk, or by mail, in small or individual lots for direct consumption by the purchaser. Retailing may include subordinated services, such as delivery. Purchasers may be... ing, Infrastructure Infrastructure Infrastructure is basic physical and organizational structures needed for the operation of a society or enterprise, or the services and facilities necessary for an economy to function...  and Financial services Financial services Financial services refer to services provided by the finance industry. The finance industry encompasses a broad range of organizations that deal with the management of money. Among these organizations are credit unions, banks, credit card companies, insurance companies, consumer finance companies,...
1057	49	Mangal Prabhat Lodha	1.10	55	Mumbai Mumbai Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...	Lodha Group Lodha Group Lodha Group is an Indian real estate developer headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra. Its develops the residential and office space in and around Mumbai mainly. The group is currently developing in excess of 27 mn sq. ft. of real estate over 38 projects from Napean Sea Road to Dombivali. It was...	Real Estate Real estate In general use, esp. North American, 'real estate' is taken to mean "Property consisting of land and the buildings on it, along with its natural resources such as crops, minerals, or water; immovable property of this nature; an interest vested in this; an item of real property; buildings or...
1140	50	Ramesh Chandra Ramesh Chandra Ramesh Chandra is the founder of the multi-billion dollar Indian Real Estate company Unitech. As of 11 March 2009, his net worth was estimated at $600 million, which dropped from $9.6 billion just a year back...	1.00	72	Delhi Delhi Delhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census...	Unitech Unitech Unitech may refer to:*Unitech Group, real estate developer based in Delhi, India*Papua New Guinea University of Technology*UNITECH International Society*2006 Unitech Cup*Infogix, Inc. formerly known as Unitech Systems, Inc....	Real Estate Real estate In general use, esp. North American, 'real estate' is taken to mean "Property consisting of land and the buildings on it, along with its natural resources such as crops, minerals, or water; immovable property of this nature; an interest vested in this; an item of real property; buildings or...
1140	51	Kapil & Rahul Bhatia	1.00	68	Pune Pune Pune , is the eighth largest metropolis in India, the second largest in the state of Maharashtra after Mumbai, and the largest city in the Western Ghats. Once the centre of power of the Maratha Empire, it is situated 560 metres above sea level on the Deccan plateau at the confluence of the Mula ...	Thermax Thermax Thermax Ltd. is a multi-national energy and environment engineering company based in India; and in Britain. It manufactures, boilers, vapour absorption machines, offers water and waste solutions and installs captive power projects...	Energy and environment engineering solutions
1140	52	Ashwin Dani	1.00	68	Mumbai Mumbai Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...	Asian Paints Asian Paints Asian Paints is an Indian paint company headquartered in Mumbai, India. Asian Paints is India’s largest paint company and Asia’s third largest paint company, with a turnover of Rs 77.06 billion.It is one of the largest paint corporation that operates in 17 countries and has 23 paint manufacturing...  (Vice-chairman)	Decorative Paints
1140	53	Harindarpal Singh Banga	1.4	60	Hong Kong Hong Kong Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...		Commodities
1140	54	Mofatraj P. Munot	1.40	66	Mumbai Mumbai Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...	Kalpataru Group	Infrastructure Infrastructure Infrastructure is basic physical and organizational structures needed for the operation of a society or enterprise, or the services and facilities necessary for an economy to function... , Power Electrical power industry The electric power industry provides the production and delivery of electric energy, often known as power, or electricity, in sufficient quantities to areas that need electricity through a grid connection. The grid distributes electrical energy to customers...
1160	55	Murugappa Family	1.2	60	Hong Kong Hong Kong Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...		Commodities
1180	56	Brij Bhushan Singal	1.1	74	New Delhi New Delhi New Delhi is the capital city of India. It serves as the centre of the Government of India and the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi. New Delhi is situated within the metropolis of Delhi. It is one of the nine districts of Delhi Union Territory. The total area of the city is...		Commodities
1210	57	Rajesh Mehta	1.0	47	Bangalore Bangalore Bengaluru , formerly called Bengaluru is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. Bangalore is nicknamed the Garden City and was once called a pensioner's paradise. Located on the Deccan Plateau in the south-eastern part of Karnataka, Bangalore is India's third most populous city and...		Commodities

See also

• Forbes list of billionaires
  Forbes list of billionaires
  Forbes list of billionaires is based on an annual assessment of wealth and assets compiled and published by Forbes magazine on March 10, 2011.-Forbes list of billionaires :...
  
  
• List of countries by the number of billionaires
• List of college dropout billionaires