Mukesh Ambani named India’s richest for ninth year in a row with a net worth of $ 8.9 billion Wednesday Sep 23,2015

 

Industrialist Mukesh Ambani on Wednesday Sep 23,2015 was named India’s richest for ninth year in a row with a net worth of $ 23.6 billion, while ecommerce giant Flipkart’s founders made their debut on the country’s top 100 rich list

As per Forbes magazine’s latest India rich list, Mukesh Ambani was followed by Sun Pharma’s Dilip Shanghvi as second richest with a net worth of $18 billion, while Wipro’s Azim Premji retained his third place with $16.4 billion. 

The combined wealth of India’s 100 richest persons remained largely unchanged at $ 345 billion, as compared to $346 billion in 2014, Forbes said.