Mukesh Ambani Retains Top Spot In The Forbes India Rich List 2021, Adani Close Second

It is the 14th time in a row since 2008 that the Reliance chairman has been named as the wealthiest man in the country whose net worth has reached 92.7 billion.

Mukesh Ambani

New Delhi: Mukesh Ambani retains the top spot in Forbes magazine's 100 richest Indians list after he added $4 billion to his net worth in the year 2021.

It is the 14^th time in a row since 2008 that the Reliance chairman has been named as the wealthiest man in the country whose net worth has reached 92.7 billion.

Gautam Adani has is at the number two spot with 74.8 billion fortune. According to Forbes ‘it is only $17.9 billion shy of Ambani.’

The third place on the list has been taken by the founder and chairman of HCL, Shiv Nadar whose wealth increased by $10.6 billion due to the surging tech sector. Hist net worth has reached $31 billion.

The list also shows that Savitri Jindal, chairperson of OP Jindal Group, has entered the Top 10 club again with $18 billion increase.

The magazine has also reported that the richest Indians saw a 50 percent increase in their wealth just during the last two years of the pandemic. Forbes says that India's 100 richest are now worth $775 billion.

Reliance Retail Ventures (RRVL), on October 7, said it would launch the US-based 7-Eleven convenience stores in India, according to news reports. 

The first 7-Eleven store is set to open on October 9 in Andheri East, Mumbai, the company said. Following this, there will be a "rapid rollout" of the stores across key neighbourhoods and commercial neighbourhoods in Greater Mumbai.