The number of billionaires increased to 140 from 102 last year and their collective wealth doubled to $596 billion during the last year.
Mukesh Ambani, the chairman of Reliance Industries Ltd secured the first spot on the Forbes 10 richest billionaires 2021 list바카라 웹사이트while Adani Group chairman Gautam Adani is in second place. With a net worth of $84.5 billion, Ambani topped the Forbes list of India라이브 바카라 richest billionaires while Adani was ranked second with a fortune of $50.5 billion.
“He also sold a third of telecom unit Jio to marquee investors such as Facebook and Google and offloaded 10 per cent of Reliance Retail to private equity firms such as KKR and General Atlantic, plus concluded a $7.3 billion rights issue of Reliance shares,” Forbes said.바카라 웹사이트
An unprecedented surge in the wealth of billionaires comes amid a rapid rise in the stock market even as Covid-19 cases continue to rise across the country. The benchmark Sensex has surged 75% in the past year alone.
According to Forbes, the number of billionaires increased to 140 from 102 last year and their collective wealth double to $596 billion during the last year. The top three richest Indians collectively added $100 billion in the pandemic year, it added.바카라 웹사이트 바카라 웹사이트
The wealth of India's second richest billionaire Adani increased by a whopping $42 billion as shares of group companies Adani Green바카라 웹사이트and바카라 웹사이트Adani Enterprises skyrocketed. The infrastructure tycoon바카라 웹사이트also diversified the group's businesses and expanded into India's airport management and operations business.
Adani Group earlier acquired a 74% share in바카라 웹사이트Mumbai International Airport, the country's second-busiest, in September 2020. He sold 20%바카라 웹사이트in his listed renewables firm, Adani Green Energy, to French energy giant Total for $2.5 billion.
Ambani garnered investments worth $35 billion for this Jio and also achieved the target of reducing the net debt levels of the company to zero by 2021. Asia's richest man also diversified his empire into technology and retail sectors with acquisitions and fundraising in the last year.바카라 웹사이트 바카라 웹사이트
HCL founder Shiv Nadar is perched on the third spot on the Forbes 10 richest billionaires 2021 list with a net worth of $23.5 billion. He stepped down from the position of group chairman and handed over the ropes of HCL Technologies to daughter바카라 웹사이트Roshni Nadar Malhotra.
Damani at $16.5 billion바카라 웹사이트and Kotak Mahindra Bank MD Uday Kotak with a fortune of바카라 웹사이트$15.9 billion바카라 웹사이트took the fourth and the fifth spot in the list.