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India now has 23 billionaires


An increase from 13 billionaires a year ago



India now has 23 billionaires, up from 13 a year ago, Forbes magazine said on Thursday. Non-resident Indian Lakshmi Mittal however dropped two places to find the fifth spot among the world's richest. Interestingly only three of them are based on software or technology. The combined net worth of the Indian billionaires comes to $99 billion. This exceeded the net worth of Japan's 27 billionaires, estimated at $67 billion to create the largest concentration of wealth in Asia.

The collective net worth of 40 richest persons in India is $106 billion. To be included in the Forbes list, an Indian has to have a net worth of $590 million.

The following are the list of Indian billionaires:

Ranking: Name: Age: Net worth: Industry
5.Lakshmi Mittal, 55, $23.5bSteel
25. Azim Premji, 60, $13.3bSoftware
56.Mukesh Ambani, 48,$8.5bPetrochemicals
104. Anil Ambani, 46, $5.7b Diversified
114. Kushal Pal Singh, 74, $5b Real estate
125. Sunil Mittal, 48, $4.9b Telecom
140. Kumar Birla, 38, $4.4b Commodities
168. Shiv Nadar, 60, $4b Technology
185. Pallonji Mistry, 76, $3.6bConstruction
207.Anurag Dikshit, 34, $3.3bOnline gambling
245. Anil Agarwal, 52,$2.8b Mining, metals
245. Ravi and Shashi Ruia, $2.8b Diversified
278.Adi Godrej and family, 63, $2.6b Diversified
317. Indu Jain, 69, $2.4b Media
317. Dilip Shanghvi, 50,$2.4b Pharmaceuticals
512. Naresh Goyal, 56, $1.5b Aviation
562. Baba Kalyani, 57, $1.4b Engineering
562. Tulsi Tanti, 48, $1.4b Wind energy
645. N.R. Narayana Murthy, 59, $1.2b Software
698.Uday Kotak, 47, $1.1b Banking
746. Subhash Chandra, 55, $1b Media
746. Habil Khorakiwala, 63, $1b Pharmaceuticals
746. Vijay Mallya, 50, $1b Liquor

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