List of Top 10 Richest People in India in 2016

Here is the list of top 10 richest people in India. Here we have briefly mentioned a few interesting facts about each of these India's Richest People.

1. Mukesh Ambani (1st in List of Top 10 Richest People in India in 2016)

Overview of India's 1st Richest People - Mukesh Ambani

Mukesh Ambani, is the richest man of India and he is bagging this title for the sixth year consecutively in the Forbes list of richest people. He holds 40 percent share of Reliance Industries worth $21 billion.

2. Lakshmi Mittal (2nd in List of Top 10 Richest People in India in 2016)

Overview of India's 2nd Richest People - Lakshmi Mittal

Lakshmi Mittal is the steel baron who is the second richest man of India who is worth $16.2 billion. He is not only having properties in India but also owns big properties in London, which also have Billionaires Row mansions near Kensington Palace.

3. Dilip Shanghvi (3rd in List of Top 10 Richest People in India in 2016)

Overview of India's 3rd Richest People - Dilip Shanghvi

Dilip Shanghvi is the founder of Sun Pharmaceuticals, which stands as the most valuable drug company in India. His career began around thirty years back when he started selling the drug Lithosun for bipolar disorder. From there on, he never looked back and now has acquired around 13 pharmaceutical makers through Sun.

4. Azim Premji (4th in List of Top 10 Richest People in India in 2016)

Overview of India's 4th Richest People - Azim Premji

Azim Premji is the chairman of Wipro and has a net worth of $13.8 billion presently. This tech tycoon is also a close friend of Bill Gates. He is known as the Czar of the Indian IT Industry. He is an Alma mater of Stanford University.

5. Pallonji Mistry (5th in List of Top 10 Richest People in India in 2016)

Overview of India's 5th Richest People - Pallonji Mistry

Pallonji Mistry’s currently amounts up to $12.5 billion. He also shares 18 percent stake in Tata Sons along with his sons. He is currently married to an Irishwoman named Patsy Perin Dubash and has thus been living in Ireland since the year 2003. He is also the person who built Mumbai’s renowned hotel Taj Mahal Palace, which is popular as the hotel that was attacked by terrorists in 2008.

6. Hinduja Brothers (6th in List of Top 10 Richest People in India in 2016)

Overview of India's 6th Richest People - Hinduja Brothers

Four of the Hinduja Brothers are Gopichand, Prakash and Ashok. Together, they are known to control the Multinational conglomerate Hinduja Group which is worth $9 billion in the current times.

7. Shiv Nadar (7th in List of Top 10 Richest People in India in 2016)

Overview of India's 7th Richest People - Shiv Nadar

The founder of HCL Technologies, Shiv Nadar stands as the fourth largest software exporter from India. He has 62 percent stakes in the company and is the owner of fortune worth $8.6 billion. He is also a philanthropist and has moved onto the top list of the richest Indians ever since the year 2004.

8. Adi Godrej (8th in List of Top 10 Richest People in India in 2016)

Overview of India's 8th Richest People - Adi Godrej

Adi Godrej is the owner of the Godrej Group works, which is a 116 year old setup. As per the Forbes list, Adi Godrej is worth $8.3 billion. He is the Alma mater of MIT Sloan School of Management in Massachusetts, USA.

9. Kumar Birla (9th in List of Top 10 Richest People in India in 2016)

Overview of India's 9th Richest People - Kumar Birla

He is not only the chairman of Aditya Birla Group, but is also heading the Hindalco Industries, who stands as India’s second largest aluminum manufacturer. Birla is worth $7.6 billion, and owns Grasim Industries and iron ore miner Essel.

10. Sunil Mittal (10th in List of Top 10 Richest People in India in 2016)

Overview of India's 10th Richest People - Sunil Mittal

Sunil Mittal is the owner of Bharti Airtel and the company has helped him earn $6.6 billion fortune with being popular with 275 million customers worldwide. As per the Forbes, his shares at Bharti Airtel have increased due to higher revenues reported in the last quarter.