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China-based International research agency, Hurun Report issued Hurun India Rich List on Tuesday. The Hurun Report has listed 617 individuals with income of rupees 1,000 crore or more. Since its inception in 2012, the Hurun Rich Report has 136 billionaires this year which is a record in itself. One of the top businessman, chairman and MD of the Reliance Industries Limited, Mukesh Ambani topped the chart with his whoofing wealth of Rs. 2,75,900 crore. Interestingly, Ambani’s Rs. 2,75,900 crore wealth is more than the GDP of Yemen. With a 58% increase in his net worth, Reliance’s MD topped the list and became the richest man in India. Mukesh Ambani topped the chart and retains the richest Indian title for the sixth time in a row. On an average, as per the Hurun Report, the wealth of Hurun India Rich Listers have increased by 17% compared to that of last year.

Apart from Reliance Industries’ Mukesh Ambani, Sun Pharma’s Dilip Shanghvi’s with his net worth of INR 89,000 crore; the steel Baron Lakshmi Niwas Mittal with net worth of Rs. 88,200; with INR 85,100 crore the founder and chairman of HCL, Shiv Nadar; along with the founder of multi-billion dollar IT giant Wipro’s Azim Premji with INR 79,000 crore; followed by Acharya Balakrishna of ayurveda giant Patanjali; Uday Kotak of Kotak Mahindra Bank with net worth of INR 62,700; and with net worth of INR 56,500 crore Bharti Airtel’s Sunil Mittal and Family made it to the 2017 Hurun India Rich List.

The financial, commercial and the entertainment capital of India, Mumbai, is home to India’s super-rich. As 162 super-rich individuals from Mumbai made it to the 2017 Hurun India Rich List followed by the capital city of India, New Delhi, and then the Silicon Valley of India, Bengaluru. This year’s Hurun India Rich List features eight self-made women. Whereas with 53 entries, the number of women in the Hurun India Rich List increased by 300%. Biotechnology queen, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw is the richest self-made women in India with Rs. 15,400 crore. As per the Hurun India Rich List, Patanjali has secured second place in Indian FMGC market share in under five years. According to the report of International research agency, the 2017 Hurun India Rich List has witnessed many new faces. This year Hurun Report witnessed 302 new faces for the Hurun India Rich List. The new retail king of Dmart, with his 320percent wealth increase, is the biggest gainer of the 2017 Hurun India Rich List. 62 year old, Radhakishan Damani witnessed the fastest growth as he witnessed three times increase in his wealth.

Interestingly, Indian ayurveda giant Patanjali’s CEO and MD, Achary Balakrishna has made it to the list of top 10 richest Indians. In the 2017 Hurun India Rich List, Acharya Balakrishna has ranked eighth. With a recent turnover of Rs. 10,561 crore in the financial year 2017, Baba Ramdev’s friend Acharya Balakrishna’s Patanjali has given a close competition to major global brands. Way back in 2006, Acharya Balakrishna would have never thought that ten years down the line, Patanjali would come this far and gain new heights with each surpassing year. Balakrishna started Patanjali on personal loans. Acharya Balakrishna said, “ I had to take Rs. 50-60crore loan personal loan, prior to this, I did not even have a personal account in bank.” Balakrishna rose to eighth position from 25th last year. Interestingly, last year Patanjali’s Acharya Balakrishna was also named in the Forbes 100 richest Indians. Here is a list of Top Ten Richest Indians as per the 2017 Hurun India Rich List :-

1. Mukesh Ambani
   With a networth of INR 257,900 Crore, the CEO and MD of Reliance Industries Limited topped the chart of 2017 Hunur India Rich List. Interestingly, his wealth is 50% more than the GDP of Yemen- the country of his birth.

2. Dilip Shanghvi
   Sun Pharma’s Dilip Shanghvi followed Mukesh Ambani in the Hunur Report of 2017. With a net worth of INR 89,000 crore Dilip Shanghvi became the second richest Indian.
3. Lakshmi Niwas Mittal
   The steel Baron of India, Lakshmi Niwas Mittal with a net worth of INR 88,200 crore is the third richest Indian as per the Hurun Report.

4. Shiv Nadar
   With a net worth of INR 85,100 crore, Shiv Nadar became the fourth richest Indian according to the Hurun India Rich List. He is the founder and Chairman of IT giant HCL.
5. Azim Premji
   The founder of multi-billion dollar IT giant Wipro’s, Azim Premji’s net worth is INR 79,300 crore. In 2006, Azim Premji founded the Premji Invest.

6. Cyrus Poonawalla
   Billionaire Cyrus Poonawalla of Serum Institute secures sixth position in the Hurun India Rich List of 2017. He has a networth of INR 71,100 crore.

7. Gautam Adani
   The Chairman of Adani Group, Gautam Adani with a net worth of INR 70,600 crore became the seventh Richest Indian as per the Hunur Report.

8. Acharya Balakrishna
   The CEO of the Ayurveda giant Patanjali, Acharya Balakrishna has made it to the list of Top 10 Richest India as per the Hunur India Rich List of 2017. In the financial year 2016-2017, Patanjali had a turnover of INR 10,561 crore.

9. Uday Kotak
   With a networth of INR 62,700 crore, Uday Kotak of the Kotak Mahindra Bank is the ninth richest person as per the Hunur India Rich List of 2017.

10. Sunil Mittal and Family
    The founder and Chairman of Bharti Airtel, Sunil Mittal with a net worth of INR 56,500 crore is the tenth richest Indian as per the Hunur India Rich List of 2017. He launched the Airtel Payment Bank and recently signed the agreement to acquire Telenor’s India.

List of the 10 Richest People in the World.

1. Bill Gates

Born in Seattle, Gates used his first computer in 1967 while a kid in school. And about a decade later, he and his childhood friend Paul Allen, who also developed an interest in computers at their school, co-founded Microsoft together in 1975.

Outside of Microsoft, Gates is a public figure who, along with Warren Buffett and Mark Zuckerberg, founded “The Giving Pledge” to encourage other billionaires to donate a hefty amount of their wealth to charity. His charitable foundation focuses on health and development issues across the world.

An influential figure, the 61-year-old also releases a list of his favorite books each year.

Industry: Technology

Net worth: $87.8 billion

2. Amancio Ortega

Amancio Ortega is a Spanish self-made billionaire best known for founding Inditex fashion group, which includes Zara clothing stores. The richest man in Europe, Ortega co-founded Inditex in 1975 with his ex-wife Rosalia Mera, who passed away in 2013.

Ortega, 81, is also the wealthiest retailer in the world and owns 59% of Inditex, which operates 7,000 stores worldwide. He stepped down as chairman of the company in 2011.

His approach to his company’s success can be attributed to two factors: speed and customers. Oretga’s “fast fashion” philosophy included refreshing the stock at Zara stores twice a week, CNBC reported. And instead of focusing on what’s in at fashion shows, the company follows bloggers and customers for what they’re wearing to inform what is sold, Fortune reported.

Unlike other billionaires, Ortega has stayed out of the public eye. In fact, no photograph of him was ever published until 1999.

Industry: Retail

Net worth: $85.8 billion

3. Jeff Bezos

Responsible for the growth of online shopping and e-commerce, Jeff Bezos made his fortune by founding Amazon.com. The 53-year-old CEO of Amazon, launched the retail giant in 1994 after leaving his New York hedge fund job. Initially an online book retailer operated out of Bezos’s garage in Seattle, Amazon.com grew to become the world’s largest online shopping retailer, now worth over $430 billion, according to CNBC.

Bezos also owns a private space company Blue Origin and purchased The Washington Post in 2013 for $250 million. His Amazon now plans to buy grocery giant Whole Foods for $13.7 billion.

Bezos’s parents, Jackie and Mike Bezos, operate the Bezos Family Foundation, which supports youth education.

Industry: Technology

Net worth: $82.8 billion

4. Warren Buffett

Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett is an iconic figure and investment genius who bought his first stock when he was just 11 years old and filed his first taxes at age 13. Nicknamed the Oracle of Omaha, Buffett owns more than 60 companies.

One of the world’s best investors, Warren is also known for his cheap spending habits. In the recently released HBO documentary Becoming Warren Buffett, the 86-year-old billionaire said he typically pays under $4 for breakfast from McDonald’s each morning.

Like his peers, Buffett is a philanthropist and has vowed to give away 99% of his wealth.

Industry: Finance and investments

Net worth: $74.2 billion

5. Carlos Slim Helu

Mexican business tycoon Carlos Slim Helú is the richest person in Mexico, and owns more than 200 companiesin industries ranging from banking to retail to telecommunications. The 81-year-old owns America Movil, the largest mobile phone company in Latin America, as well as the Grupo Carso conglomerate company, which includes a host of retailers and restaurants, among other companies.

OuSlim’s father immigrated to Mexico from Lebanon with his family before Slim was born and had several successful retail and real estate businesses, Business Insiderreported. Slim inherited the businesses after his father’s death in 1953, and founded his his first company, insurance company Inversora Bursatil, after he graduated from college in the early 1960s.

His influence extends outside of Mexico as well. He now owns 17% of the New York Times — the largest individual shareholder of The Grey Lady.

Slim is a philanthropist, but has criticized other billionaires for giving their money to charity. Instead, Slim has said company leaders need to “create companies” rather than “give away companies.”

Industry: Telecommunications, banking, retail

Net worth: $63.3 billion

6. Mark Zuckerberg

Mark Zuckerberg was only a sophomore at Harvard University when he created the first version of Facebook in 2004. The social media powerhouse, which first began on college campuses, now has more than 1.2 billion users and dozens of offices located around the world. The company is now worth $400 billion.

Zuckerberg, the youngest of the world’s top billionaires at 33, is the chairman and CEO of Facebook in addition to being its co-founder. The 2011 award-winning film The Social Network was based off of Zuckerberg’s founding of Facebook while in school, and the subsequent drama that came as a result.

Like other billionaires, Zuckerberg is a philanthropist who has donated millions to charitable causes. He and his wife, Priscilla Chan, have pledged to donate 99% of their wealth through the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative.

Industry: Technology

Net worth: $61.7 billion

7. Larry Ellison

Larry Ellison, the founder, chairman and former CEO of software company Oracle, came from humble beginnings.

The 72-year-old billionaire founded his company in 1977, having never taken a computer science class in his life, according to the Smithsonian. He moved from Chicago to California after dropping out of college (twice), and worked several jobs where he learned about computer programming, including one where he helped build a database for the CIA.

He and two co-workers left the company to found Oracle, which became the world’s most popular database. He was the highest-paid executive in the United States before he stepped down as CEO in 2014, the Wall Street Journal reported.

Ellison has already given millions to charity and education, and plans to give away billions.

But he’s also spent his wealth in more luxurious ways as well. He has millions of dollars worth of real estate around the world, including the entire island of Lanai in Hawaii.

Industry: Software

Net worth: $54.9 billion

8. Bernard Arnault

Bernard Arnault is responsible for many of the world’s most fashionable brands, including Bulgari, Louis Vuitton, Dom Perignon and Sephora. The French billionaire is the chairman and CEO of LVMH, which is the largest luxury goods company in the world.

The 68-year-old began his career as a civil engineer and gained control of his family parent company, Groupe Arnault. In the 1980s, he bought fashion brand Christian Dior — a move that avoided bankruptcy for the brand.

Though he hasn’t cracked the top 10 in several other rankings, Arnault’s wealth grew by more than $5 billion in late April 2017 when he announced he would take full control of Christian Dior, Forbes reported.

Arnault is an art collector and created the Paris-based Foundation Louis Vuitton, which supports artistic creation in France.

Industry: Retail
Net worth: $53.6 billion

9. Michael Bloomberg

Michael Bloomberg wears many hats: CEO, philanthropist and politician.

In 1981, he launched Bloomberg L.P., an information technology and media company that has now grown to be worth $45 billion with more than 100 offices worldwide. He was a partner at Salomon Brothers, a Wall Street investment bank, before he started his own company.

As a philanthropist, Bloomberg has donated $5 billion of his wealth to contribute to certain causes that align with his political interests, including gun control and climate change.

And Bloomberg is an experienced politician. He served three terms as mayor of New York City from 2002 to 2013. During his tenure as mayor, he commuted to work at City Hall from his home on the Upper West Side by taking the New York City subway every day.

He also considered running as an independent in the 2016 presidential election, and has said he does not plan to run for the highest U.S. office in the future.

Industry: Media

Net worth: $48.9 billion

10. Charles and David Koch (tied)

Charles Koch, 81, is the CEO, chairman and co-owner of Koch Industries, the second-largest private company in the United States.

Both he and his brother, 77-year-old David —the company’s executive vice president — each own 42% of the conglomerate, which produces brands like Dixie Cup, Quilted Northern paper towels and Stainmaster carpet cleaner. The two brothers inherited the Wichita, Kansas-based company from their father.

The conservative Koch brothers use their deep pockets to influence politics and public policy through an expansive network. Koch-aligned networks like Americans for Prosperity gave rise to the libertarian movement, and the brothers have spent hundreds of millions backing politicians and influencing policy.

In fact, their network planned to spend $889 million just on the 2016 election, the New York Timesreported. In 2012, the network spent under $400 million.

Industry: Conglomerate

Net worth: $47.3 billion each