India’s 100 Richest People-2017

FORBES India's 100 Richest People

Question- On October 5, 2017, the prestigious magazine ‘Forbes’ released the list of India Rich List -2017. Who has got the top rank in this list?
(a) Dilip Shanghvi
(b) Lakshmi Mittal
(c) Mukesh Ambani
(d) Shiv Nadar
Answer: (c)
Related Facts:

  • On October 5, 2017, the prestigious magazine ‘Forbes’ released ‘India Rich List’ -2017, the annual list of India’s 100 Richest People.
  • In this list, Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) Chairman Mukesh Ambani has been put at the top place for the 10th consecutive year with a net worth of US $ 38 billion.
  • Azim Premji, the Chairman of Wipro Limited country’s third largest software service company, remained second in the list with a net worth of US $ 19 billion.
  • After this, the Hinduja family with the property worth 18.4 billion US dollars, the third place, followed by steel King Lakshmi Mittal (4th), with a net worth of US $ 16.5 billion and Pallonji Mistry (5th) with a property of US $ 16 billion.
  • Godrej family with a net worth 14.2 billion US dollars, HCL Technology founder Shiv Nadar with a net worth USD 13.6 billion, Aditya Birla Group’s Kumar Birla with a net worth of USD12.6 billion was ranked sixth, seventh and eighth respectively.
  • Dilip Sanghvi, chief of the Sun pharmaceuticals, stayed at number 9 in the list with a net worth of USD 12.1 billion, while he was at second place in the previous year.
  • Gautam Adani of Adani Port and SEZ remained at the tenth place with US $ 11 billion, while Acharya Balkrishna remained at the 19th position with a net worth of US $ 6.55 billion.
  • Savitri Jindal of Jindal group is at top in the list of women, while her overall ranking in the ranked 16th.
  • In this list, Vijay Shekhar Sharma of Paytm is the youngest person (39 years, 99th position) and Samprada Singh is the chairman emeritus of Alkem Laboratories (91 years, 43rd position) is the oldest person.

Reference:
https://www.forbes.com/india-billionaires/list/
http://zeenews.india.com/hindi/india/mukesh-ambani-again-tops-indias-100-richest-people-list-of-forbes/344745