Ques: Who is the richest Indian in the Hurun Rich List -2015?
a. Mukesh Ambani
b. Azim Premji
c. Dilip Sanghvi
d. Uday Kotak
Ans: a
Related facts:
- September 11, 2015 Hurun India Report released the Hurun India Rich List, a list of the richest people in India.
- The Hurun report is China’s Shanghai-based luxury publishing and events group.
- Wealth calculations are a snapshot of net worth of living individuals as of 31 July 2015 when the rate of exchange to the US dollar was INR 64.0.
- This is a list of the richest people in India with a cut-off of INR 1,600 Cr.
- Hurun Report finds 296 individuals with INR 1,600 Cr or more, up 76 from last year and double that of two years ago.
- Owing to a 6% devaluation of Indian Rupee against the US dollar and a lackluster performance of key sectors such as steel, energy and real estate, the average wealth dropped 7%.
- India is adding more billionaires. Number of dollar billionaires has increased to 124 from 109 last year. The inaugural Hurun India Rich List had just 59 billionaires in 2012.
- 36 have migrated out of India and are NRI.
- 13 saw their wealth double year on year.
- The fastest riser is Dhiraj Rajaram (40) of Mu Sigma, a data analytics business, shooting up 593% to INR 17,790 Cr.
- 58 individuals saw their wealth decline, led by the oil and gas sector, after uncertainly continued to surround the Middle East.
- Ajay Kalsi (54) of Indus Gas declined by 242% dropping him to the bottom of the list.
- Mukesh Ambani (58) of Reliance, holds on to his position as the richest man in India with a fortune of INR 1,60,951 Cr, down by 3% from last year.
- London-based SP Hinduja & Family (81) of Hinduja Group shot up to 3rd position, from 6th last year, after seeing their wealth grow 43% to INR 1,03,030 Cr.
- Whilst Mumbai continues to dominate with 29% of the list residing there, Delhi came in second with 19%, followed by Bangalore with 8%.
- Manufacturing continues to dominate with 15% of the list, followed by pharmaceuticals and real estate with 9% and 6% respectively.
- At 28 years, Ankit Bhati and at 29, Bhavish Aggarwal founders of Ola Cabs, “India’s answer to Uber”, are the youngest self-made Indians in the list.
- For the first time, Azim Premji (69) loses the spot in Top 5, due to his philanthropic donations. He found 7th spot this year.
- The only self-made woman in the list is the ‘BioTech Queen’ Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw (62) who saw her net worth decrease by 6% to INR 6143 Cr.
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