Mukesh Ambani India s richest, Adani 2nd: Forbes
Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani topped the Forbes list of India’s 10 richest billionaires with a net worth of $84.5 billion, followed by Adani Group chief Gautam Adani.
| 8 April 2021 1:40 AM GMT
NEW DELHI: Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani topped the Forbes list of India s 10 richest billionaires with a net worth of $84.5 billion, followed by Adani Group chief Gautam Adani.
Amid the Covid-19 pandemic, Ambani accomplished a fund-raising feat, garnering $35 billion through a string of deals to achieve his target of reducing his flagship Reliance Industries net debt to zero by 2021. He also sold a third of telecom unit Jio to marquee investors such as Facebook and Google and offloaded 10 per cent of Reliance Retail to private equity firms such as KKR and General Atlantic, plus concluded a $7.3 billion rights issue of Reliance shares, Forbes said.
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Forbes richest billionaires list: Mukesh Ambani India s richest with $84.5 bn, Gautam Adani 2nd
Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani topped the Forbes list of India s 10 richest billionaires with a net worth of $84.5 billion, followed by Adani Group chief Gautam Adani.
Amid the Covid-19 pandemic, Ambani accomplished a fund-raising feat, garnering $35 billion through a string of deals to achieve his target of reducing his flagship Reliance Industries net debt to zero by 2021. He also sold a third of telecom unit Jio to marquee investors such as Facebook and Google and offloaded 10 per cent of Reliance Retail to private equity firms such as KKR and General Atlantic, plus concluded a $7.3 billion rights issue of Reliance shares, Forbes said.
Mukesh Ambani First, Gautam Adani Second On Forbes 10 Richest Billionaires 2021 List
The number of billionaires increased to 140 from 102 last year and their collective wealth doubled to $596 billion during the last year. File Photo Outlook Web Bureau 2021-04-07T10:00:53+05:30 Mukesh Ambani First, Gautam Adani Second On Forbes 10 Richest Billionaires 2021 List outlookindia.com 2021-04-07T10:04:33+05:30
Mukesh Ambani, the chairman of Reliance Industries Ltd secured the first spot on the Forbes 10 richest billionaires 2021 list while Adani Group chairman Gautam Adani is in second place. With a net worth of $84.5 billion, Ambani topped the Forbes list of India’s richest billionaires while Adani was ranked second with a fortune of $50.5 billion.
New Delhi: Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani topped the Forbes list of India s 10 richest billionaires with a net worth of $84.5 billion, followed by Adani Group chief Gautam Adani.
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Ambani accomplished a fund-raising feat, garnering $35 billion through a string of deals to achieve his target of reducing his flagship Reliance Industries net debt to zero by 2021. He also sold a third of telecom unit Jio to marquee investors such as Facebook and Google and offloaded 10 per cent of Reliance Retail to private equity firms such as KKR and General Atlantic, plus concluded a $7.3 billion rights issue of Reliance shares, Forbes said.
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New Delhi–Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani topped the Forbes list of India’s 10 richest billionaires with a net worth of $84.5 billion, followed by Adani Group chief Gautam Adani.
Amid the Covid-19 pandemic, Ambani accomplished a fund-raising feat, garnering $35 billion through a string of deals to achieve his target of reducing his flagship Reliance Industries’ net debt to zero by 2021.
“He also sold a third of telecom unit Jio to marquee investors such as Facebook and Google and offloaded 10 per cent of Reliance Retail to private equity firms such as KKR and General Atlantic, plus concluded a $7.3 billion rights issue of Reliance shares,” Forbes said.