Forbes released its list of the richest Indians of 2020. Contrary to the lot of common Indians, the pandemic COVID-19 has not been able to slow down the advancement of half of the top 100 Indians. About 50 individuals worked to grow their wealth by 14% from last year.
Mr. Ambani and Mr. Adani claimed the top two slots with the former being the richest one in India.
Forbes in a statement said, "Ambani added $37.3
billion, bringing his fortune to $88.7 billion, a rise of 73 per cent. Shares
of his Reliance Industries soared when, amid the nation’s lockdown, Ambani
raised more than $20 billion from a string of marquee investors for Jio
Platforms." The company is now paving way for the big bucks in its retail
subsidiary RRVL.
Gautam Adani was able to enhance his net worth by 61%. He aspires to become airport king of India and to this aim acquired 74% stake in Mumbai airport in 2020.
The third place was taken by tech giant Shiv Nadar jumped three places to No. 3 with $20.4 billion.
There are nine newcomers on this year’s list. They include Sanjeev Bikhchandani, No.68 with $2.1 billion, cofounder of Info Edge India, siblings Nithin and Nikhil Kamath, at 90 spot with $1.55 billion, cofounders of discount stock brokerage Zerodha Broking. The new entrants also include three specialty chemicals producers Vinati Organics’ founder Vinod Saraf at 95 position with $1.4 billion, brothers Chandrakant and Rajendra Gogri at 96 with $1.39 billion, of Aarti Industries, and Arun Bharat Ram, the patriarch of SRF at 99 with $1.34 billion.
These high-performers encourage their fellow people to dream
big, and work to achieve. India is a proud nation that allows of opportunities
to every individual.