- As of July 2016, Mukesh Ambani's net worth is 18.9 Billion USD.
-He is the chairman and Managing Director of Reliance Industries Limited.
-He is the elder son of the late Dhirubhai Ambani and holds the highest 44.7% shares of RIL.
-He is the 36th richest man in the world, second in Asia and the richest in India.
-He currently owns the IPL team, Mumbai Indians.
-After dropping out of Stanford, Mukesh Ambani joined Reliance in 1980.
-He set up technology centered Reliance Communication Limited and also created world's largest grassroots petroleum refinery in Jamnagar.
- Dilip Shanghvi is the founder of Sun Pharmaceutical Industries which is India's most valuable drug company with a market cap of 27 Billion USD.
- As of July 2016, his net worth was estimated at 18 Billion USD.
- Born in Amreli-Gujrat, Dilip Shanghvi founded Sun Pharmaceutical Industries in 1982 in Vapi with a capital of Rs. 10,000, currently he is among Asia's top 10 wealthiest self-made billionaires.
- He acquired the American firm Caraco Pharma in 1997 and Israel's Taro Pharma in 2007. Currently Sun Pharmaceutical Limited is looking at buying Ranbaxy.
- Owner of Wipro, the tech tycoon Azim Premji's worth is estimated at 15.9 Billion USD.
- Wipro moved from cooking oil to toiletries, soaps, and baby products before diversifying into tech outsourcing in 1980.
- With a BE in Electrical, Azim Premji has been listed twice in TIME magazine's list of 100 most influential people.
- He has won a lot of awards and was recognized by Business Week as one of the greatest entrepreneurs.
- He is the first Indian to sign up for "The Giving Pledge" that encourages wealthy people to contribute most of their wealth to philanthropic causes.
85 year old Pallonji Mistry is the 4th richest Indian with a net worth of 14.7 Billion USD.
- His younger son Cyrus is the successor of Mr. Ratan Tata and holds the reigns of the Tata Group valued at 103 Billion USD.
- Of Irish Indian descent, Pallonji is the chairman of Shapoorji Pallonji Group and the riches Parsi in the world.
- Shapoorji Pallonji owns Shapoorju Pallonju Construction Ltd, Forbes Textiles, and Eureka Forbes.
- He gave up his Indian citizenship in 2003 and is an Irish citizen but as the largest share holder, still holds 18.4% shares of the Tata Group.
- As of July 2016, Shiv Nadar's net worth is 12.9 Billion USD.
-He is the cofounder and chairman of HCL Group $7billion revenue
-In 2008, Nadar was awarded Padma Bhushan for his efforts in the IT industry
-He is the 156th richest man in the world
-Since mid-1990s he has focused his efforts in developing the educational system of India through the Shiv Nadar Foundation
-Shiv Nadar is the brother of famous tamil novelist Ramanichandran.
-In 2010 received Dataquest Lifetime Achievement Award.
