Forbes 2022 List: Gautam Adani becomes India's richest person, surpasses Mukesh Ambani

Forbes' list of rich Indians has been released and Gautam Adani has achieved the crown of India's richest person. He has secured the number one place, leaving behind Mukesh Ambani. There have been many changes in the list as well. 

Gautam Adani’s net worth

Gautam Adani's net worth is around $150 billion and has more than doubled in the last one year. On the other hand, Mukesh Ambani, the owner of Reliance Industries, is occupied at number two. This year, Mukesh Ambani's wealth has declined by about $ 5 billion and it has come down from $ 92.7 billion to $ 88 billion. Significantly, from the year 2013, Mukesh Ambani had remained the richest person in the country, but in the year 2022, he has become the richest person in India, overtaking Gautam Adani.

Top 10 list

Radhakrishna Damani and his family with a net worth of $27.6 billion, Cyrus Poonawalla at the fourth position with a net worth of $21.5 billion, Shiv Nadar at the fifth position with a net worth of $21.4 billion, Savitri Jindal and her family at the sixth position with a net worth of $16.4 billion, Dilip Shanghvi and his family at the seventh position with a net worth of $15.5 billion, the Hinduja brothers at the eighth position with a net worth of $15.2 billion, Kumar Birla with a net worth of $15 billion The Bajaj family is at the 10th position with a net worth of $14 billion.