Forbes India Rich List 2009

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THE FORBES ‘India Rich List 2009′ has been out today. Mukesh Ambani has once again emerged as the wealthiest person in India with a net worth of $32 billion. This year India Rich List has almost doubled to 52, due to rebound in the stock markets.

London based Lakshmi N Mittal is placed second with assets worth $30 billion. The 3rd spot goes to Anil Ambani with $17.5 billion and Azim Premji is places 4th with $14.9 . K.P Singh with $13.5 billion makes the top five billionaires in the Forbes Richest Indian list 2009.

Forbes said even though the top 10 positions remain largely unchanged, there are some shifts in the fortunes of some. Sunil Mittal moved down from fourth position to eighth, while Premji moved up to fourth and the Ruias to Number 5.

Even Savitri Jindal and Gautam Adani are among the top 10 richest Indians.

The Forbes list of the top 25 richest Indians are :

Rank Name Net Worth ($mil)
1 Mukesh Ambani 32,000
2 Lakshmi Mittal 30,000
3 Anil Ambani 17,500
4 Azim Premji 14,900
5 Shashi & Ravi Ruia 13,600
6 Kushal Pal Singh 13,500
7 Savitri Jindal 12,000
8 Sunil Mittal 8,200
9 Kumar Birla 7,800
10 Gautam Adani 6,400
11 Anil Agarwal 6,300
12 Adi Godrej 5,400
13 G.M. Rao 4,300
14 Dilip Shanghvi 4,100
15 Shiv Nadar 3,700
16 Uday Kotak 3,300
17 Malvinder & Shivinder Singh 3,000
18 Subhash Chandra 2,700
19 Indu Jain 2,400
20 Kalanithi Maran 2,300
21 Anand Burman 2,250
22 Brijmohan Lall Munjal 2,200
23 Sudhir & Samir Mehta 2,020
24 Cyrus Poonawalla 2,000
25 Ramesh Chandra 1,950