Published by: Priyanka Deshpande
Forbes India's 2023 top 100 richest list revealed dramatic change in the pecking order at the top that kept collective wealth flat. Here are the key highlights:
The combined net worth of the top 10 club this year stands at $330.4 billion, down 14.2% from $385.2 billion in 2022
HCL Technologies’ Shiv Nadar saw a wealth gain of $7.9 billion, largest in absolute terms this year
Gautam Adani saw the largest wealth drop of $82 billion this year. His wealth dropped from $150 billion to $68 billion but his rank only dropped 1 place from #1 to #2
Savitri Jindal is now one of India's five richest persons – the only woman to achieve the feat
The list saw 8 dropouts this year, including Vedanta's Anil Agarwal, BYJU's Byju Raveendran and Divya Gokulnath, and Info Edge's Sanjeev Bikhchandani
Landmark Group's Micky Jagtiani passed away on May 26, 2023, and is replaced on the list by his wife Renuka Jagtiani on rank 44
$799.32 billion is the cumulative wealth of India's 100 richest persons – a smidge lower than $799.78 billion last year
11 units of the Forbidden City Complex in China that the wealth of India's 100 richest could buy at $69.66 billion a piece
Polycab India’s Inder Jaisinghani's wealth took a leap of 91.04%, the highest – from $3.35 billion last year to $6.4 billion in 2023
Mankind Pharma’s Ramesh and Rajeev Juneja saw a 64% wealth boost from the listing of their company
$26.6 billion is the cumulative net worth of India's real estate billionaires among India's richest 100