Photos: Apart from the regulars, a retail mogul ranks among richest Indians in Forbes Billionaire list

[caption id=“attachment_78238” align=“alignnone” width=“860”]  Forbes released its annual Billionaires list, ranking the planet’s richest people for 2014. After a 4 year hiatus, Bill Gates was back on top of the list with a net worth of $76 bn. The usual suspects represented India on the list, with Reliance Industries chief Mukesh Ambani once again being ranked as the wealthiest Indian, posting a net worth of $18 billion.He was #40 in the overall list of billionaires.Reuters[/caption]

[caption id=“attachment_78239” align=“alignnone” width=“860”]  #52 on the global list and second among Indians is ArcelorMittal chairman and CEO L.N Mittal, with a net worth of $16.7 billion.The world’s biggest steelmaker reported a loss of $2.5 billion in 2013 and has a debt of $16 billion, but things are looking up with the recent acquisition of a ThyssenKrupp plant in the US and a steel project in south India. Reuters[/caption]

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[caption id=“attachment_78240” align=“alignnone” width=“860”]  Wipro’s Azim Premji occupies the #61 slot in the global list with a net worth of $15.3 billion. The world’s third richest Indian has also been called Asia’s most generous person, after giving away shares worth $4.4 billion. Reuters[/caption]

[caption id=“attachment_78241” align=“alignnone” width=“860”]  Pharma king Dilip Shanghvi’s net worth of $12.8 billion makes him the world’s 82nd wealthiest man. His company Sun Pharma, India’s most valuable drug company has a market cap of $20 billion and has a big market in the US. Reuters[/caption]

[caption id=“attachment_78242” align=“alignnone” width=“860”]  Just outside of the 100 richest people in the world is HCL Tech’s Shiv Nadar who is ranked #102. His personal net worth of $11.1 billion has allowed him to donate over $500 million to various charitable ventures so far, with plans to donate anoterh $500 million in the next 5 years. Nadar has denied recent rumours that he was looking to sell HCL Tech. Forbes[/caption]

[caption id=“attachment_78243” align=“alignnone” width=“860”]  46 year old Kumar Mangalam Birla (net worth $7 billion) is the chairman of the Aditya Birla conglomerate and ranked at #191 in the Forbes global list. His company Ultratech is India’s largest cement producer. Birla was named by the CBI involving improper mine allocations. Reuters[/caption]

[caption id=“attachment_78244” align=“alignnone” width=“860”]  Bharti Airtel’s Sunil Mittal comes in at #244 in the list with a net worth of $5.7 billion. In the recent government auction, he bought telecom spectrum worth close to $3 billion and later inked a $113 million deal to acquire Loop Mobile and become the largest player in Mumbai city. Reuters[/caption]

[caption id=“attachment_78245” align=“alignnone” width=“860”]  The younger Ambani brother is pegged at #281 with a net worth of $5 billion. The 54 year old’s Reliance Infrasructure completed Mumbai’s first Metro line which is due to start in March. Reuters[/caption]

[caption id=“attachment_78246” align=“alignnone” width=“860”]  Landmark Group’s Micky Jagtiani has come a long way from driving a taxi in London. His net worth of $5 billion puts him at #281 on the Forbes list. $5 billion is also the estimated sales figures for his Landmark Group, a Middle East-based retail conglomerate. From landmarkgroup official site[/caption]

[caption id=“attachment_78247” align=“alignnone” width=“860”]  Savitri Jindal was once the richest woman in Asia. But since 2011, her fortune has dropped by $8.3 billion on various troubles plaguing the OP Jindal Group. She is ranked #295 in the Forbes global list with a net worth of $4.9 billion. Last October she was appointed as a minister in the Haryana cabinet. Forbes[/caption]