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India now has 179 super-rich people in the list and Gautam Adani is the richest with a whopping wealth of Rs 3.65 trillion. He earns a whopping amount of Rs 1000 crores daily. Five cities are the home to the super-rich. 1007 individuals have 51 percent of the wealth in 2021. The average wealth also increased by 25 percent this year when the entire world is suffering due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Mukesh Ambani is on the top of the list for the tenth year in a row with Rs 7.18 trillion wealth in the Hurun India Rich List 2021. The Adani family has a worth Rs 5.05 trillion. Gautam Adani is the second richest Asian now with 261 percent hike in his revenue.

When it comes to his daily wealth, Mukesh Ambani is earning Rs 163 crores but Gautam Adani is earning Rs 1002 crores. Shiv Nadar of HCL is in the third spot with Rs 2.36 trillion. SP Hinduja (Hinduja Group), Lakshmi Mittal (Arcelor Mittal), Cyrus Poonawalla (Serum Institute of India), Radhakishan Damani (Avenue Supermarts), Vinod Shantilal Adani (Adani Group), Kumar Mangalam Birla (Aditya Birla) and Jay Chaudhry (Zscaler) are in the top ten in the list. India now has more than 1000 individuals who crossed the net worth of Rs 1000 crore in 119 Indian cities. The cumulative wealth in India went up by 51 percent.

By Siva Kumar