The 10 Richest Persons of India

1.Lakshmi Niwas Mittal ; born 15 June 1950) is an Indian born industrialist based in the United Kingdom. He was born inSadulpur village, in the Churu district of Rajasthan, India. He is the CEO and founder of and has been the chairman and CEO of ArcelorMittal since the merge. He also serves as a non-executive director of Goldman Sachs, EADS and ICICI Bank and is the chairman of the World Steel Association.

The Financial Times named Lakshmi Mittal its 2006 Person of the Year. In May 2007, he was named one of the "100 Most Influential People" by Time magazine.

As of 2009, Mittal is the 8th richest person in the world. He is also the richest person in the United Kingdom with personal wealth of US$19.3 billion or £10.8 billion in 2009.

2.Mukesh Ambani (born on April 19, 1957 in Aden, Yemen) is a Indian engineer and businessman. He is the chairman, managing director and the largest shareholder of Reliance Industries, India's largest private sector enterprise and a Fortune 500 company, which he got funded by purchasing large standby letters of credit, which were monetized by several Swiss banks which afforded him guaranteed loans for the purchase. His personal stake in Reliance Industries is 48%. His wealth is valued at $ 32 Billion by Forbes, making him India's wealthiest person.Mukesh and his younger brother Anil are sons of the late founder of Reliance Industries, Dhirubhai Ambani. Anil Ambani is also a billionaire and owns another company - Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group. Mukesh also owns the Indian Premier League team Mumbai Indians.

3.Anil Ambani (born June 4, 1959) is an Indian billionaire and a major shareholder in Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group. Anil's elder brother,Mukesh Ambani, is also a billionaire, and owns another company called Reliance Industries. With an estimated personal wealth of $ 17 Billion, he is the third richest Indian in the world, behind Mukesh Ambani and Lakshmi Mittal

He is a member of the Board of Overseers at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He is also the a member of the Board of Governors of the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur; Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. He is a member of the Central Advisory Committee, Central Electricity Regulatory Commission. In March 2006, he resigned. He is also the Chairman of Board of Governors of DA-IICT,Gandhinagar.

4.Kushal Pal Singh or K.P. Singh was born on August 15, 1931, at Bulandshahar in Uttar Pradesh. Today he presides over DLF Universal Limited, India’s largest real estate developer. It has an estimated land bank of 10,255 acres (42 km²) with about 3,000 acres (12 km²) being inGurgaon called DLF City.

5.Ravi Ruia, Vice Chairman, Essar Group, belongs to the generation of industrialists who have played a significant role in leading India’s industrial renaissance. An engineer by training, his entrepreneurial abilities have enabled the Essar Group to become one of the leading names in global industry, with a firm value of approximately USD 50 billion.

6.Azim Premji (Gujarati) (born July 24, 1945), is an Indian engineer and businessman. He is the Chairman of Wipro, one of the largest software companies in India. Azim Premji was rated the richest person in the country from 1999 to 2005 as per Forbes. His wealth in 2006 was estimated at US$14.8 Billion which places him as the fifth richest Indian.

7.Sunil Bharti Mittal, born October 23, 1957 is an Indian businessman. He is the chairman and managing director of the Bharti group. The US$5billion turnover company runs India's largest GSM-based mobile phone service. He is the son of the late Sat Paul (former MP) and Lalita.

8.Kumar Mangalam Birla , is Chairman Aditya Birla Group. Its companies in India include Grasim, Hindalco, UltraTech Cement, Aditya Birla Nuvo, Idea Cellular and Aditya Birla Retail. Headquartered in India, the Group's operations extend to 25 countries. Kumar Mangalam Birla has held and continues to hold several key and responsible positions on various regulatory and professional Boards.

9.Ramesh Chandra (born 1941) is the founder of the multi-billion dollar Indian Real Estate company Unitech. As of 11 March 2009, his net worth was estimated at $600 million, which dropped from $9.6 billion just a year back. This was mainly due to the huge reduction in Unitech stock price amid real estate meltdown

10.Gautam Adani (born June 24, 1962 in Ahmedabad, India) is an Indian businessman. He is the chairman of the Adani Group, a leading trading and export company of India. On November 16, 2007, Forbes magazine announced that Adani was the 13th richest person in India with a personal wealth of US$6.7 billion, making him the first billionaire from the city of Ahmedabad