Statsguru: Mukesh Ambani remains at top of Hurun India rich list in 2018

With graphite prices rising sharply in the recent past, Krishna Kumar Bangur, who leads Graphite India, has seen a sharp spurt in his wealth

With an estimated wealth of over Rs 3.7 trillion, Mukesh Ambani ranks as the richest Indian for the seventh year in a row on the Barclays Hurun India rich list 2018. As seen in Chart 1, Ambani is followed by the Hinduja and the Mittal families, Azim Premji and Dilip Shanghvi. 

As Indian businesses tend to be disproportionately family-run, it should come as no surprise that more than 50 per cent of Indian businesses listed on the rich list are run by families. As seen in Chart 2, the Ambani family remains the richest Indian family, followed by the Godrej,