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30 richest Indians in the world

Last updated on: December 19, 2011 11:12 IST

Image: Children play on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during the NYSE's annual kids' day.
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Although the world economy is going through tough economic times, the number of Indians making it to the global rich list is increasing.

As the year comes to an end, let us take a look at 30 richest Indians, listed by the Forbes magazine in 2011.

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Image: Lakshmi Mittal, Chairman and CEO, Mittal Steel, and his son Aditya, Chief Financial Officer.
Photographs: Reuters

Name: Lakshmi Mittal

Age: 60

India rank: 1

Global rank: 6

Net worth: $31.1 billion

Source: Steel

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30 richest Indians in the world

Image: Mukesh Ambani, Chairman, Reliance Industries, with his mother Kokilaben, wife Nita and daughter Isha.
Photographs: Reuters

Name: Mukesh Ambani

Age: 53

India rank: 2

Global rank: 9

Net worth: $27 billion

Source: Petrochemicals, oil and gas

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Image: Azim Premji.
Photographs: Reuters

Name: Azim Premji

Age: 65

India rank: 3

Global rank: 36

Net worth: $16.8 billion

Source: Software

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30 richest Indians in the world

Image: Ravi Ruia.
Photographs: Reuters

Name: Shashi and Ravi Ruia

Age: 67

India rank: 4

Global rank: 42

Net worth: $15.8 billion

Source: Diversified

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30 richest Indians in the world

Image: Savitri Jindal.
Photographs: Reuters

Name: Savitri Jindal and family

Age: 60

India rank: 5

Global rank: 56

Net worth: $13.2 billion

Source: Steel

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30 richest Indians in the world

Image: Gautam Adani.
Photographs: Reuters

Name: Gautam Adani

Age: 48

India rank: 6

Global rank: 81

Net worth: $10 billion

Source: Commodities, infrastructure

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Image: Kumar Mangalam Birla.
Photographs: Reuters

Name: Kumar Mangalam Birla

Age: 43

India rank: 7

Global rank: 97

Net worth: $9.2 billion

Source: Commodities

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30 richest Indians in the world

Image: Anil Ambani, wife Tina and son Jai Anshul.
Photographs: Reuters

Name: Anil Ambani

Age: 51

India rank: 8

Global rank: 103

Net worth: $8.8 billion

Source: Diversified

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Image: Sunil Mittal.
Photographs: Reuters

Name: Sunil Mittal and family

Age: 53

India rank: 9

Global rank: 110

Net worth: $8.3 billion

Source: Telecom

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30 richest Indians in the world

Image: Adi Godrej.
Photographs: Reuters

Name: Adi Godrej and family

Age: 68

India rank: 10

Global rank: 130

Net worth: $7.3 billion

Source: Diversified

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30 richest Indians in the world

Image: Kushal Pal Singh.
Photographs: Reuters

Name: Kushal Pal Singh

Age: 79

India rank: 11

Global rank: 130

Net worth: $7.3 billion

Source: Real estate

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30 richest Indians in the world

Image: Anil Agarwal.
Photographs: Reuters

Name: Anil Agarwal

Age: 57

India rank: 12

Global rank: 154

Net worth: $6.4 billion

Source: Mining, metals

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30 richest Indians in the world

Image: Dilip Shanghvi.
Photographs: Reuters

Name: Dilip Shanghvi

Age: 55

India rank: 13

Global rank: 159

Net worth: $6.1 billion

Source: Pharmaceuticals

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30 richest Indians in the world

Image: Shiv Nadar.
Photographs: Reuters

Name: Shiv Nadar

Age: 65

India rank: 14

Global rank: 182

Net worth: $5.6 billion

Source: Information technology

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30 richest Indians in the world

Image: Malvinder Singh.
Photographs: Reuters

Name: Malvinder and Shivinder Singh

Age: 38

India rank: 15

Global rank: 265

Net worth: $4.1 billion

Source: Healthcare

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30 richest Indians in the world

Image: Kalanithi Maran.
Photographs: Reuters

Name: Kalanithi Maran

Age: 45

India rank: 16

Global rank: 310

Net worth: $3.5 billion

Source: Media

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30 richest Indians in the world

Image: Uday Kotak.
Photographs: Reuters

Name: Uday Kotak

Age: 51

India rank: 17

Global rank: 347

Net worth: $3.5 billion

Source: Banking

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30 richest Indians in the world

Image: Micky Jagtiani.
Photographs: money.ca.msn.com

Name: Micky Jagtiani

Age: 59

India rank: 18

Global rank: 376

Net worth: $3 billion

Source: Retail

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30 richest Indians in the world

Image: Subhash Chandra.
Photographs: Reuters

Name: Subhash Chandra and family

Age: 60

India rank: 19

Global rank: 393

Net worth: $2.9 billion

Source: Media

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30 richest Indians in the world

Image: Pankaj Patel.
Photographs: Reuters

Name: Pankaj Patel

Age: 57

India rank: 20

Global rank: 440

Net worth: $2.6 billion

Source: Pharmaceuticals

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Image: Indu Jain.
Photographs: Reuters

Name: Indu Jain

Age: 74

India rank: 21

Global rank: 440

Net worth: $2.6 billion

Source: Media

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30 richest Indians in the world

Image: GM Rao.
Photographs: Reuters

Name: GM Rao

Age: 60

India rank: 22

Global rank: 440

Net worth: $2.6 billion

Source: Infrastructure

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30 richest Indians in the world

Image: Cyrus Poonawalla.
Photographs: Reuters

Name: Cyrus Poonawalla

Age: 69

India rank: 23

Global rank: 512

Net worth: $2.3 billion

Source: Biotech

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30 richest Indians in the world

Image: Rajan Raheja.
Photographs: Forbes.com

Name: Rajan Raheja and family

Age: 56

India rank: 24

Global rank: 540

Net worth: $2.2 billion

Source: Diversified

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30 richest Indians in the world

Image: Desh Bandhu Gupta.
Photographs: business.in.com

Name: Desh Bandhu Gupta

Age: 73

India rank: 25

Global rank: 564

Net worth: $2.1 billion

Source: Pharmaceuticals

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30 richest Indians in the world

Image: Narayana Murthy.
Photographs: Reuters

Name: Narayana Murthy and family

Age: 64

India rank: 26

Global rank: 595

Net worth: $2 billion

Source: Software

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30 richest Indians in the world

Image: Gautam Thapar.
Photographs: Reuters

Name: Gautam Thapar

Age: 50

India rank: 27

Global rank: 595

Net worth: $2 billion

Source: Engineering, paper

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30 richest Indians in the world

Image: Sudhir and Samir Mehta.
Photographs: Reuters

Name: Sudhir and Samir Mehta

Age: 56

India rank: 28

Global rank: 595

Net worth: $2 billion

Source: Diversified

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30 richest Indians in the world

Image: Venugopal Dhoot.
Photographs: Reuters

Name: Venugopal Dhoot

Age: 59

India rank: 30

Global rank: 651

Net worth: $1.9 billion

Source: Electronics