Ahmedabad, 5 March 2013

Mukesh Ambani has retained the position as India’s richest person for sixth year in a row with a net worth of $21.5 billion. As per an annual ranking published today by business magazine Forbes yesterday the top position globally is enjoyed by Mr Slim with a net worth of $73 billion, followed by Bill Gates ($67 billion), Spain’s Amancio Ortega ($57 billion), Warren Buffett ($53.5 billion) and Larry Ellison ($43 billion) in top five.

There are a 55 Indian billionaires on the list of 1,426 persons globally having a minimum net worth of $1 billion. Mukesh Ambani(22nd position worldwide), Lakshmi Mittal(41st position), Azim Premji(91st position), Dilip Shanghvi, Shashi & Ravi Ruia, Kumar Mangalam Birla, Savitri Jindal, Sunil Mittal, Shiv Nadar, K P Singh, Anil Ambani(233rd position) are in this list.