Hurun India Rich-List Patanjali CEO Acharya Balkrishna Among Top 10 Richest Indians

CEO of Baba Ramdev’s Patanjali Acharya Balkrishna has made it to the list of top-10 richest Indians in the country. Mukesh Ambani retains the richest Indian title for the sixth year. Balkrishna has ranked eighth in the Hurun India rich list 2017.

“Balkrishna, CEO of Patanjali and childhood friend of Ramdev, is now among the top 10 rich people in the country. Damani, the new retail king, of D-Mart is the biggest gainer with wealth increase of 320 percent. The blockbuster listing of Avenue Supermarts also added eight new entries in the rich list,” Hurun said.

Long Jump By Balakrishna

Acharya Balkrishna, the CEO Patanjali Ayurveda has made the longest jump. Last year he was on 25th rank in this list. HIs property increased by 173 percent. Balakrishna’s assets have been worth 70,000 crores. Last year, Balkrishna was also named in the Forbes 100 richest Indians.

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Ambani’s Income is More Than 50% From Yemen’s GDP

Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani, shooting up by a massive 58 percent to Rs 2.57 trillion this year, says the report. It says Ambani’s wealth is now 50 percent more than the GDP of Yemen, the country where he was born. Ambani retains the richest Indian title for the sixth year running.

These Are Also Included In List

The 24-year-old Eklavya Juneja of Mankind Pharma is the youngest person in the list with a 12 percent stake.

Kushal Pal Singh of DLF is the richest real estate billionaire with Rs 27,400 crore. Mangal Prabhat Lodha of the Lodha Group is the richest private real estate developer in the list with a wealth of Rs 15,700 crore followed by Jithendra Virwani of Embassy Property with Rs 8,800 crore.

The Hurun report is a luxury publishing and events group set up in London in 1998 with a strong presence in China.

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