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Each year, Forbes India issues a list of India's richest people, called the "India Rich List". Since 2008, Mukesh Ambani has been the richest Indian, with his wealth based in Reliance Industries. except for 2022 where Gautam Adani displaced him.

List

Year	Richest	Net worth in US$	Second richest	Net worth in US$	Source
2024	Mukesh Ambani	124 billion	Gautam Adani	83 billion
2023	Mukesh Ambani	92 billion	Gautam Adani	68 billion
2022	Gautam Adani	150 billion	Mukesh Ambani	88 billion
2021	Mukesh Ambani	92.7 billion	Gautam Adani	74.8 billion
2020	Mukesh Ambani	88.7 billion	Gautam Adani	25.2 billion
2019	Mukesh Ambani	51.4 billion	Gautam Adani	15.7 billion
2018	Mukesh Ambani	47.3 billion	Azim Premji	21 billion
2017	Mukesh Ambani	38 billion	Azim Premji	19 billion
2016	Mukesh Ambani	22.7 billion	Dilip Shanghvi	16.9 billion
2015	Mukesh Ambani	18.9 billion	Dilip Shanghvi	18 billion
2014	Mukesh Ambani	23.6 billion	Dilip Shanghvi	18 billion
2013	Mukesh Ambani	21 billion	Lakshmi Mittal	16 billion
2012	Mukesh Ambani	21 billion	Lakshmi Mittal	16 billion
2011	Mukesh Ambani	22.6 billion	Lakshmi Mittal	19.2 billion
2010	Mukesh Ambani	27 billion	Lakshmi Mittal	26.1 billion
2009	Mukesh Ambani	32 billion	Lakshmi Mittal	30 billion
2008	Lakshmi Mittal	45 billion	Mukesh Ambani	43 billion
2007		32 billion	Mukesh Ambani	20.1 billion
2006	Mukesh Ambani	16.56 billion	Azim Premji	12.89 billion
2005	Lakshmi Mittal	25 billion	Azim Premji	9.3 billion
2004	Lakshmi Mittal	11.2 billion	Azim Premji	10 billion
2003	Azim Premji	5.9 billion	Kumar Mangalam Birla	2.4 billion
2002	Azim Premji	6.4 billion	Kumar Mangalam Birla	2.1 billion
2001	Azim Premji	6.9 billion	Dhirubhai Ambani	3.4 billion
2000	Azim Premji	6.9 billion	Dhirubhai Ambani	6.6 billion
1999	Azim Premji	2.8 billion	Lakshmi Mittal	1.9 billion
1998	Lakshmi Mittal	3.5 billion	Dhirubhai Ambani	1.5 billion
1997	Lakshmi Mittal	1.9 billion	Dhirubhai Ambani	1.2 billion
1996	Kumar Mangalam Birla	2.1 billion	Lakshmi Mittal	1.5 billion

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