Oct 05, 2017: Patanjali Ayurveda's Acharya Balkrishna, the partner of yoga acharya Ramdev, has bagged the nineteenth position this year in the Forbes magazine's Annual India Rich List 2017 with total assets of $6.55 billion (Rs. 43,000 crores).
Reliance Industries Ltd. foreman Mukesh Ambani managed India's wealthiest position for the tenth straight year as his total assets swelled to $38 billion (Rs. 2.5 trillion), while Anil Ambani was positioned much lower at the 45th place with $3.15 billion.
Sun Pharma's Dilip Shanghvi moved down from his previous second place to the ninth.
Wipro's Azim Premji held the second position with total assets of $19 billion, climbing two spots from a year ago.
The Hinduja brothers are at the third position with $18.4 billion, while Lakshmi Mittal is presently positioned fourth ($16.5 billion) and Pallonji Mistry fifth ($16 billion).
Forbes said the rundown was arranged utilizing shareholding and budgetary data secured from the families and people, stock trades, investigators and administrative offices.