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India has 97 billionaires, 27 more than last year and their combined wealth adds up to $266 billion.
Its raining billionaires in India. For the first time, India is placed among the top three countries with the most number of billionaires in the world.
India beat Russia and the UK to win the third place with 97 billionaires, 27 more than 2014.
Reliance Industries' chairman Mukesh Ambani tops the Hurun list of richest Indians in 2015.
Meet the 10 richest Indians...
Mukesh Ambani
Chairman, Reliance Industries
Rank: 1
Wealth: $20 billion
Rise in wealth (YoY): 11%
Global rank: 41
Dilip Shanghvi
Chairman, Sun Pharma
Rank: 2
Wealth: $17 billion
Rise in wealth (YoY): 26%
Global rank: 53
Shapoorji Pallonji Mistry
Rank: 3
Wealth: $16 billion
Rise in wealth (YoY): 33%
Global rank: 60
Azim Premji, chairman, Wipro
Rank: 4
Wealth: $14 billion
Rise in wealth (YoY): 4%
Global rank: 74
Shiv Nadar, chairman, HCL Technologies
Rank: 5
Wealth: $11 billion
Rise in wealth (YoY): nil
Global rank: 104
Kumar Mangalam Birla, chairman, Aditya Birla Group
Rank: 6
Wealth: $10 billion
Rise in wealth (YoY):32%
Global rank: 120
Sunil Mittal and family
Rank: 7
Wealth: $10 billion
Rise in wealth (YoY): 47%
Global rank: 120
Anand Burman & family
Rank: 8
Wealth: $5.8 billion
Global rank: 120
Uday Kotak, executive vice chairman and managing director, Kotak Bank.
Rank: 9
Wealth: $5.4 billion
Rise in wealth (YoY): 20%
Global rank: 218
Gautam Adani, chairman, Adani Group
Rank: 10
Wealth: $20 billion
Rise in wealth (YoY): 26%
Global rank: 240