Mukesh Ambani

Mukesh Ambani is an Indian businessman who is the chairman and CEO of Reliance Industries Ltd. (RIL), the world's largest oil refining plant, and ranks tenth among the world's wealthiest people in 2022. In terms of net wealth, he is the richest Indian. His net worth is $90.7 billion, according to Forbes.

RIL is a $74 billion company comprising petrochemicals, oil and gas, telecommunications, and retail assets. His late father, Dhirubhai Ambani, a yarn dealer, founded Reliance in 1966 as a small textile company. When his father died in 2002, Ambani and his younger brother Anil shared the family fortune.

Reliance Jio, a 4G wireless network that spans India, is one of the numerous businesses controlled by a Mumbai-based company. Mukesh Ambani raised over $20 billion by selling a third of Reliance Jio to a consortium of investors that included Facebook and Google during the COVID-19 blackout. He also owns the Mumbai Indians professional cricket franchise and a $400 million personal mansion.

Net worth: $90.7 Billion

Source of wealth: Diversified

City: Mumbai