Ambanis Top Forbes List of Asia’s Richest Families With $44.8 Billion Combined Worth of Mukesh, Anil Ambani

The Ambanis have topped the Forbes list of Asia's richest families with a total wealth of $ 44.8 billion.

New Delhi, Nov 16: The Ambanis have topped the Forbes list of Asia’s richest families with a total wealth of $ 44.8 billion. It indicates the combined wealth of both Mukesh Ambani and Anil Ambani. The list also has other Indian conglomerate families including the Hindujas, the Mittals and the Godrejs. However, Ambanis are the only Indian family in Asia’s top 10 richest families.

Forbes credits the surge in the wealth of Ambanis to the soaring shares of Mukesh Ambani led Reliance Industries and the rise of Realiance Jio. “No family highlights this surge better than the Ambanis of India, this year’s biggest gainer in dollar and percentage terms,” Forbes said.

There are 18 Indian families in the Forbes list. These include Premjis (rank 11, USD 19.2 billion net worth), the Hindujas (12th, USD 18.8 billion), the Mittals (14th, USD 17.2 billion), the Mistrys (16th, USD 16.1 billion) and the Birlas (19th, USD 14.1 billion).

The list also includes Godrej family (20th, USD 14 billion), the Bajajs (26th, USD 9.3 billion), the Jindal family (32nd, USD 7.7 billion), the Burmans (35th, USD 7.05 billion), Eicher Motors’ Lals (36th, USD 7 billion) and Shree Cement’s Bangur family (37th, USD 6.7 billion).

Motherson Sumi Systems Sehgal family (41st, USD 6.2 billion), the Wadia family (42nd, USD 6.14 billion), DLF’s Kushal Pal Singh (44th, USD 6.1 billion), the Patel family which controls Cadila (45th, USD 6 billion), the Piramals (47th, USD 5.38 billion) and the Munjals (48th, USD 5.37 billion) also made it to the Forbes list of richest Asian families.