
Mukesh Ambani, chairman and managing director of Reliance Industries (RIL) has entered into the list of world's top 10 richest
Mumbai: Mukesh Ambani, chairman and managing director of Reliance Industries (RIL) has entered into the list of world's top 10 richest, according to the Forbes Real-Time Billionaire list.
Mukesh AmbaniAmbani's net worth rose to $64.6 billion on the back of RIL's stock price hitting an all-time high of Rs 1,738.95 a share on Friday, after he announced that RIL is now a net debt free company.
At its Friday closing price, RIL has now become the first Indian company to be valued at $150 billion or Rs 11.52 lakh crore.
With this, RIL also joins the club of most valued energy companies in the world and has surpassed its strategic partner in terms of market capitalization.
Mukesh AmbaniForbes' Real-Time Billionaires rankings tracks the daily ups and downs of the world’s richest people.
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos tops the list with a net worth of $160.4 billion followed by Bill Gates with $109.9 billion. Ambani is a notch below Google's co-founder Larry Page with his net worth at $64.8 billion.