New Delhi: Gautam Adani the industrialist secured second position in Asia’s rich list, IIFL Wealth Hurun India Rich List – 2021. IIFL Hurun India Rich List – 2021 released Asia’s rich list on Thursday,  Reliance Industries (RIL) Chairman Mukesh Ambani continued at the top spot in the list with a total earnings of ₹ 7,18,000 crore.

The 10th annual IIFL Wealth Hurun India Rich List 2021 used September 15, 2021, as cut-off date and the rate of exchange to the dollar was taken at ₹ 73.46.

Ambani maintained his top richest Indian rank for the 10th straight year. Adani has overtaken China’s bottled water producer Zhong Shanshan as Asia’s second richest with his earnings skyrocketing to ₹ 1,002 crore per day. Adani brothers (Gautam and Vinod Shantilal Adani) for the first time featured in the top 10 rich list. Vinod Shantilal Adani stood at the eighth rank with his wealth tripling to ₹ 1, 31, 600 crore.

As per the report, HCL’s Shiv Nadar and family remained at the third spot with a total earnings of ₹ 2, 36, 600 crore. The next in the rich list included SP Hinduja (Rs 2, 20, 000 crore), LN Mittal (Rs 1, 74, 400 crore), Cyrus S Poonawalla (Rs 1, 74, 400 crore) and Radhakishan Damani (Rs 1, 54, 300 crore) respectively. Kumar Mangalam Birla stood at the ninth position with a total wealth of ₹ 1, 22, 200 crore and Jay Chaudhry at 10th with a net worth of ₹ 1, 21, 600 crore.

The report further highlighted that Neha Narkhede, Co Founder of Confluent, has emerged as the youngest self made woman entrepreneur in India. Zomato emerged as the ‘IPO star’ in the report with its Founder Deepinder Goyal registering a 164% increase in wealth to ₹ 5,800 crore.