Fortune List: Mukesh Ambani only Indian among 100 powerful industrialists in the world

New Delhi| Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani is among the 100 most powerful businessmen in the world. Ambani is the only Indian to feature in ‘Fortune Magazine’s Powerful Businessman 2024 list. This also includes six other people of Indian origin, who are settled abroad. These people are the founders, chief executives and innovators of big businesses.

Fortune has recently released this list. In this, Ambani has been placed at 12th position. According to Forbes, Ambani is the richest person in Asia and India, with a net worth of around Rs 7.6 lakh crore ($98 billion). The market capital (market cap) of Reliance Industries is 16.96 lakh crore as of 13 November 2024. Reliance Industries is working in petrochemicals, retail, entertainment, telecom and other sectors.

The Ambani family is working towards making the next generation the heirs of its business empire. His elder son Akash Ambani is the chairman of Reliance Jio. Younger son Anant Ambani is working in the energy sector. While daughter Isha Ambani is leading Reliance Retail. Reliance Retail announced the temporary closure of its fashion store centres on 14 November. There are a total of 33 fashion store centers nationwide. However, these are only temporarily closed. According to reports, Reliance Retail may close more than 20 stores by the end of November.

The world’s richest businessman Elon Musk is first and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is second. Satya Nadella is third, Warren Buffet is fourth and Jamie Deeman is 5th. Tim Cook is ranked 6th on the list. Mark Zuckerberg is the 7th and Sam Altman is the 8th most powerful businessman. Mary Bara and Sundar Pichai are ranked 9th and 10th respectively. At 11th position is Amazon’s Jeff Bezos.