Forbes India Magazine - December 29, 2017

In this issue

This special issue of Forbes India brings you The 2017 Forbes India Rich List, the definitive listing of the 100 wealthiest Indians. There are more billionaires in the country now than ever before. In fact, there are 40 billionaires who have failed to make it to the top 100. Read our detailed piece on Radhakishan Damani, the founder of DMart, who has made a stellar comeback to the list after a one-year gap and more such stories.

A Different Reality

FORTUNES SOAR DESPITE ECONOMIC HICCUPS

2 mins

Dial Data For Disruption

Democratised data will help unleash the next phase of economic growth, believes Mukesh Ambani, and he is pulling out all the stops to make this digital-age currency affordable and available to every Indian

8 mins

India's Minesweeper

BOLD, STRATEGIC ACQUISITIONS HAVE SHAPED THE FORTUNE OF VEDANTA RESOURCES CHAIRMAN ANIL AGARWAL, WHO IS NOW FOCUSSED ON CHANNELLING HIS BILLIONS FOR THE GREATER GOOD .

10 mins

A Brief History Of Success

BY SELLING JOCKEY PRODUCTS IN INDIA, THE GENOMALS ALTERED THE WAY INDIANS PERCEIVED INNERWEAR AND CHANGED THEIR OWN FORTUNES IN THE PROCESS

9 mins

Mind On, Hands Off

IT’S BEEN THREE YEARS SINCE HARSH MARIWALA ENGINEERED A SEAMLESS TRANSFER OF EXECUTIVE RESPONSIBILITIES TO PROFESSIONALS AT FMCG GIANT MARICO. BUT MAKE NO MISTAKE, THE INQUISITIVE ENTREPRENEUR IS FAR FROM HANGING UP HIS BOOTS

10 mins

Mr Congeniality

HIS NATURAL AFFABILITY HAS HELPED NANDAN NILEKANI BRIDGE MANY DIVIDES. PERHAPS HIS GREATEST TEST LIES IN HIS LATEST ROLE, AS THE NON-EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN OF INFOSYS, THE FIRM HE CO-FOUNDED

7 mins

Wired Into The Future

BY CONSTANTLY MEETING TARGETS, LAKSH VAAMAN SEHGAL HAS PROVED HIS METTLE. NOW, AS HEAD OF MOTHERSON INNOVATIONS, HE IS USING THE LEARNINGS FROM HIS BILLIONAIRE FATHER TO TAKE THE GROUP FORWARD

5 mins

The Patient Healer

PREPARING CIPLA TO COMPETE IN A COMPLEX WORLD WHILE PRESERVING THE PHARMA COMPANY’S ETHOS IS THE CHALLENGE THAT SAMINA VAZIRALLI HAS HAPPILY ACCEPTED

9 mins

The Retail Rebound

AS THE MARKETS REDISCOVER RETAIL, RADHAKISHAN DAMANI AND KISHORE BIYANI REAP THE BENEFITS

6 mins

It's Time To Make Hay

DESPITE A WOBBLY OUTSOURCING INDUSTRY, A STRONGER AMERICAN MARKET HAS HELPED TECH FIRMS GROW, AND HAS PUSHED TWO SOFTWARE BILLIONAIRES UP THE RANKS. BUT INFOSYS CO-FOUNDERS MISS OUT AS STOCKS TUMBLED OVER THE MURTHY-SIKKA SPAT

4 mins

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