The 40 Richest Indians

1
Lakshmi N Mittal
Mittal Steel

2
Azim Premji
Wipro

3
Mukesh & Anil Ambani
Reliance

4
Kumar Mangalam Birla
A V Birla

5
Pallonji Mistry
Tata Sons

6
Sunil Mittal
Bharti Group

7
Shiv Nadar
HCL

8
Adi Godrej
Godrej Inds

9
Malvinder & Shivinder Singh
Ranbaxy

10
Dilip Sanghvi
Sun Pharma

11
Anil Agarwal
Sterlite

12
Shashi & Ravi Ruia
Essar

13
Om Prakash Jindal
Jindal Group

14
Rahul Bajaj
Bajaj Auto

15
N R Narayana Murthy
Infosys

16
Subhash Chandra
Zee Telefilms

17
Yusuf Hamed
Cipla

18
Brijmohan Lal Munjal
Hero Group

19
Habil Khorakiwala
Wockhardt

20
Vivek Burman
Dabur

21
Nandan Nilekani
Infosys

22
S Gopalakrishnan
Infosys

23
N S Raghavan
Infosys

24
Narendra Patni
Patni Comp

25
Ajay Piramal
Nicholas Piramal

26
Vijay Mallya
UB Group

27
Pankaj Patel
Zydus Cadila

28
Baba Kalyani
Kalyani Group

29
B Ramalinga Raju
Satyam

30
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
Biocon

31
Karsanbhai Patel
Nirma

32
K Dinesh
Infosys

33
Uday Kotak
Kotak Mahindra

34
S D Shibulal
Infosys

35
K Anji Reddy
Dr Reddy's

36
Narottam Sekhsaria
Gujarat Ambuja

37
Jaiprakash Gaur
Jaiprakash Inds

38
Shyam & Hari Bhartia
Jubilant Organo

39
Keshub Mahindra
M&M

40
Desh Bandhu Gupta
Lupin

as per the list published for 2004 source : rediff.com