Reliance Industries’ Mukesh Ambani tops; Flipkart’s Sachin and Binny Bansal new entrants in Forbes India Rich list 2015

Reliance Industries (RIL) chairman Mukesh Ambani has topped Forbes India Rich list, Sun Pharmaceutical's Dilip Shanghvi remained at second and Wipro's Azim Premji at third, but what has really grabbed eyeballs is the fact that Flipkart's Sachin and Binny Bansal have entered the rich list - at No. 86. Overall the total wealth of India's top 100 richest people has stayed almost flat at $345 bn compared to $346 bn in 2014. (PTI)

Reliance Industries (RIL) chairman Mukesh Ambani has topped Forbes India Rich list for the 9th year in a row with a net worth of $18.9 billion. Lower oil prices took a toll on his oil and petrochemicals giant, Reliance Industries, which saw its stock tumble on declining revenues.The combined net worth of India’s 100 richest remains largely unchanged at $345 billion, as compared to $346 billion a year ago, there are 12 new faces. (Image caption: Mukesh Ambani (left) and his wife Nita Ambani. (Photo: Reuters)

Sun Pharmaceutical's Dilip Shanghvi remained at second spot with a net worth of $18 billion. After a meteoric rise in the past few years, his wealth has flatlined as Sun Pharmaceutical Industries bears the merger costs of its acquisition of rival Ranbaxy Industries. (Photo: Reuters)

Wipro's Azim Premji retained the third spot with a net worth of $15.9 billion. The generous billionaire has pledged 18% of his stake in Wipro, India’s third-largest outsourcer, to his charitable trust in addition to a 21% stake already given. (Photo: Reuters)

There are 12 newcomers to this year’s list. Dubai-based Sunil Vaswani of the Stallion Group debuts this year at No. 48 with a fortune of $2 billion. (Image source: Facebook)

The biggest gainer was vaccine maker Serum's Cyrus Poonawalla whose wealth rose from $6.2 billion to $7.9 million, pushing his rank to the 9th position. (Photo: Reuters)

Sachin Bansal and Binny Bansal, founders of Flipkart also make their debut in on the Forbes billionaires list and share the same spot at No. 86 with a net worth of $1.3 billion each.

Rakesh Gangwal (No. 70, $1.6 billion), an airline veteran and co-founder of IndiGo whose upcoming IPO earns him a debut spot. Gangwal teamed up with his pal Rahul Bhatia (No. 38, $2.4 billion) a decade ago to start IndiGo. (Forbes)

As many as 10 of them saw their net worth dip by over $1 billion each in one year, including Lakshmi Mittal, whose net worth dipped to $4.6 billion (ranked 8th with $11.2 billion). His rank also slipped three places. (Photo: Reuters)

In the top ten, Hinduja brothers were ranked 4th with $15.9 billion, followed by Pallonji Mistry at $14.7 billion, Shiv Nadar ($12. 9 billion), Godrej family ($11.4 billion), Lakshmi Mittal ($11.2 billion), Cyrus Poonawala ($7.9 billion) and Kumar Mangalam Birla ($7.8 billion). (Photo: Reuters)