The net worth of India’s richest man Mukesh Ambani dropped 28 per cent or USD 300 million a day for two months to USD 48 billion as on March 31 due to the massive correction in stock markets, reports news agency Press Trust of India (PTI).
The chairman and managing director of the diversifiedReliance Industries saw his wealth decline by USD 19 billion in February-Marchperiod, taking his global ranking down eight places to 17th, the Hurun GlobalRich List said.
Other Indian businessmen who have seen a major drop inwealth include Gautam Adani whose wealth eroded by USD 6 billion or 37 percent, HCL Technologies’ Shiv Nadar (USD 5 billion or 26 per cent) and bankerUday Kotak (USD 4 billion or 28 per cent), it said.
All the three have dropped off the top 100 list, leavingAmbani as the only Indian in the league.
The Indian market has corrected by 25 per cent in the lasttwo months as the economic costs and impact of the COVID-19 pandemic oncompanies led to a sell off across the world.
“India’s top entrepreneurs have been hit by a 26 per centdrop in the stock markets and a 5.2 per cent drop in the value of the rupeecompared with the US Dollar. For Mukesh Ambani, it has been a perfect storm,with his wealth down 28 per cent,” Hurun Report India Managing DirectorAnas Rahman said.
Ambani is the second biggest wealth loser globally, afterFrench fashion giant LVMH’s chief executive Bernard Arnault, whose wealthdropped by 28 per cent or USD 30 billion to USD 77 billion.
Berkshire Hathway’s Warren Buffet also lost USD 19 billionof wealth in the last two months, to USD 83 billion, making it a smaller fallin percentage terms at 19 per cent, the report said.