We all know that Gautam Adani, Shiv Nadar, Mukesh Ambani and Lakshmi Mittal are among the richest people in India. But can you guess how these billionaires began their careers? Here are the?first jobs or businesses of some of India's richest people:
First job/business: Diamond sorter for Mahendra Brothers in Mumbai
Networth: $79.8 Billion
First job/business:?Engineer at Walchand Group's Cooper Engineering (COEP) in Pune
Networth: $35.3 Billion
First job/business:?Took charge of Wipro in 1966 after father¡¯s death
Networth: $11.8 Billion
First job/business:?Became chairperson of Jindal group in 2005 after husband's demise
Networth: $29.2 Billion
First job/business:?Started helping his father Dhirubhai Ambani at Reliance industries since 1981?
Networth: $111.3 Billion
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First job/business:?Helping father¡¯s medicine business in Kolkata
Networth: $23.6 Billion
First job/business:?Officer in the Indian army
Networth: $18.2 Billion
First job/business:?Worked at father¡¯s steel mill
Networth: $17 Billion
First job/business:?Trader in ball bearings business
Networth: $16.9 Billion
First job/business:?Textiles and real estate business in Canada
Networth: $15 Billion
With $111 billion networth (as per Forbes), Reliance Industries' Chairman Mukesh Ambani is currently the richest Indian as well as Asian. He had overtaken that position from Gautam Adani in February last year.
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