Azim Premji was second on the list, while Mukesh Ambani came third
Overall, the total wealth of the tycoons on the 2019 Forbes India Rich List shrank 8 per cent to $452 bn from a year ago
IT announced its earnings for the quarter ended September 30 quarter, meeting estimates on most parameters. Mukesh Ambani was for the 12 time ranked as India's richest person by Forbes magazine.
Amazon Flipkart claimed record sales during the recently concluded six-day online shopping bonanza
The report identified 953 names, which meet their minimum net worth criteria of Rs 1,000 crore
As many as 344 individuals or more than a third of this year's list witnessed wealth reduction and another 112 could not meet the threshold of Rs 1,000 crore
Analysts at Morgan Stanley expect recovery in energy earnings after the trough (both refining and petrochemicals) seen in Q1FY20
'The aggregate shareholding/voting rights of the Promote and Promote Group now stands at 309.8 crore shares - 48.87 per cent'
The additional stake was acquired by Reliance Services and Holdings (controlled by Petroleum Trust
This discovered price would, however, be capped by a ceiling set by the government every six months for gas produced from difficult fields
Facebook said data sharing is crucial for national security as India right now finds itself "locked out" of major global data-sharing initiatives
On Thursday, Mukesh Ambani-controlled Reliance Industries (RIL), commercially rolled out its fiber optic network - Reliance JioFiber - offering six plans for the consumers to choose from.
JioFiber plan rentals will start at Rs 699 and will go up to Rs 8,499. The lowest tariff will start with 100 Mbps speed. Most tariff plans come with access to all the services
Airtel may take the most direct competitive hit from JioFiber because, along with content bundles for its mobile services, it is one of the country's largest TV service providers
JioFibre customers will get free voice calls for life from landline, 100 mbps to 1 gigabit per second broadband speed for subscription starting from Rs 700 a month
Billionaire Mukesh Ambani-led company is slated to launch optical fibre-based JioFibre broadband service from September 5
Oberoi Anantvilas in BKC will be hotel chain's first urban resort
From Anil Agarwal and Mukesh Ambani joining the suitors' list for acquiring RCom assets to Sebi easing the process for onboarding overseas investors, here are the top business headlines for Thursday
RCom referred itself to the NCLT for insolvency proceedings after it failed to repay its debt worth Rs 45,000 crore
RIL announced agreeing to a non-binding letter of intent from Saudi Aramco regarding proposed investment in its refining, petrochemicals, and fuel marketing business