Mukesh Ambani tops Forbes' Indian rich list again

Mumbai, Mar 9(ANI): Indian business tycoon and Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani has topped the Forbes' Indian richest billionaires' list again.

Ambani, 54, who possesses a 22.3 billion dollar fortune, is ranked 19th in the global rich list.

"Mukesh Ambani is the world's richest Indian, despite losing $4.7bn in the past year," the BBC quoted a Forbes' statement, as saying.

This year's list includes 48 Indian and nine Indian-origin billionaires out of a total of 1,226 listed.

Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim has topped the global rich list for the third time. (ANI)