In a proud moment for Kerala, five Malayalis bagged their place in the Forbes Billionaires list from India in 2022. Expatriate and Lulu Group chairman MA Yusuff Ali emerged as the richest Malayali on the list. His total worth has been calculated as 540 crore dollars (Rs 44,604 crore).
Yusuff Ali occupied 35th rank in the Forbes list of billionaires.
Muthoot family was selected as the second richest Malayali group on the list with a net worth of 405 crore dollars (Rs 33,453 crore). It ranks 45th in the Forbes list.
Byju’s founder Byju Raveendran, Joy Alukkas chairman Joy Alukkas and Infosys co-founder Kris Gopalakrishnan managed to occupy the third, fourth and fifth position among Malayalis respectively.
The richest person in India is the Adani Group chairman Gautam Adani. He owns a wealth with a cumulative worth of 15000 crore dollars (12.39 lakh crore). He has been followed by Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani with 8,800 crore dollars and Radhakishan Damani with 2,760 crore dollars.
