5. Dilip Shanghvi

• Net Worth: $13.9 B                                                                       
• Source of Wealth: pharmaceuticals
• Citizen: India
• Age: 58

A graduate in Commerce from Calcutta University, Dilip Shanghvi is the fifth richest Indian with a net worth of $9.2B! He founded the company Sun Pharmaceuticals in the year 1982. Sun Pharmaceuticals is a pharma research and drug discovering company. Since its inception, Shanghvi has been Managing Director. It is also India’s most valuable pharma company ahead of Ranbaxy, Cipla and Dr. Reddy’s.

6. Adi Godrej & family

• Net Worth: $9 B                                                                       
• Source of Wealth: Consumer
• Citizen: India
• Age: 71

With a net worth of Nine Billion US Dollars, Adi Godrej ranks sixth among top 10 richest people in India. He is head of Godrej Group. Godrej Group was founded by Adi Godrej’s grandfather who was a lawyer. It is involved in diversified business ranging from Real Estate to furniture. Adi is also an alumnus of Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He received the Rajiv Gandhi Award in 2002.

7. Savitri Jindal

• Net Worth: $10.9 B                                                                       
• Source of Wealth: steel
• Citizen: India
• Age : 63

Widow of Om Prakash Jindal, Savitri Jindal is the richest woman in India. She is the chairperson emeritus of Jindal Steel and Power, a company which was founded by OP Jindal. She is also a MLA from Indian state of Haryana. She ranks #4 in this top 10 richest people in India.

8. Ravi & Shashi Ruia

• Net Worth: $7 B                                                                       
• Source of Wealth: diversified
• Citizen: India
• Age: 46

Both are brothers and founder of Essar Group. In the initial days, Essar Group was mainly a construction company. Later on, it diversified into steel and oil refining. Shashi Ruia is the Chairman while his brother is the Vice-Chairman of Essar Group.

9. Hinduja Brothers

• Net Worth: $9 B                                                                       
• Source of Wealth: Diversified
• Citizen: India

Four brothers, Srichand (left), Gopichand (right), Prakash and Ashok, together control the Hinduja Group, a multinational conglomerate with a presence in 37 countries and businesses as diverse as trucks and lubricants to banking and healthcare. In India, they are best known for IndusInd Bank and truckmaker Ashok Leyland. Lubricants arm Gulf Oil, which bought U.S.-based Houghton International for just over $1 billion last year, is preparing to list the combined unit. They recently sold a 49% stake in Saudi-based lubricants maker Petromin for over $300 million. Brothers bought and restored the 67,000 sq. foot Carlton House Terrace, a heritage mansion in London, which sits on the site of a former palace near Buckingham Palace; now valued at an estimated $500 million.

10. Kumar Birla

• Net Worth: $7.6 B                                                                       
• Source of Wealth: commodities                                       
• Citizen: India
• Age:46

Net worth close to Eight Billion dollars, Kumar Mangalam Birla is the last in our compilation. He is the Chairman of Aditya Birla Group. He studied from University of Mumbai and London Business School.

1. Wang Jianlin

•  Net Worth: $14.1 B                                                                      
•  Source of Wealth: real estate
•  Citizen: China
•  Age:59

Dalian Wanda Group Chairman Wang Jianlin, long one of the most powerful forces in China's real estate industry, takes over the top spot on the Forbes China Rich List for the first time amid a rebound in property prices in China and a big push into the entertainment industry at home and abroad. Wanda Group owns 71 Wanda shopping plazas and 40 five-star hotels. Wang flew in celebrities Leonardo DiCaprio and John Travolta to help launch an $8 billion mini-Hollywood in the coastal city of Qingdao in September. AMC, the U.S. movie-theater group that Wanda Group purchased in 2012 for $2.6 billion, filed to go public in the U.S. in August.

2. Zong Qinghou

•  Net Worth: $11.2 B                                                                      
•  Source of Wealth: beverages
•  Citizen: China
•  Age: 68

Zong Qinghou, the beverage industry tycoon who topped FORBES list of China's richest in 2010 and 2012, slips back to No. 2 amid slow earnings growth at Wahaha, the beverage giant he leads. Revenue grew 9.4% to $5.9 billion in the first 6 months of 2013. Zong sustained injuries to tendons in 2 fingers in August when a man, disgruntled after Zong declined to offer him a job, cut the beverage entrepreneur with a knife. He was back in the office a few days later.

3. Robin Li

•  Net Worth: $10.1 B                                                                      
•  Source of Wealth: internet
•  Citizen: China
•  Age: 45 

One of China's richest men and CEO of the nation's top search engine. Before founding Baidu, Li worked in Silicon Valley for Infoseek, a search pioneer. He sits on the board of New York-listed New Oriental Education & Technology, which provides educational services in China.

4. Li Hejun

•  Net Worth: $10.9 B                                                                      
•  Source of Wealth: renewable energy
•  Citizen: China
•  Age: 46

Li Hejun chairs and owns 99% of Hanergy Holding Group. The company is active in hydropower, wind power, and solar energy power generation activities. It has become one of the world's largest producers of thin-film solar panels and equipment. He debuts on the Forbes China Rich List this year.