The Indian stock market boom has made the Ambani brothers arguably the richest in the world if one clubs the fortunes of Mukesh and Anil, which at $91.41 billion is far ahead of even the Walton family of Wal-Mart.
Sons of industrialist Dhirubhai Ambani, who started his career as a petrol station attendant in Yemen and later founded Reliance Industries, Mukesh and Anil split the business empire in June 2005.
While Mukesh controls shares worth $55.81 billion, Anil owns shares worth $35.6 billion in their respective groups, whose combined worth stands at just over $170 billion.
The wealth of the brothers is based on the information on BSE and the closing price of the companies on Tuesday.
