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2016: Five US NRIs among Forbes 400 richest People in US

NRIpress.club Congratulates 5 NRIs on America's richest 400 People

Los Angeles, Oct 10, 2017/ NRIpress.club

Bill Gates has topped the Forbes 400 list of the richest Americans for the 23rd consecutive year with a net worth of $81billion.

Five Entrepreneur NRIs (Non-resident Indians), Romesh Wadhwani founder of Symphony Technology, Bharat Desai and Neerja Sethi founder of IT consulting and outsourcing company Syntel, Rakesh Gangwal-former CEO and Chairman of US Airways Group, John Kapoor founder and executive chairman of Insys Therapeutics, Ram Shriram-one of Google's early backers, were recognized  as 'The Richest People In America 2016' list.

  • Romesh T. Wadhwani  has been recognized by Forbes Magazine and is  one of the 5 NRIs in the Forbes 400 richest people. Wadhwani has been ranked 222nd on the list with a net worth of $3 billion. He likes to give away much of his wealth through his Wadhwani Foundation. ...READ MORE
  • Bharat Desai and Neerja Sethi rank 274th on the list with a net worth of $2.5 billion. Started in 1980, their firm Syntel generates over $950 million in revenue and has nearly 24,000 employees across the globe, Forbes said......READ MORE
  • Rakesh Gangwal   has been recognized by Forbes Magazine and is  one of the 5 NRIs in the Forbes 400 richest people. Gangwal has been ranked 321 on the list with a net worth of $2.2 billion. He made his fortune from InterGlobe Aviation, the parent company of his budget airline IndiGo, India's largest by market share.....READ MOR
  • John N. Kapoor has been recognized by Forbes Magazine and is  one of the 5 NRIs in the Forbes 400 richest people.Kapoor, who ranks 335 on the list with a net worth of $2.1 billion
    • He is the chairman of two drug companies - Akorn, which specializes in "difficult-to-manufacture" prescription drugs and Insys Therapeutics, which produces an opioid for cancer patients,...READ MORE
  • Ram Shriram  has been recognized by Forbes Magazine and is  one of the 5 NRIs in the Forbes 400 richest people. Ram has been ranked 361 on the list with a net worth of $1.9 billion. According to Forbes, Shriram, who was one of Google's early backers, has sold of most of his stock but remains on the board of its parent company, Alphabet. Since 2000, he has been investing in young technology startups through his firm, Sherpalo Ventures.....READ MORE

 

 

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