From Anil Agarwal to Byju Raveendran, here are the dropouts from the 2023 Rich List

Anil Agarwal

Wealth in 2022: $2.01 billion

Rank in 2022: 97

Anil Agarwal’s diversified conglomerate makes everything from steel and iron ore to aluminium and oil at the $18-billion Vedanta Group. However, Vedanta Resources, Agarwal’s London-based parent company, has a debt problem, with over $15 billion in dues as of March this year, including over $8 billion at Vedanta Limited, the Indian company owned by Vedanta Resources. For many months now, the London-based Vedanta has been under the scanner for its upcoming payments. In 2024, Vedanta must repay over $2 billion held in bonds including $1 billion in January and August 2024. The year after, in FY25, there are debt obligations worth $3 billion.

Satyanarayan Nuwal

Wealth in 2022: $3 billion

Rank in 2022: 72

Satyanarayan Nuwal started Solar Industries India in 1995 to trade in industrial explosives, then started manufacturing them. The biggest chunk of its annual revenue is from exports, followed by housing and infrastructure, state-owned coal companies and the defence sector. It has 25 manufacturing locations across India and exports to more than 50 countries. This year though, according to Forbes, his wealth is down from $3 billion last year to $1.8 billion in 2023.

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Jitendra Virwani

Wealth in 2022: $1.95 billion

Rank in 2022: 99

Jitendra Virwani is the chairman and MD of Embassy Group. The real estate group has developed more than 62 million sq ft across India. Embassy, together with private equity firm Blackstone, listed India's first-ever REIT in March 2019. The company has a roster of multinational tenants such as Google, IBM and Warburg Pincus. In May 2021, Virwani and Warburg Pincus sold their jointly owned Embassy Industrial Parks to Blackstone for $718 million.

Sanjeev Bikhchandani

Wealth in 2022: $2.15 billion

Rank in 2022: 92

Sanjeev Bikhchandani quit his job as a product executive to launch naukri.com in 1997. The founder and executive vice chairman of Info Edge is known to have paved the way for Indian startups and is also an investor and philanthropist now. His wealth in 2023 dropped to $1.8 billion according to Forbes.

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Ashok Boob

Wealth in 2022: $2.09 billion

Rank in 2022: 94

Ashok Ramnarayan Boob is the MD of Clean Science & Technology Ltd. The company's speciality chemicals are used in infant food formulas, cosmetics, cereals and several other products. The company also makes pharma intermediaries which are used in cough syrups and anti-retrovirals. Boob became an entrepreneur soon after he turned 54 in 2006. Headquartered in Pune, the company listed in July 2021 at close to double its IPO price.

Ramesh Kumar & Mukand Lal Dua

Wealth in 2022: $2.32 billion

Rank in 2022: 81

Delhi-based Ramesh Kumar and Mukand Lal Dua founded Relaxo Footwears in 1976. The company is known for its affordable brands such as Sparx (sports shoes), Bahamas (flip flops) and Schoolmate (school shoes). The company has Bollywood actors like Akshay Kumar and Salman Khan as its brand ambassadors.

Vinod Saraf

Wealth in 2022: $2.02 billion

Rank in 2022: 96

Vinod Saraf is the founder of Vinati Organics, which is now run by his older daughter Vinati Mutreja. He dropped out of the list this year. The diversified chemicals manufacturer reported a double-digit fall of 27.6 percent on a year-on-year basis in its consolidated net profit at Rs 83.2 crore in the June-ended quarter compared to Rs 115 crore in the same quarter last year. Its revenue from operations declined 14.4 percent YoY to Rs 431 crore in Q1FY24, as opposed to Rs 503.4 crore recorded in the corresponding quarter a year ago. Vinati Organics is a specialty chemical company which manufactures and distributes organic intermediates, monomers and polymers. The product portfolio of the company includes aromatics, industrial monomers and industrial polymers.