1. Pallonji Shapoorji Mistry
Pallonji Shapoorji Mistry (born 1929) is an Indian-born Irish construction tycoon and chairman of Shapoorji Pallonji Group. According to Forbes, his wealth is estimated to be US$16.9 billion as of September 2016. With his 18.4% stake in Tata Sons, he is the single largest shareholder in India’s largest private conglomerate Tata Group.
He is the chairman of the Shapoorji Pallonji Group through which he owns Shapoorji Pallonji Construction Limited, Forbes Textiles and Eureka Forbes Limited. He is the former chairman of Associated Cement Companies. Pallonji gave up his Indian citizenship in 2003 to obtain Irish nationality, because India does not yet allow dual nationality . His son Cyrus was chairman of Tata Sons from November 2011 to October 2016.
A short biography of Mistry was written in a 2008 book by Manoj Namburu titled The Moguls of Real Estate. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan in January 2016 by the Government of India for his contributions in the field of trade and industry.
His estimated as at now is $12.5 Billion