The biggest proxy for India's growth story is the banking and financial services and it comes as no surprise that the most conservative banker Uday Kotak of Kotak Mahindra Bank tops the list. From south, the families of Muthoot and Shriram groups make the cut as their non-bank finance businesses continue to thrive in a sector undergoing consolidation.

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