India, May 13 -- In February this year, Esquire Magazine revealed its annual list of the richest actors in the world. The top 10 featured some of the most well-known and successful actors in world cinema, with two billionaires leading the pack. But there was an Indian name as well in there, one that has been among the world's richest actors for the past decade, if not more. This is the richest actor of India, someone who has left the competition so far behind that others are playing for the second spot. (Also read: World's richest actor is a 77-year-old with no film in years but $1.49 billion wealth; beat Tom Cruise, Shah Rukh, Dwayne Johnson)

Shah Rukh Khan, arguably the most successful Indian actor in the last three decades, is unsurpr...