reliance Industries Limited (RIL) chief Mukesh Ambani remains the richest Indian. Ambani has come in the top-10 in the list of world’s billionaires of ‘Forbes’. He is the ninth richest person in the world. Reliance Industries’ business extends from oil to telecommunication sectors. According to Forbes, Mukesh Ambani’s net worth is $116 billion. Last year i.e. in 2023, his net worth was $83.4 billion. Gautam Adani is the second richest Indian and is ranked 17th in the global list. His wealth is 84 billion dollars. After the release of a report by American short seller Hindenburg Research in 2023, at one time his wealth had dropped from $90 billion to $47.2 billion by 2022. Adani Group, however, had denied all the allegations.
The world’s rich became richer
2,781 people have been included in the Forbes 2024 rich list. There are 141 more people in this than last year. According to the list, the world’s rich have become even richer. His total net worth is $14.2 trillion, which is $2 trillion more than 2023. The net worth of two-thirds of the rich included in the list has increased compared to a year ago. At the same time, the net worth has decreased by one-fourth.
Bernard Arnault on top with $233 billion
Bernard Arnault of fashion and cosmetics giant LVMH tops the list with a net worth of $233 billion. After them is Elon Musk with $195 billion and Amazon’s Jeff Bezos with $194 billion. After these, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has a net worth of $177 billion.
Maximum 813 billionaires are from America
America has the maximum number of 813 billionaires. After this there are 473 billionaires in China. The number of billionaires in India has increased by 31 to 200 since last year. “To calculate the net worth, we used stock prices and exchange rates through March 8, 2024,” Forbes said. Other Indians included in the list of global billionaires include IT giant and HCL co-founder Shiv Nadar at 39th position with wealth of $36.9 billion, Jindal Group’s Savitri Jindal and family at 46th position with wealth of $33.5 billion, Sun Pharma K Dilev Shanghvi is at 69th position with a net worth of $26.7 billion, vaccine maker Cyrus Poonawalla is at 90th place with a net worth of $21.3 billion, real estate businessman Kushal Pal Singh is at 92nd place with a net worth of $20.9 billion.
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