(*2*)File picture of RIL Chairman and Managing Director Mukesh Ambani. (PTI)
The variety of billionaires in India has elevated to 200 this yr as in comparison with 169 final yr, in response to the newest ‘Forbes World’s Billionaires List 2024’
India added 25 new billionaires this yr, growing the full variety of billionaires within the nation to 200 as in comparison with 169 final yr, in response to the newest ‘Forbes World’s Billionaires List 2024′. The mixed wealth of those Indians stands at $954 billion, which is 41 per cent greater as in contrast with $675 billion final yr.
Among Indians, Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) CMD Mukesh Ambani topped the billionaires’ record with a complete networth of $116 billion, adopted by Gautam Adani ($84 billion), Shiv Nadar ($36.9 billion), Savitri Jindal & Family ($33.5 billion), and Dilip Shanghvi ($26.7 billion).
Mukesh Ambani is the one Indian within the prime-10 record, at ninth rank globally.
Currently, there are extra billionaires than ever — 2,781 in all, 141 greater than final yr and 26 greater than the document set in 2021. They are richer than ever, value $14.2 trillion in combination, up by $2 trillion from 2023 and $1.1 trillion above the earlier document, additionally set in 2021, in response to the ‘Forbes World’s Billionaires List 2024: The Top 200′.
“India, which has 200 billionaires (also a record), ranks third,” it mentioned.
Two-thirds of the record’s members are value greater than a yr in the past; just one fourth are poorer. Much of the positive factors come from the highest 20, who added a mixed $700 billion in wealth since 2023, and from the U.S., which now boasts a document 813 billionaires value a mixed $5.7 trillion, in response to the Forbes’ report.
“China remains second, with 473 (including Hong Kong) worth $1.7 trillion, despite weak consumer spending and a real estate bust that helped wipe out some $300 billion in wealth,” it mentioned.
Top-10 Billionaires Globally
Bernard Arnault & household, with a complete networth of $233 billion, topped the richest record 2024 globally, adopted by Elon Musk ($195 billion), Jeff Bezos ($194 billion), Mark Zuckerberg ($177 billion), Larry Ellison ($114 billion), Warren Buffett ($133 billion), Bill Gates ($128 billion), Steve Ballmer ($121 billion), Mukesh Ambani ($116 billion), and Larry Page ($114 billion).
Indians in Forbes World’s Billionaires List 2024: The Top 200
Mukesh Ambani — networth $116 billion — ninth rank on this planet
Gautam Adani — networth $84 billion — seventeenth rank on this planet
Shiv Nadar — networth $36.9 billion — thirty ninth rank on this planet
Savitri Jindal & household — networth $33.5 billion — forty sixth rank on this planet
Dilip Shanghvi — networth $26.7 billion — 69th rank on this planet
Cyrus Poonawalla — networth $21.3 billion — ninetieth rank on this planet
Kushal Pal Singh — networth $20.9 billion — 92nd rank on this planet
Kumar Mangalam Birla — networth $19.7 billion — 98th rank on this planet
Radhakishan Damani — networth $17.6 billion — 107th rank on this planet
Lakshmi Mittal — networth $16.4 billion — 113rd rank on this planet
Ravi Jaipuria — networth $16.2 billion — one hundred and fifteenth rank on this planet
Uday Kotak — networth $13.3 billion — 148th rank on this planet
Azim Premji — networth $12 billion — one hundred and sixty fifth rank on this planet.
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