Richest people in the world
Published by admin on March 15th, 2008 | Tagged Achievers, Business, News, Billionaires
Who are the world’s richest people?
Warren Buffett has moved ahead of Bill Gates and Carlos Slim Helu to become the richest man on the planet.Warren Buffett has a net worth of $ 62 billion.It has been after 13 years that Bill Gates is not the richest billionaire , the title now belongs to Warren Buffett.
Here is the Forbes’ 2008 list of the top ten billionaires :
1.Warren Buffett : $ 62 billion
2.Carlos Slim Helu : $ 60 billion
3.William Gates III : $ 58 billion
4.Lakshmi Mittal : $ 45 billion
5.Mukesh Ambani : $ 43 billion
6.Anil Ambani : $ 42 billion
7.Ingvar Kamprad : $ 31 billion
8.KP Singh : $ 30 billion
9.Oleg Deripaska : $ 28 billion
10.Karl Albrecht: $ 27 billion
Indian Billionaires in the top ten:
We can notice that there are 4 Indians in the list of the top ten billionaires.They are Steel Tycoon Lakshmi Mittal,Ambani brothers- Mukesh and Anil Ambani and the richest real estate tycoon in the world-K P Singh of DLF.
Lakshmi Mittal’s wealth has increased by $13 billion from last year.
K P Singh of DLF had a net worth of $ 10 billion last year and now it has increased to $ 30 billion
Mukesh Ambani’s net worth increased by $22.9 billion and the the net worth of younger brother Anil Ambani increased by $23.8 billion.
There are a total of 53 Indian billionaires in the forbes’ list,this is the highest number in Asia and fourth highest in the world.China has 42 billionaires.
The US has the highest number of 469 billionaires,followed by Russia having 87 billionaires and Germany with 59 billionaires.
The combined wealth of the Indian billionaires is $ $340.9 billion.
Youngest Self made billionaire from India is Sameer Gehlaut,age 34, with a net worth of $ 1.2 billion.
The richest new comer of Asia is Gautam Adani with a net worth of $9.3 billion
Indian billionaires in the Forbes’ list include:
Ramesh Chandra of Unitech : $9.6 billion
Sunil Mittal and family : $11.8 billion
Ravi and Sashi Ruia : $15 billion
Azim Premji : $12.7 billion
Kumar Birla : $ 10.2 billion
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