The top ten richest people in the world

Published by admin on March 11th, 2010 | Tagged Achievers, Billionaires, Business, Entrepreneurship

Who are the world’s richest people?

The Forbes’ list (2010) of the world’s billionaires is out now.

Mexican Telecom tycoon Carlos Slim Helu has left behind Bill Gates to become the richest person in the world. Bill Gates is now at the 2nd  position followed by Warren Buffett at the 3rd spot.

In 2009 there were only 793 billionaires in the world, this year the number has increased to 1011.

Here is the list of the top ten richest people in the world:

1. Carlos Slim Helu (Mexico) : $ 53.5 billion

2. Bill Gates (United States) : $ 53 billion

3. Warren Buffett (United States) : $ 47 billion

4. Mukesh Ambani (India) : $ 29 billion

5. Lakshmi Mittal (India) : $ 28.7 billion

6. Lawrence Ellison (United States) : $ 28 billion

7. Bernard Arnault (France) : $ 27.5 billion

8. Eike Batista (Brazil) : $ 27 billion

9. Amancio Ortega (Spain) : $ 25 billion

10. Karl Albrecht (Germany) : $ 23.5 billion

It is great to see two Indian business tycoons, Mukesh Ambani and Lakshmi Mittal, among the top 5 richest people.

Mukesh Ambani’s younger brother, Anil Ambani of ADAG is at the number 36 position with a net worth of $ 13.7 billion. Software Tycoon Azim Premji is at the number 28 spot with a net worth of $ 17 billion.

Indian billionaires in the Forbes’ list include:

Sunil Mittal, rank 87, networth: $ 7.8 billion

Ravi and Sashi Ruia, rank 40, networth: $ 13 billion

Real Estate Tycoon KP Singh, rank 74, networth: $ 9 billion

Kumar Birla, rank 86, networth: $ 7.9 billion

Gautam Adani of Adani Group, rank 167, networth: $ 4.8 billion

GM Rao of GMR Group, rank 297, networth: $ 3.2 billion

Media Tycoon Subhash Chandra of Zee TV, rank 354, networth: $ 2.8 billion

Vijay Mallya (regains billionaire status), rank 937, networth: $ 1 billion