According to a Forbes report, India has the third highest number of billionaires in the world

According to a new list by the prestigious Forbes magazine, India has the third highest number of billionaires in the world after the US and China, which said that Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani reclaimed his position as Asia’s richest person. Kiya, who was defending Chinese tycoon Jack Ma. The richest person in the region was a year ago.

Amazon CEO and founder Jeff Bezos topped Forbes’ 35th annual list of the world’s billionaires for the fourth consecutive year.

Forbes said it had net assets of $ 177 billion, up from $ 64 billion a year earlier as a result of a surge in Amazon’s shares.

In second place is Elon Musk, the founder of SpaceX, who was the biggest gainer in dollar terms. Mr. Musk’s fortune is more than $ 151 billion, up from $ 126.4 billion a year ago, when he was ranked 31 and $ 24.6 billion.

“Main reason: Tesla shares climbed 705%,” Forbes said.

India’s richest person and Asia’s richest person Mr. Ambani has been ranked 10th in the list of Global Billionaires. He reclaimed his place as Asia’s richest man with assets of $ 84.5 billion.

Mr. Ambani “has become the richest person in Asia, at number 10 and an estimated $ 84.5 billion.” He said that Jack Ma of China was described as Asia’s richest man a year ago, whose rank fell to 26 (from 17 last year), despite a jump of nearly $ 10 billion in his fortune to $ 48.4 billion. Was.

Gautam Adani, president of the Adani Group, India’s second richest man, is ranked 24th on the global list of billionaires with assets of $ 50.5 billion.

Chairman of the Poonawala Group and founder of Serum Institute of India, the world’s largest vaccine manufacturer, Cyrus Poonawala is ranked 169th on the Forbes list of the world’s billionaires with a net worth of $ 12.7 billion.

Mr. Poonawala ranks seventh in the list of Indian billionaires. The founder of HCL Technologies, Shiv Nadar, is the third richest person in India, ranked 71st globally and has total assets of $ 23.5 billion.

“The three richest Indians alone have added only $ 100 billion between them,” Forbes said.

At 724, America has more billionaires than any country in the world (from 614 last year). China is “closing the gap” with 698 billionaires, up from 456 last year.

“As a result of the gains in China, Beijing is home to more billionaires than anywhere in the world, surpassing New York City,” Forbes said.

India has the third largest number of billionaires, Germany with 140, Germany with 136 and Russia with 117.

Forbes said that 1,149 billionaires from Asia-Pacific countries together amount to $ 4.7 trillion, while the total value of American billionaires is $ 4.4 trillion.

In the global list, 106 are younger than 40. The youngest billionaire is 18-year-old Kevin David Lehmann from Germany, whose father Guenther Lehmann transferred his stake in drugstore chain DM-Dredgerie Matk. He said he was valued at $ 3.3 billion and ranked 925th on the list, while the oldest billionaire is 99-year-old American insurance tycoon George Joseph.

The number of billionaires in Forbes’ world’s richest 35th annual list is an unprecedented 2,755 – 660 more than a year ago, fully valued at 13.1 trillion USD.

The list has a record 493 newcomers, including “one new billionaire every 17 hours, including 210 from China and Hong Kong and 98 from the US”, French billionaire Bernard Arnault, who oversees the empire of 70 brands including Louis Vuitton and more. Sepora is the third richest person in the world with assets of $ 150 billion, followed by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Bill Gates ($ 124 billion), chair of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg ($ 97 billion).

The top 10 richest are $ 1.15 trillion, up two-thirds from $ 686 billion last year. Overall, Europe’s billionaires are $ 1 trillion richer than a year ago.

This year’s richest woman is France’s cosmetics heir Française Bettencourt Meyers, with a net worth of $ 73.6 billion, ranking 12th.

Among the top 10 billionaires of India, DMart founder Radhakishan Damani, Kotak Mahindra Bank CEO Uday Kotak, Arcelor Mittal Executive Chairman Laxmi Mittal, Aditya Birla Group Chairman Kumar Mangala Birla, Sun Pharmaceuticals founder Dilip Shanghvi and Bharti Enterprises founder Sunil Mittal Are included.