NEW DELHI, Apr 3
Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani has topped the Forbes Worlds Billionaires List 2024 that features 200 Indians] up from 169 last year- Ambani is at the top of the list in India with a net worth of $116 billion] an increase of 39-76% to $83 billion last year] making him the first Asian to break into the $100 billion club- The business tycoon retained his position as both Indias and Asias richest person and as the ninth richest person in the world- Notably] the total wealth of these Indian billionaires listed in the Forbes list is a record $954 billion — up 41% from $675 billion in 2023- Gautam Adani is the second richest Indian after Mukesh Ambani with a net worth of $84 billion- The richest woman in India is Savitri Jindal] now the fourth richest Indian] up from siÛth a year ago- She has a net worth of $33-5 billion- Amid the ongoing crisis] Byju Raveendran and Rohiqa Mistry have been dropped off this time- The Forbes 2024 list also has 25 Indian billionaires who made their debut- These include Naresh Trehan ¼managing director of Medanta½] Ramesh Kunhikannan ¼managing director of Kaynes Technology½] and Renuka Jagtiani ¼chief eÛecutive officer of Landmark Group½- Indias top 10 richest people in Forbes Worlds Billionaires List 2024: The Top 200 are: Mukesh Ambani ¼net worth $116 billion½] Gautam Adani ¼net worth $84 billion½] Shiva Nadar ¼net worth $36-9 billion½] Savitri Jindal ¼net worth $33-5 billion½] Dilip Shanghvi ¼net worth $26-7 billion½] Cyrus Poonawalla ¼net worth $21-3 billion½] Kushal Pal Singh ¼net worth $20-9 billion½] Kumar Birla ¼net worth $19-7 billion½] Radhakishan Damani ¼net worth $17-6 billion½] Lakshmi Mittal ¼net worth $16-4 billion½- According to the ÞForbes Worlds Billionaires List 2024:
The Top 200ß] currently] there are more billionaires than ever at 2]781 in all] 141 more than last year and 26 more than the record set in 2021- They have a combined net worth of $14-2 trillion in aggregate] up by $2 trillion from 2023 and $1-1 trillion above the previous record set in 2021-
Bernard Arnault and family] with a total net worth of $233 billion] topped the list] followed by Elon Musk ¼$195 billion½] Jeff Bezos ¼$194 billion½] Mark Zuckerberg ¼$177 billion½] Larry Ellison ¼$114 billion½] Warren Buffett ¼$133 billion½] Bill Gates ¼$128 billion½] Steve Ballmer ¼$121 billion½] Mukesh Ambani ¼$116 billion½] and Larry Page ¼$114 billion½-
