Forbes, an American business journal, just announced its "Forbes World's Billionaires List 2024: The Top 200," which includes 200 Indians, up from 169 last year. The combined fortune of these Indian billionaires is a record $954 billion, up 41% from $675 billion in 2023.
As per a credible source, Mukesh Ambani, chairman of Reliance Industries, is the richest person in India, with a net worth of $116 billion, up 39.76 percent from $83 billion last year, making him the first Asian to reach the $100 billion mark. Ambani remains the world's ninth wealthiest person, as well as the richest person in India and Asia.
According to the ranking, Gautam Adani, head of the Adani Group, is the second richest Indian, at $84 billion. Savitri Jindal is India's richest woman, having risen from sixth place a year ago to fourth. Her net worth is $33.5 billion.
The Forbes 2024 list also includes 25 Indian billionaires who made their debut. These include Naresh Trehan (Managing Director of Medanta), Ramesh Kunhikannan (Managing Director of Kaynes Technology), and Renuka Jagtiani (CEO of Landmark Group). Meanwhile, Byju Raveendran and Rohiqa Mistry have been dropped for this time.
Bernard Arnault and his family led the list with a net worth of $233 billion, followed 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).
Here are India's ten richest people on Forbes' World's Billionaires List 2024: The Top 200
Mukesh Ambani — net worth: $116 billion.
Gautam Adani’s net wealth is $84 billion.
Shiva Nadar’s net worth is $36.9 billion.
Savitri Jindal’s net worth is $33.5 billion.
Dilip Shanghvi’s net worth is $26.7 billion.
Cyrus Poonawalla — net worth: $21.3 billion
Kushal Pal Singh’s net worth is $20.9 billion.
Kumar Birla — net worth: $19.7 billion.
Radhakishan Damani’s net worth is $17.6 billion.
Lakshmi Mittal’s net worth is $16.4 billion.
The "Forbes World's Billionaires List 2024: The Top 200" shows a record-breaking 2,781 billionaires, up 141 from the previous year and 26 from 2021. They have a net worth of $14.2 trillion in total, up $2 trillion from 2023 and $1.1 trillion higher than the previous peak established in 2021.
According to the ranking, "India, which has 200 billionaires (also a record), ranks third."
