Among The 90 Indians On The Forbes Rich List 2015, Ambani (39th Globally) Is Closely Followed By Pharma Tycoon Dilip Shanghvi (44th Rank With $20 Bn Networth) And Azim Premji
New York : Mukesh Ambani has retained his position as the richest Indian for the eighth year in a row with a networth of USD 21 billion, while moving up one place on the global rich list that has been topped once again by software czar Bill Gates, reports PTI.
Among the 90 Indians on the Forbes Rich List 2015, published on Monday, Ambani (39th globally) is closely followed by pharmaceuticals business tycoon Dilip Shanghvi (44th rank with networth of USD 20 billion) and Azim Premji (48th with USD 19.1 billion). Gates with a networth USD 79.2 billion tops Forbes Rich List. This is for the 16th time in the past 21 years the software czar is topping the list. He is followed by Mexico’s Carlos Slim Helu at the second and legendary American investor Warren Buffett at the third place.
Announcing the list, Forbes said ranks of the world’s wealthiest defied global economic turmoil and expanded yet again, yielding a record 1,826 billionaires with an aggregate networth of USD 7.05 trillion, up from USD 6.4 trillion a year ago.
Indians on the list include Shiv Nadar (66th; USD 14.8 billion), Hinduja Brothers (69th; USD 14.5 billion) Lakshmi Mittal (82nd; USD 13.5 billion), Kumar Mangalam Birla (142nd; USD 9 billion), Uday Kotak (185th; USD 7.2 billion), Gautam Adani (208th; USD 6.6 billion), Sunil Mittal (208th; USD 6.6 billion) and Cyrus Poonawalla (208th; USD 6.6 billion).
Anil Ambani with a networth of USD 4 billion is ranked 418th in the list. “The total includes 290 newcomers, 71 of whom hail from China,” Forbes said.
Alibaba’s Jack Ma and three other Chinese are among the the biggest gainers and figure among 50 richest on the list.
Other Indians on the list include Desh Bandhu Gupta (USD 5.8 billion), Savitri Jindal (USD 5.3 billion), Micky Jagtiani (USD 5.2 billion), Adi Godrej (USD 4.8 billion), Jamshyd Godrej (USD 4.8 billion), Shashi and Ravi Ruia (USD 4.5 billion), Subhash Chandra (USD 4.2 billion) and Benu Gopal Bangur (USD 4.1 billion).
Forbes said the entrepreneurship is thriving globally and 1,191 members of the list are self-made billionaires, while just 230 inherited their wealth.
The biggest gainer in terms of wealth is Warren Buffett with an addition of over $14 billion to his wealth, taking his total to $72.7 billion. Larry Ellison, ranked 5th with networth of $54.3 billion, is another big winner. Christy Walton, who inherited a stake in retailer Wal-Mart, has retained the title of world’s richest woman.
