The world is changing as a wealth transfer from the west. India’s famous business man Mukesh Ambani and Lakshmi Mittal are at number 4 and 5 as The World’s Billionaires list of forbes. A Mexican top of the Forbes Rich list, China has more billionaires than any other country except the U.S. and Pakistan added his first official billionaire.
9 Billionaires of India in Top 100 The World’s Billionaires Forbes List
- 4 Mukesh Ambani
- 5 Lakshmi Mittal
- 28 Azim Premji
- 36 Anil Ambani
- 40 Shashi & Ravi Ruia
- 44 Savitri Jindal
- 74 Kushal Pal Singh
- 86 Kumar Birla
- 87 Sunil Mittal
A Mexican billionaire has today been named the world’s richest person – knock Bill Gates from the top spot for only the second time in 15 years.
With a net worth of £ 35.7billion, beat Telecoms tycoon Carlos Slim ħelu Microsoft boss (£ 35.4billion) as well as investor Warren Buffett (£ 31.4billion) on Forbes’ list with 10-figure Titans.
It is the first time that the title is held by a non-American in 16 years.
In the United Kingdom, the Duke of Westminster Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor, was again cheered on the annual list as the richest man, with a fortune of £ 8billion.
Property tycoons David and Simon Reuben, who is worth £ 5billion, came in second place, followed by high street billionaire Topshop owner Sir Philip Green, who has a net worth of £ 4.5billion.
The annual rich list reflects the growing power of emerging economies in Asia provides most of the 97 billionaires make their debut on the list in 2010, minting 62 new candidates. Forbes Asia said trailed the number of European billionaires with only 14th
RANK
NAME
CITIZENSHIP
AGE
NET WORTH ($BIL)
RESIDENCE
1
Carlos Slim Helu & family
Mexico
70
53.5
Mexico
2
William Gates III
United States
54
53.0
United States
3
Warren Buffett
United States
79
47.0
United States
4
Mukesh Ambani
India
52
29.0
India
5
Lakshmi Mittal
India
59
28.7
United Kingdom
6
Lawrence Ellison
United States
65
28.0
United States
7
Bernard Arnault
France
61
27.5
France
8
Eike Batista
Brazil
53
27.0
Brazil
9
Amancio Ortega
Spain
74
25.0
Spain
10
Karl Albrecht
Germany
90
23.5
Germany
11
Ingvar Kamprad & family
Sweden
83
23.0
Switzerland
12
Christy Walton & family
United States
55
22.5
United States
13
Stefan Persson
Sweden
62
22.4
Sweden
14
Li Ka-shing
Hong Kong
81
21.0
Hong Kong
15
Jim Walton
United States
62
20.7
United States
16
Alice Walton
United States
60
20.6
United States
17
Liliane Bettencourt
France
87
20.0
France
18
S. Robson Walton
United States
66
19.8
United States
19
Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud
Saudi Arabia
55
19.4
Saudi Arabia
20
David Thomson & family
Canada
52
19.0
Canada
21
Michael Otto & family
Germany
66
18.7
Germany
22
Lee Shau Kee
Hong Kong
82
18.5
Hong Kong
23
Michael Bloomberg
United States
68
18.0
United States
24
Sergey Brin
United States
36
17.5
United States
24
Charles Koch
United States
74
17.5
United States
| 24 | David Koch | United States | 69 | 17.5 | United States |
| 24 | Larry Page | United States | 37 | 17.5 | United States |
| 28 | Michele Ferrero & family | Italy | 83 | 17.0 | Monaco |
| 28 | Kwok family | Hong Kong | NA | 17.0 | Hong Kong |
| 28 | Azim Premji | India | 64 | 17.0 | India |
| 31 | Theo Albrecht | Germany | 88 | 16.7 | Germany |
| 32 | Vladimir Lisin | Russia | 53 | 15.8 | Russia |
| 33 | Steven Ballmer | United States | 54 | 14.5 | United States |
| 33 | Robert Kuok | Malaysia | 86 | 14.5 | Hong Kong |
| 35 | George Soros | United States | 79 | 14.0 | United States |
| 36 | Anil Ambani | India | 50 | 13.7 | India |
| 37 | Paul Allen | United States | 57 | 13.5 | United States |
| 37 | Michael Dell | United States | 45 | 13.5 | United States |
| 39 | Mikhail Prokhorov | Russia | 44 | 13.4 | Russia |
| 40 | Birgit Rausing & family | Sweden | 86 | 13.0 | Switzerland |
| 40 | Shashi & Ravi Ruia | India | 66 | 13.0 | India |
| 42 | Mikhail Fridman | Russia | 45 | 12.7 | Russia |
| 43 | Jeffrey Bezos | United States | 46 | 12.3 | United States |
| 44 | Savitri Jindal | India | 60 | 12.2 | India |
| 45 | Donald Bren | United States | 77 | 12.0 | United States |
| 45 | Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor & family | United Kingdom | 58 | 12.0 | United Kingdom |
| 45 | John Paulson | United States | 54 | 12.0 | United States |
| 48 | Abigail Johnson | United States | 48 | 11.5 | United States |
| 48 | Jorge Paulo Lemann | Brazil | 70 | 11.5 | Brazil |
| 50 | Roman Abramovich | Russia | 43 | 11.2 | Russia |
51
Susanne Klatten
Germany
47
11.1
Germany
52
Iris Fontbona & family
Chile
NA
11.0
Chile
52
Forrest Mars Jr
United States
78
11.0
United States
52
Jacqueline Mars
United States
70
11.0
United States
52
John Mars
United States
73
11.0
United States
52
Ronald Perelman
United States
67
11.0
United States
57
Oleg Deripaska
Russia
42
10.7
Russia
58
Vagit Alekperov
Russia
59
10.6
Russia
59
Leonardo Del Vecchio
Italy
74
10.5
Italy
59
Carl Icahn
United States
74
10.5
United States
61
Vladimir Potanin
Russia
49
10.3
Russia
62
Philip Knight
United States
72
10.2
United States
63
Ricardo Salinas Pliego & family
Mexico
54
10.1
Mexico
64
Mohammed Al Amoudi
Saudi Arabia
65
10.0
Saudi Arabia
64
Ernesto Bertarelli & family
Switzerland
44
10.0
Switzerland
64
Anne Cox Chambers
United States
90
10.0
United States
64
George Kaiser
United States
67
10.0
United States
64
Hans Rausing
Sweden
84
10.0
United Kingdom
64
Joseph Safra
Brazil
71
10.0
Brazil
70
Alexei Mordashov
Russia
44
9.9
Russia
71
Viktor Rashnikov
Russia
61
9.8
Russia
72
German Larrea Mota Velasco & family
Mexico
56
9.7
Mexico
73
Sheldon Adelson
United States
76
9.3
United States
74
Silvio Berlusconi & family
Italy
73
9.0
Italy
74
Dan Duncan
United States
77
9.0
United States
RANK
NAME
CITIZENSHIP
AGE
NET WORTH ($BIL)
RESIDENCE
74
Kushal Pal Singh
India
78
9.0
India
77
Nasser Al-Kharafi & family
Kuwait
66
8.7
Kuwait
77
Francois Pinault & family
France
73
8.7
France
79
Dmitry Rybolovlev
Russia
43
8.6
Russia
80
Iskander Makhmudov
Russia
46
8.5
Russia
80
James Simons
United States
71
8.5
United States
82
Alberto Bailleres & family
Mexico
77
8.3
Mexico
83
German Khan
Russia
48
8.2
Russia
84
Eliodoro, Bernardo & Patricia Matte
Chile
64
8.1
Chile
85
Edward Johnson III
United States
79
8.0
United States
86
Kumar Birla
India
42
7.9
India
87
Sunil Mittal
India
52
7.8
India
88
John Fredriksen
Cyprus
65
7.7
United Kingdom
89
Serge Dassault & family
France
84
7.6
France
89
Petr Kellner
Czech Republic
45
7.6
Czech Republic
89
Ananda Krishnan
Malaysia
71
7.6
Malaysia
89
Tadashi Yanai & family
Japan
61
7.6
Japan
93
Mohamed Bin Issa Al Jaber
Saudi Arabia
51
7.5
Saudi Arabia
93
Leonard Blavatnik
United States
52
7.5
United Kingdom
93
David & Simon Reuben
United Kingdom
67
7.5
United Kingdom
93
Nobutada Saji & family
Japan
64
7.5
Japan
93
Alain & Gerard Wertheimer
France
NA
7.5
NA
93
Vladimir Yevtushenkov
Russia
61
7.5
Russia
99
August von Finck
Germany
80
7.3
Switzerland
100
Lee Kun-Hee
South Korea
68
7.2
South Korea
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