This time 200 Indians have been included in the Forbes list of world's billionaires for 2024. Last year there were names of 169 Indians in it. The total wealth of these Indians is $954 billion, which is 41 percent more than last year's $675 billion. Mukesh Ambani's name tops the Forbes list of Indian billionaires, whose wealth has increased from $83 billion to $116 billion. With which he became the first Asian to join the 100 billion dollar club. Mukesh Ambani has retained his position as the 9th richest person in the world and is the richest person in India and Asia.
According to this list, Gautam Adani is the second richest Indian. His wealth has increased by $36.8 billion. He is ranked 17th in the list with a net worth of $84 billion. Savitri Jindal is the richest woman in India. His name is at number four in the list of India's richest people. A year ago he was in sixth place. His net worth is 33.5 billion dollars. 25 new Indian billionaires have joined this list. These include Naresh Trehan, Ramesh Kunhikanan and Renuka Jagtiani. Along with this, the names of Baiju Ravindran and Rohika Mistry have also been removed from the list.
Let us tell you that in the Forbes list released on Tuesday, France's Bernard Arnault and his family have come at number one. Bernard Arnault tops the list of the world's richest people with a net worth of $233 billion. Second in this list is America's owner of TESLA and SpaceX company Elon Musk, whose wealth is said to be 195 billion dollars. In the list, America-based Amazon founder Jeff Bozes has reached third place with a net worth of $194 billion. In fourth place is American businessman Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Meta. At number five is Larry Ellison, who runs Oracle, whose net worth is said to be $141 billion.