Traditionally dominated by Americans and Europeans, the 2010 Forbes list of world's billionaires released on Wednesday has thrown up many surprises including Mexican telecoms tycoon Carlos Slim grabbing the top slot.
According to Forbes, Asian billionaires increased their wealth as the region’s rich expanded their fortunes at the world’s quickest pace in the past year. Forbes said the list reflect the increasing presence of developing nations.
Reliance Industries (RIL) Chairman Mukesh Ambani and steel czar Lakshmi Mittal have figured in the top 10 on the 2010 Forbes list of world's billionaires.
With China and India leading the way, the number of Asian billionaires increased to 234 from 130 a year earlier, Forbes said.
Following is the Forbes list of top 25 richest people in India.
Rank -- Name -- Net Worth (in $ bln)
4 Mukesh Ambani $29.0
5 Lakshmi Mittal $28.7
28 Azim Premji $17.0
36 Anil Ambani $13.7
40 Shashi & Ravi Ruia $13
44 Savitri Jindal $12.2
74 K P Singh $9.0
86 Kumar Birla $7.9
87 Sunil Mittal $7.8
113 Anil Agarwal $6.4
148 Adi Godrej &family $5.2
167 Gautam Adani $4.8
173 Dilip Shanghvi $4.6
201 Shiv Nadar $4.2
297 G M Rao $3.2
297 Malvinder & Shivinder Singh $3.2
316 Uday Kotak $3.0
342 Kalanithi Maran $2.9
354 Subhash Chandra $2.8
354 Micky Jagtiani $2.8
354 Indu Jain $2.8
463 Sudhir & Samir Mehta $2.1
488 Yusuf Hamid & family $2.0
488 Cyrus Poonawalla $2.0
488 Rajan Raheja $2.0.
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