Mukesh Ambani breaks into top 10, ranked at 9th in Forbes global rich list

Oiltotelecom conglomerate Reliance Industries Ltd head Mukesh Ambani continues to be the richest Indian and has now broken into the worlds top 10 wealthiest persons in the latest Forbes 2024 Billionaire ListAmbani 66 is ranked 9th on the list with a wealth of USD 116 billion up from USD 834 billion in the 2023 ranking according to ForbesGautam Adani is the second richest Indian and is ranked at No17 on the global list He is worth USD 84 billion up from USD 472 billion in 2023 when his applestoairport conglomerate was rocked by a damning report by US shortseller Hindenburg Research Adani group has denied all allegations in the reportAdani 61 was worth USD 90 billion in 2022 rankingThe Forbes 2024 Billionaires List features 2781 individuals an increase of 141 names from last years list The billionaires according to the list are richer than ever worth USD 142 trillion in aggregate up by USD 2 trillion from 2023 and USD 11 trillion above the previous record also set in 2021Twothirds of the lists members are worth more than a year ago only onefourth are poorerFashion and cosmetics giant LVMHs Bernard Arnault is at the top of the list with USD 233 billion wealth followed by Elon Musk with USD 195 billion and Amazons Jeff Bezos with USD 194 billionFacebook founder Mark Zuckerberg comes next in the list with a net worth of USD 177 billionThe US has a record 813 billionaires followed by China with 473 billionaires India added 31 billionaires to the list compared to last year with the number now reaching 200To calculate net worths we used stock prices and exchange rates from March 8 2024 Forbes saidOther Indians on the list include IT pioneer and HCL cofounder Shiv Nadar at No39 with USD 369 billion wealth Jindal groups Savitri Jindal and family at No46 with USD 335 billion Sun Pharmas Dilip Shanghvi at No69 with USD 267 billion vaccine maker Cyrus Poonawalla at No 90 with USD 213 billion property baronKushal Pal Singh at No 92 with USD 209 billion and commodities king Kumar Birla at No 98 with USD 197 billionThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever