Forbes 2024 World's Billionaires List: Key Highlights and Insights
| Category | Details |
|---|---|
| Global Context | Forbes 38th Annual World's Billionaires List 2024 released. |
| Total Billionaires | 2,781 billionaires from 77 countries. |
| Combined Wealth | $14.2 trillion (increase of $2 trillion from 2023). |
| Top 5 Countries | 1. USA: 813 billionaires ($5.7 trillion) 2. China: 406 billionaires ($1.3 trillion) 3. India: 200 billionaires ($954 billion) 4. Germany: 132 billionaires 5. Russia: 120 billionaires. |
| Top 10 Billionaires | 1. Bernard Arnault & family (France): $233 billion 2. Elon Musk (USA): $195 billion 3. Jeff Bezos (USA): $194 billion 4. Mark Zuckerberg (USA): $177 billion 5. Larry Ellison (USA): $114 billion 6. Warren Buffett (USA): $133 billion 7. Bill Gates (USA): $128 billion 8. Steve Ballmer (USA): $121 billion 9. Mukesh Ambani (India): $116 billion 10. Larry Page (USA): $114 billion. |
| Top Indian Billionaire | Mukesh Ambani: 9th globally with $116 billion. |
| Youngest Indian Billionaire | Nikhil Kamath (37 years), co-founder of Zerodha. |
| Top 10 Indian Billionaires | 1. Mukesh Ambani ($116 billion) 2. Gautam Adani ($84 billion) 3. Shiv Nadar ($36.9 billion) 4. Savitri Jindal & Family ($33.5 billion) 5. Dilip Shanghvi ($26.7 billion) 6. Cyrus Poonawala ($21.3 billion) 7. Kushal Pal Singh ($20.9 billion) 8. Kumarmangalam Birla ($19.7 billion) 9. Radhakrishna Damani ($17.6 billion) 10. Lakshmi Mittal ($16.4 billion). |
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