Forbes released its list of?World's Billionaires and a whopping 101 Indians have made it to the list.?
The list features India's richest people, from the likes of Mukesh Ambani, Laxmi Mittal, Azim Premji and much more, making India world's fourth country with the highest number of billionaires.?
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The US continues to be on the top with most billionaires on the list, followed by China, and Germany. Furthermore, there are nearly 20 people of Indian-origin who have made fortunes in various nations across the world, ?
Sadly, the list carries only four women billionaires from India,?Savitri Jindal at 303, Smita Crishna-Godrej at the 814, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw at 973 and Leena Tewari at the 1030 spot.?
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The list that featured?2,043 rich people from across the globe has 101 Indians. The combined net worth of all the billionaires in the world is $7.67 trillion, a record 18% hike from last year.
Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma made a quick entry on the list, being ranked at the 1567 spot, yet the most surprising?name on the list is of?Patanjali's CEO Acharya Balakrishna, who debuted this year at 814.
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His net worth is $2.5 billion.?
If we talk about the worldwide ranking, the list has been topped by the Microsoft founder Bill Gates, who's been the richest person in the world for 18 out of the past 23 years.
Check out the full list here.?