FORBES-INDIAN 2 LST

The Indian presence has doubled to 50 (from 24 a year
ago) in the club of world's billionaires. "The world has 1,011
10-figure titans, up from 793 a year ago," Forbes said.
The league of 10 richest persons in the world now
includes just two Indians -- Mukesh Ambani and Lakshmi Mittal.
There are, in fact, five resident Indians (up from two
last year) among the 50 richest persons in the world, as
Mittal is an Indian citizen, but resides in the UK.
Nine positions among top 100 from across the world are
occupied by Indians, which include Mukesh Ambani (4th; USD 29
billion), Lakshmi Mittal (5th; USD 28.7 billion), Azim Premji
(28th; USD 17 billion), Anil Ambani (36th; USD 13.7 billion),
Shashi & Ravi Ruia (40th; USD 13 billion), Savitri Jindal
(44th; USD 12.2 billion), K P Singh (74th; USD 9 billion),
Kumar Birla (86th; USD 7.9 billion) and Sunil Mittal (87th;
USD 7.8 billion).
Besides, the top 20 Indians on the global rich list
include Anil Agarwal (113th; USD 6.4 billion), Pallonji Mistry
(129th; 5.8 billion), Adi Godrej & family (148th; USD 5.2
billion), Gautam Adani (167th; USD 4.8 billion), Dilip
Shanghvi (173rd; USD 4.6 billion), Shiv Nadar (201st; USD 4.2
billion), G M Rao (297th USD 3.2 billion), Malvinder &
Shivinder Singh (297th; USD 3.2 billion), Uday Kotak (316th;
USD 3 billion), Kalanithi Maran (342nd; USD 2.9 billion),
Subhash Chandra, Micky Jagtiani and Indu Jain ranked at the
354th spot with a net worth of USD 2.8 billion each.
The list is dominated by Americans, two of whom have
been ranked at the second and third positions -- Bill Gates
and legendary investor Warren Buffett. PTI