Bernard Arnault world’s richest, Mukesh Ambani among top 10

New Delhi, April 3

Oil-to-telecom conglomerate Reliance Industries Ltd head Mukesh Ambani continues to be the richest Indian and has now broken into the world’s top 10 wealthiest persons in the latest Forbes 2024 Billionaire List.

Fashion and cosmetics giant LVMH’s Bernard Arnault is at the top of the list with USD 233 billion wealth, followed by Elon Musk with USD 195 billion and Amazon’s Jeff Bezos with USD 194 billion. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg comes next in the list with a net worth of USD 177 billion.

Ambani, 66, is ranked 9th on the list with a wealth of USD 116 billion, up from USD 83.4 billion in the 2023 ranking, according to Forbes.

Gautam Adani is the second richest Indian and is ranked 17th on the global list. He is worth USD 84 billion, up from USD 47.2 billion in 2023 when his apples-to-airport conglomerate was rocked by a damning report by US short-seller Hindenburg Research. Adani, 61, was worth USD 90 billion in 2022 ranking.

The Forbes 2024 Billionaires List features 2,781 individuals, an increase of 141 names from last year’s list.