Lakshmi Mittal richest Indian; Gates tops Forbes list
Dharam Shourie , New York: Steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal is the richest Indian and Microsoft Corporation Chairman Bill Gates with an estimated net worth of USD 50 billion retains his title as the richest man in the world for the twelfth consecutive year.
According to the Forbes magazine annual survey, Gates fortune increased 7.5 per cent from USD 46.6 billion last year.
The magazine said strong markets around the world contributed to the increase in wealth and the total net worth of the list jumped to USD 2.6 trillion.
Gates is followed by 75-year old investor Warren Buffett of the United States with net worth of USD 42 billion and Mexican telecom magnate Carlos Slim Helu with USD 30 billion and Ingvar Kamprad of Sweden, founder of Ikea, the world’s biggest home furnishing retailer, with USD 28 billion.
Non-resident Indian steel tycoon Mittal finds fifth place among the world’s richest with a net worth of more than USD 20 billion. The 55-year-old dropped two places to fifth with USD 23.5 billion dollars, down USD 1.5 billion.
Azim Premji, who owns 82 per cent of the New York listed Information Technology giant Wipro is second richest Indian with an estimated net worth of 11 billion dollars.
Mukesh Ambani with net worth of 7 billion dollars, army officer turned property baron Kushal Pal Singh (5 billion dollars), Sunil Mittal, who built his Bharti Group into India’s largest mobile phone operator with 14 million customers (4.9 billion dollars) and Kumar Birla (4.4 billion dollars) are among those who find place among the top ten richest persons in India.
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I have respect in my mind and heart for these top 50 people. but there is one complaint about these guys that they are too much professional. They do everything for their own and their brand companies. I never seen that these guys doing something for India without any profit. As i know the industrialist providing jobs for indian youths and other are idol or inspiration for any indian. My only expection is that these and other upcoming top indians make india the world’s powerful country mostly comparing america ,china and rusia. We have tremendous human resource and we are wasting it as we are wasting the sunlight.
If we means these top 50 guys utilises this HR i.e. human resource with profession mind, that will be the dawn of india.
Again i am pleased to see these top 50 guys.
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