Mukesh Ambani is ranked fourth among the World’s top 10 billionaires by the Forbes Magazine with total assets worth $29 billion followed by another Indian, steel tycoon L N Mittal, who ranked fifth with a total value of $28.7 billion.
The Forbes Billionaires list for 2010 has witnessed Mexican Carlo Slim surpassing Bill Gates and Warrant Buffett to be the richest man on the earth. Slim’s total worth rose $18.5 billion during the year to an estimated $53.5 billion, the Forbes Magazine said. Gates remained second with a fortune of $53 billion.
Apart from Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani and Head of ArcelorMittal L N Mittal, there were four other Indian tycoons in the top 50 list and 49 others in the complete list of 1,011 billionaires.
The four Indian businessmen, besides Ambani and Mittal, in the top 50 list are Azim Premji (ranked: 28, worth: $17 billion), Sashi Ruia and Ravi Ruia (ranked: 40, worth: $13 billion), and Savitri Jindal (ranked: 44, worth: $12.2 billion).
DLF’s K P Singh (74), Aditya Birla Group’s Kumar Mangalam Birla (86) and Bharti Airtel’s Head Sunil Mittal (87) are the other Indians who are among the top 100 wealthy in India.
Top 10 list
1. Carlos Slim Helu
$53.5
2. Bill Gates
$53.0
3. Warren Buffet
$47.0
4. Mukesh Ambani
$29.0
5. Lakshmi Mittal
$28.7
6. Lawrence Ellison
$28.0
7. Bernard Arnault
$27.5
8. Eike Batista
$27.0
9. Amancio Ortega
$25.0
10. Karl Albrecht
$23.5
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choto says
June 4, 2010 at 9:49 pmwhy Saudi king and Abudhabi Shaik are not included on the list?
crank says
July 5, 2010 at 12:50 pmindia has 2 of the the world’s richest and yet the country looks like a giant flush bowl. ironic isn’t it?
Vivek says
August 1, 2010 at 6:59 pmWho said india is poor…
Belajar Bahasa Inggris says
August 2, 2010 at 11:38 amGreat Post!
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venkatesh says
August 7, 2010 at 3:29 pmIts Fabulous and Fantastic to have TWO Indians in the TOP FIVE. Hope to see more Indian names in the list.
Jamman says
August 18, 2010 at 3:31 pmEast or west India is the best. India been wealthy since centuries thats why mughals, British attracted. Even today India is fastest growing economy in the world. In US and UK all good Doctors and scientist they are Indian. So please dont think Indians are fools just give a chance we are better than rest of world and it shows.
krishna says
August 22, 2010 at 7:35 pmbuds INDIA hase two of the worlds richest ppl but we know about the damn Mumbai incident
that it self shows how developed India is
it doest matter that we have our Indians as two richest persons but the only thing that matters is is our india developed nd we know india is not……..:(
sanjay says
August 23, 2010 at 3:26 pmeast or west india is the no one
O.M. says
August 25, 2010 at 9:29 pmIndians are doing well all over the world ….:)
ogbonye promise says
August 26, 2010 at 8:05 pmpls i want to know their e-mails.
deadly says
September 20, 2010 at 3:29 pmin india the problem is that the money is in the hands of a few and the rest have to struggle for their daily bread….
hot says
October 3, 2010 at 2:42 pmwau… now it’s india turn
Md. Belayet Hossain says
October 13, 2010 at 7:59 amDear Sir,
I am Md. Belayet Hossain a poor man in Bangladesh. i have a big family. father, mother, sister, brother, my wife and children are my family member. i worked hard but earn a small amount of money which is not sufficient for my expenditure. for that reason we are going down day by day. I have to need huge money for food and medicine of my family member.
So please help me and send some money.
My Bank Account name : Md. Belayet Hossain
No. 17521050004391
Prime Bank Limited, Faridpur Branch
Faridpur, Bangladesh.
My Email Address : [email protected]
Please please help me and save our life.
Thanks
Belayet
Modestas says
October 23, 2010 at 8:39 pmWhere is Rothschilds & Rockefellers?
ruvel says
October 29, 2010 at 10:40 amits great to new them….so pls help the poorest one… i need some capital for my bussiness is just a small amount….my email [email protected]
india is in trouble says
October 30, 2010 at 9:17 ami don’t think india is poor.. its just.. well.. look at the condition of its people… every country has super rich people. but its the middle class that really matters along with the poor… india has poverty like no ones business and it knows that.. most of its slums are underdeveloped. india should really try and reach for these changes not keep boasting against the idea that india is poor.. MAKE a real change that will make people see india differently..
Shrikrishna Meena says
November 1, 2010 at 9:47 pmIndians are progressing at good rate but bill gates is still my favorite…
felix says
November 3, 2010 at 5:36 pmis ok i agree with you
sigenzi says
November 5, 2010 at 7:51 pmMd. Belayet Hossain if u’re so pour, how did u get a computer AND internet? if its true u are pour because of u’re bad use of money.
Gaurav Bhardwaj says
December 1, 2010 at 5:04 pmHOPE i will be the next……..
gen says
December 3, 2010 at 12:41 pmwell, i guess… Billions of Indians are poor… they squeeze the money…. business is business….
babalola adams says
January 4, 2011 at 3:41 pmi think you shld focus more on world most poorest ppl instead
tillu says
January 7, 2011 at 12:30 pmbhar le mony apane gaand me madarchaod…………………………………………..
dheepak says
January 21, 2011 at 11:41 pmIndia alwaz rockzz…
herocreen says
February 17, 2011 at 1:06 amhello; i’m poor but i have a dream my dream is to be the last one every day i work hard to get my dream realite.and i know to be on top you must live beetween the tops
shirley c.pulido says
March 7, 2011 at 11:56 amcongratulations havings billions ,we know the success your having in life,please share us some of your blessings .
mohammadsiddique says
March 20, 2011 at 2:23 amwith hard working & sincerty every one achieve his aim
rachit says
March 24, 2011 at 11:22 amf**kin indians i hate them they smeel like shit
amands says
March 28, 2011 at 10:11 pmam surprise about the Indian side THOUGH a good one BUT PRETTY SAD that India suffers from a high rate of poverty. “MONEY IS NEVER ENOUGH” .Please can someone advice this Indian billionaires to have just a little HEART. We hear of FORD, BILL GATES and other scholarship and charity in Africa, Asia and other parts of the world, this are indeed the WORLD RICHEST PEOPLE,ITS WHAT YOU CAN GIVE OR SHARE THAT TRULY MATTERS. These Indian names are strange and the so called Saudi names uncommon in other parts of the world.
GIVE, JUST GIVE A LITTLE, TO BETTER THE LIVES OF THOSE CHILDREN IN INDIA, NOT TO THE MOVIE INDUSTRY WHERE YOU WANT TO MAKE PROFIT OR IMPRESS BEAUTIFUL FACES YOU WANT TO DATE, BUT HELPLESS PEOPLE WHO CANT REWARD YOU.
LET OTHER AIDS GO TO COUNTRIES THAT TRULY NEED THEM AND ARE HELPLESS.
YOUR BILLIONS ARE TRASH, and they STINK like those SLUMS in your Countries.You cant change the world but let your PRESENCE be FELT.
GANDHI! will basically turn in his grave.
mukul tyagi says
April 8, 2011 at 6:26 pmhi, i am mukul tyagi in dealer of all type glasses in india my company name is trust glasses please give me one chanse my phone number 9910431433
thanking you
ravindra says
April 16, 2011 at 10:26 pmINDIA is not a poor country as two bigshots are there in world’s richest people.
but just the thing is ppl of INDIA are poor
cesmagnaye says
May 3, 2011 at 7:41 pmwow i salute you top 5 billionaires for your success. start helping people the more i salute you ^_^ god bless
ACROMACHIN says
May 22, 2011 at 11:14 amhope this list will have a shake in the next 10 years….
NIDHI JAIN says
July 30, 2011 at 7:30 pmPEOPLE NT LIVING IN INDIA HV NO FUCKING CLUE WAT INDIA IS…SO BETTER KEEP SHUT TILL U ACTUALLY KNW SOMTHNG REAL ABT INDIA…EVEN AFTER SURVIVING TERRORIST ATTACKS AND GETTING TOTALLY RIPPED BY THE BRITISHERS(INTERNATIONAL THIEVES) INDIA STILL IS CAPABLE OF REACHING THE TOP TEN LIST…AND I SENSE ALOT OF JEALOUSY FRM SOME LOSERS HERE
INDIA ROCKSSS
pradeep says
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Arivumathi says
August 23, 2012 at 4:36 pmTop 10 Women Politicians in India, Top 10 Women Leaders India 2011, 2012, Top 10 Female Politicians India
At present, there are 50 women among the 543 members of the lower house of Parliament. At present on top is of course Sonia Gandhi.
1) Sonia Gandhi
In 1964, Sonia Gandhi went to study English at The Bell Educational Trust’s language school in the city of Cambridge. While enrolled in this certificate course she met Rajiv Gandhi, who was enrolled at the time in Trinity College at the University of Cambridge. Sonia and Rajiv were married in 1969, after which she moved into the house of her mother-in-law and then Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi. The couple had two children, Rahul Gandhi (born 1970) and Priyanka Gandhi (born 1972). Despite the family’s heavy involvement in politics (her mother-in-law Indira Gandhi, daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru, was Prime Minister), Sonia and Rajiv avoided all involvement – Rajiv worked as an airline pilot, and Sonia took care of her family. When Indira was ousted from office in 1977 and when Rajiv entered politics in 1982, Sonia continued to focus on her family and avoided all contact with public. She acquired Indian citizenship in 1983 after 14 years of her marriage. She relinquished the prime minister’s post in favour of incumbent Manmohan Singh, but she is continuing to be the power behind the throne. She was named the third most powerful woman in the world by Forbes magazine in the year 2004 and currently ranks 6th . She was also named among the Time 100 most influential people in the world for the years 2007 and 2008. She was returned to Parliament by a margin of over 400,000 votes in the by-election for Rae Bareilly after the office of profit controversy.
2) Pratibha Patil
(born December 19, 1934) is the current President of India, the 12th person and first woman to hold the office. She was sworn in as President of India on July 25, 2007, succeeding Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam.Patil, a member of the Indian National Congress (INC), was nominated by the ruling United Progressive Alliance and Indian Left. She won the presidential election held on July 19, 2007 defeating her nearest rival Bhairon Singh Shekhawat by over 300,000 votes.Patil represented Edlabad constituency in Jalgaon District, Maharashtra as a member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (1962-1985), and was deputy chairwoman of the Rajya Sabha (1986-1988), Member of Parliament from Amravati in the Lok Sabha (1991-1996), and the 24th, and the first woman Governor of Rajasthan (2004-2007).
3) Mayawati
The late Kanshi Ram may have been the soul of the Bahujan Samaj Party but it was Mayawati, his chosen heiress, who was its face. (born January 15, 1956) is a Indian politician and the current Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. She has been the Chief Minister on three other short-lived tenures but her party holds the absolute majority in the state on this occasion.Kumari Mayawati was born in Delhi. Her father Prabhu Das was a clerk in the telecommunications department in Delhi. Her mother is Ram Rati. She graduated from Kalindi College in Delhi and holds a Bachelor of Education degree, and was a teacher in Delhi (Inderpuri JJ Colony) until joining full time politics in 1984. At one point she also studied for the Indian Administrative Service examinations. However, after meeting Kanshi Ram in 1977, she gradually came under his patronage, and was part of his core team when he founded the BSP in 1984.In 1984, Kanshi Ram founded the BSP as a party to represent the Dalits, and Mayawati was one of the key people in the new organization. In 2001, Kanshi Ram named her as his successor.
4) Sheila Dikhshit
In a party where obeisance to the high command ranks higher than individual merit, she is different. Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dixit is different in other respects too. She is no-nonsense, believes in speaking her mind, and goes ahead with what needs to be done — armed with a court order, true — political fallout be damned. It is thanks to her government that CNG became the norm for heavy vehicles in the capital — leading to a fall in pollution levels — the Delhi Metro became a reality, and the hugely unpopular (among traders) anti-sealing drive has taken off. Her father-in-law was the Congress veteran Uma Shankar Dixit and she sure has come a long way.
5)Vasundhara Raje Scindia
She is the BJP’s face in Rajasthan, though she comes from Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh. Daughter of the late Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia and sister of the late Madhavrao Scindia, the former minister of state for external affairs in the A B Vajpayee government is Rajasthan’s first woman chief minister. Her swearing-in in 2003 was on the lawns of the state assembly, a subtle gesture to leave behind the pageantry of her past. As the voters experiment with the new-found weapon of anti-incumbency, it is anyone’s bet if Rajasthan will be any different. But with almost two years to go for elections, the princess turned commoner may be in with a chance.
6) Sushma Swaraj
Everyone agrees that Sushma Swaraj will make for a fine BJP president; everyone it seems barring the BJP’s own kingmakers. Are they afraid to trust a woman at the helm? Or, is the lady who ranks eighth in the hierarchy as represented by the national executive too vocal for her own good? She has been there done that, been a Union minister, been Delhi chief minister.
7) Mamta Banarjee
Last year she was considered a washout, her bark deadlier than her bite. Her Trinamul Congress had been worsted in the Bengal assembly election, the Marxist bandwagon brooking no opposition, and yet this year she is back on our front pages and television screens, forcing Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya on the backfoot over the Singur land allocation to the Tatas. Makes one wonder, can anything keep this lady down? A street-fighter to the core, her importance is that she transcends electoral reverses. She continues to occupy the opposition space in Bengal, and it is the Congress that is wooing her back.
8) Brinda Karat
She is the wife of CPI-M General Secretary Prakash Karat and NDTV Chairman Prannoy Roy’s sister-in-law. She hogged headlines recently over her famous tiff with yoga guru Baba Ramdev, but that’s irrelevant. Instead Brinda Karat would rather be known for ensuring that women have found their due in the stodgy Communist Party of India-Marxist, having resigned from the party’s central committee once because she felt that women were not given due representation. In 2005, only after five women were nominated to the central committee did Brinda agree to be included in the 17-member Politburo, the first woman to make it to the CPI-M’s highest decision-making body. More power to her, we say.
9) Mehbooba Mufti
She was the architect of the Congress-People’s Democratic Party tieup in Jammu and Kashmir that saw the alliance come to power in 2002, after having overseen her party’s electoral campaign, and being a tough counterpoint to National Conference youthful Omar Abdullah against who she had lost the 1999 Lok Sabha election. Yet, she stood aside for her father Mufti Mohammed Sayeed to assume the chief ministership for three years under a power-sharing arrangement with the Congress party. As the PDP vice-president, it is she, a single parent of two daughters, who is in charge of the organisational nuts and bolts. Naturally, she is Kashmir’s bestknown woman politician.
10) Uma bharti
She was the stormy petrel of the Bharatiya Janata Party, but the party may realise that having Uma on the inside is better than outside. Her career is one of upswings and downfalls. From being sports minister in the Vajpayee ministry, she was handpicked to lead the BJP’s charge in the 2003 Madhya Pradesh assembly election, in which she secured a two-thirds majority for the party. Her fall from grace began when she quit in August 2004; her criticism of BJP leaders earned her a suspension from the party, but in May 2005 she was brought back into the national executive. But that was short-lived. Her temper tantrum at a party meeting in full glare of television cameras led to her expulsion. She has since floated the Bharatiya Janshakti Party, which came a-cropper in the recent Uttarakhand assembly election. But observers say Uma Bharti cannot be wished away and will make her worth to the BJP known in the next Madhya Pradesh election.
Some Other important woman politicians
Jayalalithaa
She lost the 2006 assembly election, yes, but all signs are that Jayalalithaa has put the past behind her. And, some say, Tamil Nadu as well. She is keen on a return to the national stage — after a not-so impressive performance there in 1998-1999 when she brought down Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s 13-month-old government after a tea-party with Sonia Gandhi — and is keenly watching the emergence of the Third Front. She has also brushed up extensively on the India-US nuclear deal, to which she is opposed.