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Forbes
billionaires
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The March
2008 Forbes
list put
India as
home to the
largest
number of
billionaires
in Asia,
with four of
them
figuring in
top 10
billionaires
of the
world, US
has 469
billionaires
·
US financier
Warren
Buffett (62
billion
dollars)
knocked off
Microsoft
founder Bill
Gates (58
billion
dollars) as
the richest
man of world
after 13
years at the
top.
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Only one of
those,
Lakshmi
Mittal, was
among last
year's 10
richest per
son of the
world,
moving up
from fifth
place to
fourth in
the new
list.
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By
nationality,
the United
States still
easily led
the rankings
with 469
billionaires
up from 415
last year,
but Russia
replaced
Germany as
the second
placed
country with
87
billionaires.
·
The total
number of
Asian
billionaires
jumped by a
third to 211
with a total
wealth of
$804
billion, up
from $552
billion last
year. The
latest list
is based on
networth
valued as on
February 11.
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India is
followed by
China (42),
Hong Kong
(26) and
Japan (24)
as the top
source of
billionaires
in Asia.
·
Third-placed
India in
Forbes list
53
billionaires
on the list
-- four of
them in the
top 10;
Lakshmi
Mittal, (4th
with 45
billion
dollars,
followed by
Mukesh
Ambani, 5th
(43 billion
dollars) and
Anil Ambani
6th (42
billion
dollars)
China and
Hong Kong
have 42 and
26
billionaires
respectively.
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Citizens of
Mexico,
Sweden,
Russia, and
Germany,
each of
which can
lay claim to
one
billionaire
a piece,
rounded out
the list.
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Forbes' 2008
Top Ten
Richest
Billionaires
in the World
1. Warren
Buffett, US,
62 billion
dollars
(investment/Berkshire
Hathaway)
2. Carlos
Slim Helu,
Mexico, 60
billion
dollars
(telecom,
banking,
tobacco)
3. Bill
Gates, US,
58 billion
dollars
(Microsoft)
4. Lakshmi
Mittal,
India, 45
billion
dollars
(steel)
5. Mukesh
Ambani,
India, 43
billion
dollars
(petrochemicals)
6. Anil
Ambani,
India, 42
billion
dollars
(energy)
7. Ingvar
Kamprad,
Sweden, 31
billion
dollars
(Ikea)
8. K.P.
Singh,
India, 30
billion
dollars
(real
estate)
9. Oleg
Deripaska,
Russia, 28
billion
dollars (aluminium)
10. Karl
Albrecht,
Germany, 27
billion
dollars
(retail).
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Among
Indians,
Mittal,
Ambanis and
Singh are
followed by
Essar
group's
Shashi and
Ravi Ruia at
43rd rank
globally
with a
combined
networth of
$15 billion,
Wipro's Azim
Premji (60th
with $12.7
billion)
Sunil Mittal
and family
(64th with
$11.8
billion) and
Kumar Birla
(76th with
$10.2
billion).
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These are
followed by
Unitech's
Ramesh
Chandra
(86th with
$9.6
billion),
Guatam Adani
(91st with
$9.3
billion),
Savitri
Jindal
(110th with
$8.2
billion),
Anil Agarwal
(164th with
$6 billion),
Adi Godrej
(178th with
$5.5
billion) and
GMR's G M
Rao (198th
with $5.2
billion).
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