Some highlights

• Jeff Bezos and Warren Buffet beat Bill Gates to claim the 1st and 2nd spot respectively.
• For the first time, all of the top 10 of the Global Rich List are self made individuals.
• Pony Ma, from China, founder of Tencent is the richest Asian with $47 billion.
• Chris Larsen of Ripple is the first official billionaire from blockchain business with $5.3 billion.
• Number of Chinese billionaires grew by 210 to 819, which is 40% more than USA.
• 567 new names were added to the list.



Top 10 billionaires in the world

 

	Name	Wealth in     US$bn	Change	Source of   Wealth	Age	Country
1	Jeff Bezos	123	71.00%	Amazon	54	USA
2	Warren Buffett	102	31.00%	Berkshire Hathaway	87	USA
3	Bill Gates	90	11.00%	Microsoft	62	USA
4	Mark Zuckerberg	79	36.00%	Facebook	33	USA
5	Bernard Arnault	78	105.00%	LVMH	68	France
6	Amancio Ortega	73	6.00%	Inditex	81	Spain
7	Carlos Slim Helu   & family	67	46.00%	America Movil	78	Mexico
8	Larry Ellison	54	13.00%	Oracle	73	USA
9	Larry Page	50	35.00%	Google	44	USA
10	Michael Bloomberg	49	17.00%	Bloomberg	76	USA



India beats Germany to gain 3rd Spot

India has the third highest number of rich people in the world. This change comes with the addition of 31 new billionaires. Thanks to the good performance of the Indian Stock Market last year.

The Global list includes:

Rank	Country	No   of billionaires	Change   in No.
1	Greater  China	819	210
2	USA	571	19
3	India	131	31
4	UK	118	29
5	Germany	114	5
6	Switzerland	83	6
7	Russia	71	3
8	France	51	1
9	Brazil	49	6
9	Canada	49	14

There are 4 Indian names that made it to the top 100. They are:



Mukesh Ambani

With a net worth of $45 billion, Mukesh Ambani (aged 60) climbed 10 spots this year to gain the 19th richest man in the world position. His wealth grew by 73%.

He is the chairman and managing director of Reliance Industries Limited.



Dilip Shanghvi

The founder of Sun Pharmaceuticals, is down by 12 spots in the Hurun Global Rich List to share the 87th richest person position with 10 others. The net worth amounts to $15 billion.

He shares the 87th position with names like Eric Schmidt (executive chairman of Google), Dustin Moskovitz (Co-founder of facebook) and Lucas Walton (grandson of Sam Walton, founder of Walmart).



Gautam Adani

The chairman and founder of Adani Group, is 55 years old and increased his wealth by 109% last year. He shares the 98th position in the Rich List with 9 others at a networth of $14 billion dollars.



Shiv Nadar

Shiv Nadar, the founder and chairman of HCL and the Shiv Nadar Foundation is worth $14 billion. He shares the 98th position with Gautam Adani. The 72 year old industrialist held the same spot at the list last year.