84 Indians in the Forbes billionaire list 2016

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New York/ 2 March 2016. Forbes, one of the most famous business magazines, has released its list of world’s top Billionaires featuring a total of 1,810 personalities. The list includes 84 Indian billionaires with Mukesh Ambani at the top with a rank of 36 and an aggregate net worth of $6.48 trillion. 

Master of technology Bill Gates, topped the list for the 17th time in the last 22 years with a net worth of $75 billion. Following Gates is Spanish clothing retailer Amancio Ortega of the famous fashion chain Zara, with Warren Buffett remaining at third position.

Mark Zuckerburg, one of youngest billionaires on the list has moved into the top 10 for the first time and is now at rank 6. He is the biggest gainer with his fortune going up by $11.2 billion for a total net worth of $44.6 billion.

US is leading with the greatest number of billionaires with 540 , China at second with 251, then followed by Germany with 120.

There are 198 new entries to the billionaire list including 70 from China, 33 from US, 28 from Germany and 8 newcomers form India. Notable newcomers from India include Flipkart cofounders Sachin Bansal and Binny Bansal at rank number 1476.

India's top ten are: 1 (world ranking 36) Mukesh Ambani $19.3 bn; 2 (44) Dilip Shanghvi $16.7 bn; 3 (55) Azim Premji $15 bn; 4 (88) Shiv Nadar $11.1 bn; 5 (133) Cyrus Poonawalla $8.5 bn; 6 (135) Lakshmi Mittal $8.4 bn; 7 (184) Uday Kotak $6.3 bn; 8 (196) Kumar Birla $6.1 bn; 9 (219) Sunil Mittal $5.7 bn; 10 (233)Desh Bandhu Gupta $5.5 bn.

While Mukesh Ambani ranks 36 on the top billionaire list, his brother Anil Ambani is at rank 688.