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The top 10 had a combined wealth of $406 billion, up from $342 billion in 2010. [citation needed] According to Forbes editor Kerry Dolan, "media and technology billionaires definitely benefited from a stronger stock market and a growing enthusiasm for all things social" since the 2010 list. [38]
Each year, Forbes India issues a list of India's richest people, called the "India Rich List". [1] [2] Since 2008, [[ ]] has been the richest Indian, with his wealth based in Reliance Industries. [3] [4] except for 2022 where Gautam Adani displaced him.
This is part of a series of similar articles which are all based on the annual Forbes list of billionaires. The other articles are all named as List of billionaires (year) such as for 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007. This article was originally named List of billionaires (2008), but was moved here in an unsuccessful attempt to achieve featured list ...
Remember when a million dollars was a lot of money? Maybe, like me, you dreamed of growing up, becoming a millionaire, and living a life of ease. Of course, I always stretched out the syllables ...
Gates, Buffett top Forbes 400 ranking of richest Americans. Sarah Coffey. ... The total worth of the 400 rose by 8% to $1.37 trillion, still below the 2008 total of $1.57 trillion.
Nine out of the top 10 richest billionaires in the Golden State found their fortunes in the field of technology. Only one — real estate tycoon Donald Bren — made his money in a different industry.
The United States has the largest number of billionaires of any country, with 536 as of 2015, [9] while China, India and Russia are home to 213, 90 and 88 billionaires, respectively. [10] [11] As of 2015, only 46 billionaires were under the age of 40, [9] while the list of American-only billionaires, as of 2010, had an average age of 66. [12]
It is based on an annual assessment of wealth and assets by Forbes and by data from the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. The Forbes 400 Richest Americans list has been published annually since 1982. The combined net worth of the 2020 class of the 400 richest Americans was $3.2 trillion , up from $2.7 trillion in 2017. [ 1 ]