Forbes Billionaires List 25: India 3rd after US & China in billionaires

According to Forbes’ annual World’s Billionaires list 2025, India has the third highest number of billionaires in the world, with 205  billionaires. The world's largest economy, the United States of America, retained the status of having the largest number of billionaires on Earth, with 902, and China (including Hong Kong) in the second spot with 516  billionaires. 

Elon Musk of the United States remained the richest person in the world, while Mukesh Ambani was the richest Indian and the 18th richest person in the world.

About the Forbes World Billionaire List 

The American multimedia company Forbes releases the annual World Billionaires list. 

In the latest report, it has ranked persons having at least a net worth of $1 billion or more as of 7th March 2025. 

 Highlights of the Forbes World Billionaires List 2025

• For the first time, more than 3000 billionaires were included in the list. The total number of billionaires in the world was 3028, an increase of 247 as compared to last year..
• The combined wealth of billionaires was $16.1 trillion, an increase of  $2 trillion as compared to last year. 
• Three people -Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, and Jeff Bezos, all American, have a net worth of more than $ 200 billion.
• Richest Women-  American multinational company Walmart heir Alice Walton, with a net worth of $101 billion.
• World’s youngest billionaire - 19-year-old Johannes von Baumbach of Germany. He has inherited the wealth as heir to Germany’s Boehringer Ingelheim, the world’s largest privately owned pharmaceutical company
• Youngest self made Billionaire - 28 year old Scale AI co- founder and CEO Alexandr Wang of America, with net worth of $2 billion.

World's Richest People’s List 

Following is the list of the richest people in the world and India, with their net worth and nationalities.

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