{"id":272730,"date":"2025-04-03T03:09:05","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T03:09:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/03\/tech-titans-dominate-forbes-billionaires-list-2025-mukesh-ambani-leads-in-india-gautam-adani-slips-to-28th\/"},"modified":"2025-04-03T03:09:05","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T03:09:05","slug":"tech-titans-dominate-forbes-billionaires-list-2025-mukesh-ambani-leads-in-india-gautam-adani-slips-to-28th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/03\/tech-titans-dominate-forbes-billionaires-list-2025-mukesh-ambani-leads-in-india-gautam-adani-slips-to-28th\/","title":{"rendered":"Tech titans dominate Forbes Billionaires List 2025, Mukesh Ambani leads in India, Gautam Adani slips to 28th"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/img.etimg.com\/photo\/118783427.cms?ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Tech titans dominate Forbes Billionaires List 2025, Mukesh Ambani leads in India, Gautam Adani slips to 28th\" title=\"Tech titans dominate Forbes Billionaires List 2025, Mukesh Ambani leads in India, Gautam Adani slips to 28th\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-brcount=\"19\">Forbes has unveiled its World&#8217;s Billionaires List for 2025, revealing that the number of billionaires has surged to 3,028\u2014247 more than last year. Collectively, they hold a staggering $16.1 trillion, an increase of $2 trillion from 2024. The United States dominates the rankings with 902 billionaires, followed by China (516) and India (205).<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"margin-bottom: 0.7em; line-height: 1.3; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 24px; background: 0px 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;\">India\u2019s Billionaire Giants: Mukesh Ambani and Gautam Adani<\/h2>\n<p>Mukesh Ambani remains India&#8217;s richest person and Asia\u2019s wealthiest, ranking 18th globally with a fortune of $92.5 billion from Reliance Industries.<\/p>\n<p>Gautam Adani, chairman of the Adani Group, follows at 28th place with $56.3 billion. He is the fourth richest Asian, behind TikTok\u2019s Zhang Yiming (23rd, $65.5 billion) and Nongfu Spring\u2019s Zhong Shanshan (26th, $57.7 billion).<\/p>\n<p>India has seen its overall billionaire tally increase slightly over the past year\u2014rising from 200 individuals to 205. These individuals have a collective net worth of $941 billion in 2025\u2014down from $954 billion last year. The drop is primarily due to the country\u2019s two richest individuals seeing their fortunes fall by more than $20 billion as shares of their conglomerates declined.<\/p>\n<h2>Who are the 10 richest Indians on the list?<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Mukesh Ambani (net worth $ 92.5 billion)<\/li>\n<li>Gautam Adani (net worth $ 56.3 billion)<\/li>\n<li>Savitri Jindal &amp; family (net worth $ 35.5 billion)<\/li>\n<li>Shiv Nadar (net worth $ 34.5 billion)<\/li>\n<li>Dilip Shanghvi (net worth $ 24.9 billion)<\/li>\n<li>Cyrus Poonawalla (net worth $ 23.1billion)<\/li>\n<li>Kumar Birla (net worth $ 20.9 billion)<\/li>\n<li>Lakshmi Mittal (net worth $ 19.2 billion)<\/li>\n<li>Radhakishan Damani (net worth $ 15.4 billion)<\/li>\n<li>Kushal Pal Singh (net worth $ 14.5 billion)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"display:none;\" data-ga-impression=\"Events_widget_$pagename#Impression#url\" class=\"liveEventMain_widget custom_ad\">\n<div class=\"topContain\">\n<div class=\"imgBox\"><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"logoTitle\">Live Events<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/live_events_widget.cms?pagename=articlepotime:1--><\/p>\n<h2>The World&#8217;s Richest: The Top 10 in 2025<\/h2>\n<p>Elon Musk remains the world&#8217;s wealthiest individual, nearly doubling his fortune in a year. <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/news\/mark-zuckerberg\" rel=\"noopener\">Mark Zuckerberg<\/a> climbs to second place, while Jeff Bezos follows closely. The top 10 are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Elon Musk ($342 billion) \u2013 Tesla, SpaceX (USA)<\/li>\n<li>Mark Zuckerberg ($216 billion) \u2013 Meta (USA)<\/li>\n<li>Jeff Bezos ($215 billion) \u2013 Amazon (USA)<\/li>\n<li>Larry Ellison ($192 billion) \u2013 <a rel=\"dofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/oracle-financial-services-software-ltd\/stocks\/companyid-3160.cms\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" target=\"_blank\">Oracle<\/a> (USA)<\/li>\n<li>Bernard Arnault &amp; family ($178 billion) \u2013 LVMH (France)<\/li>\n<li>Warren Buffett ($154 billion) \u2013 Berkshire Hathaway (USA)<\/li>\n<li>Larry Page ($144 billion) \u2013 Google (USA)<\/li>\n<li>Sergey Brin ($138 billion) \u2013 Google (USA)<\/li>\n<li>Amancio Ortega ($124 billion) \u2013 Zara (Spain)<\/li>\n<li>Steve Ballmer ($118 billion) \u2013 Microsoft (USA)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The list is largely dominated by Americans, with only two non-US billionaires\u2014France\u2019s Bernard Arnault and Spain\u2019s Amancio Ortega\u2014making the cut.<\/p>\n<h2>Alice Walton Remains the Richest Woman<\/h2>\n<p>Alice Walton, heir to the Walmart fortune, retains her title as the world&#8217;s richest woman, ranking 15th overall with a net worth of $101 billion. Her brothers, Rob Walton and Jim Walton, hold the 11th and 12th spots, keeping the Walmart legacy strong.<\/p>\n<p>Only six women feature in the top 50, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Francoise Bettencourt Meyers &amp; family ($81.6 billion) \u2013 L&#8217;Oreal (20th place)<\/li>\n<li>Julia Koch &amp; family ($74.2 billion) \u2013 Koch Industries (21st place)<\/li>\n<li>Jacqueline Mars ($42.6 billion) \u2013 Mars Inc. (33rd place)<\/li>\n<li>Rafaela Aponte-Diamant ($37.7 billion) \u2013 MSC (44th place)<\/li>\n<li>Savitri Jindal &amp; family ($35.5 billion) \u2013 Jindal Industries (48th place)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Once the world\u2019s richest man, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates now sits in 13th place with a net worth of $108 billion.<br \/><!--\/article_liveblog.cms?msid=105115637&pos=botpotime:1--><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/news\/india\/forbes-billionaires-list-2025-tech-titans-dominate-forbes-billionaires-list-2025-mukesh-ambani-leads-in-india-gautam-adani-slips-to-28th\/articleshow\/119898317.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Forbes has unveiled its World&#8217;s Billionaires List for 2025, revealing that the number of billionaires has surged to 3,028\u2014247 more than last year. Collectively, they hold a staggering $16.1 trillion, an increase of $2 trillion from 2024. 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