Steel Tycoon Lakshmi Mittal has clinched the title of the world's richest Indian from Reliance Industries' chief Mukesh Ambani.
With a net worth of 31.1 billion dollars, Mittal has been ranked sixth in the Forbes Billionaires List of 2011, while Ambani was ranked at ninth position.
Two more familiar faces for Americans, Bill Gates and Warren Buffett, round out the top three, with net worths of $56 and $50 billion, respectively. Asia-Pacific region that is gaining the most speed in terms of net worth, as the region has 332 billionaires, although one in three billionaires are from America.
Forbes List – Top 20 Billionaires
1. Carlos Slim Helu
2. Bill Gates
3. Warren Buffett
4. Bernard Arnault
5. Larry Ellison
6. Lakshmi Mittal
7. Armancio Ortega
8. Eike Batista
9. Mukesh Ambani
10. Christy Walton
11. Li Ka-Shing
12. Karl Albrecht
13. Stefan Persson
14. Vladmir Lisin
15. Lilian Bettencourt
16. Sheldon Adelson
17. David Thomson
18. Charles Koch
19. David Koch
20. Jim Walton
With a net worth of 31.1 billion dollars, Mittal has been ranked sixth in the Forbes Billionaires List of 2011, while Ambani was ranked at ninth position.
Two more familiar faces for Americans, Bill Gates and Warren Buffett, round out the top three, with net worths of $56 and $50 billion, respectively. Asia-Pacific region that is gaining the most speed in terms of net worth, as the region has 332 billionaires, although one in three billionaires are from America.
Forbes List – Top 20 Billionaires
1. Carlos Slim Helu
2. Bill Gates
3. Warren Buffett
4. Bernard Arnault
5. Larry Ellison
6. Lakshmi Mittal
7. Armancio Ortega
8. Eike Batista
9. Mukesh Ambani
10. Christy Walton
11. Li Ka-Shing
12. Karl Albrecht
13. Stefan Persson
14. Vladmir Lisin
15. Lilian Bettencourt
16. Sheldon Adelson
17. David Thomson
18. Charles Koch
19. David Koch
20. Jim Walton
