List of billionaires
The Forbes magazine surveyed and publishes the list of billionaires every year. In this magazine, all the wealthiest person of the world has been mentioned according to their world ranking. According to the Forbes 2021 survey, there are 2,755 billionaires in the world, and the total wealth is $13.1 trillion. The United States is in the 1st position with a total of 724 billionaires, followed by China at number 2nd with 698 billionaires and India at 3rd position with 140 billionaires. Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon, is at the top rank in the world's ranking. Elon Musk, founder and CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, is at 2nd number, and Bernard Arnault, CEO and Chair Person of LVMH, holds the 3rd rank.
Here I am going to give the list of the top 199 billionaires in the world on the basis of the Forbes 2021 survey.
Rank |
Name |
Total Wealth |
Country |
1 |
Jeff Bezos |
$177 billion |
U.S. |
2 |
Elon Musk |
$151 billion |
U.S. |
3 |
Bernard Arnault & family |
$ 150 billion |
France |
4 |
Bill Gates |
$124 billion |
U.S. |
5 |
Warren Buffett |
$96 billion |
U.S. |
6 |
Larry Ellison |
$93 billion |
U.S. |
7 |
Larry Page |
$91 billion |
U.S. |
8 |
Sergey Brin |
$89 billion |
U.S. |
9 |
Mukesh Ambani |
$84.5 billion |
India |
10 |
Amancio Ortega |
$77 billion |
Spain |
11 |
Francoise Bettencourt Meyers & Family |
$73.6 billion |
France |
12 |
Zhong Shanshan |
$68.9 billion |
China |
13 |
Steve Bailmer |
$68.7 billion |
U.S. |
14 |
Ma Huateng |
$65.8 billion |
China |
15 |
Carlos Slim Helu & Family |
$62.8 billion |
Mexico |
16 |
Alice Walton |
$61.8 billion |
U.S. |
17 |
Jim Walton |
$60.2 billion |
U.S. |
18 |
Rob Walton |
$59.5 billion |
U.S. |
19 |
Michael Bloomberg |
$59 billion |
U.S. |
20 |
Colin Zheng Huang |
$55.3 billion |
China |
21 |
Mackenzie Scott |
$55 billion |
U.S. |
22 |
Denial Gilbert |
$51.9 billion |
U.S. |
23 |
Gautam Adani $ Family |
$50.5 billion |
India |
24 |
Phir knight & Family |
$49.9 billion |
U.S. |
25 |
Jack Ma |
$48.4 billion |
China |
26 |
Charles Koch |
$46.4 billion |
U.S. |
27 |
Julia Koch & Family |
$46.4 billion |
U.S. |
28 |
Masayoshi Son |
$45.4 billion |
Japan |
29 |
Michael Dell |
$45.1 billion |
U.S. |
30 |
Tadashi Yani& Family |
$44.1 billion |
Japan |
31 |
Francois Pinault & Family |
$42.3 billion |
France |
32 |
David Thomson & Family |
$41.8 billion |
Canada |
33 |
Beate Heister & Karl Alberecht Jr. |
$39.2 billion |
Germany |
34 |
Wang Wei |
$39billion |
china |
35 |
Miriam Adelson |
$38.2 billion |
U.S. |
36 |
He Xiangjian |
$37.7 billion |
china |
37 |
Dieter Schwarz |
$36.9 billion |
Germany |
38 |
Zhang Yiming |
$35.6 billion |
china |
39 |
Giovanni Ferrero |
$35.1 billion |
Italy |
40 |
Alain Wertheimer |
$34.5 billion |
France |
41 |
Gerard Wertheimer |
$34.5 billion |
France |
42 |
Li ka-Shing |
$33.7 billion |
Hong Kong |
43 |
Qin Yinglin & Family |
$33.5 billion |
China |
44 |
William Le Ding |
$33 billion |
china |
45 |
Len Blavatnik |
$32 billion |
U.S. |
46 |
Lee Shau Kee |
$31.7 billion |
Hong Kong |
47 |
Jacqueline Mars |
$31.3 billion |
U.S. |
48 |
John mars |
$31.3 billion |
U.S. |
49 |
Yang Huiyan & Family |
$29.6 billion |
China |
50 |
Alexey Mordashov & Family |
$29.1 billion |
Russia |
51 |
Robin Zeng |
$28.4 billion |
Hong Kong |
52 |
Hui ka Yan |
$27.7 billion |
China |
53 |
Susanne Klatten |
$27.7 billion |
Germany |
54 |
Vladimir Potanin |
$27 billion |
Russia |
55 |
Dietrich Mateschitz |
$26.9 billion |
Austria |
56 |
Pang Kang |
$26.4 billion |
China |
57 |
Klaus-Michael Kuehne |
$26.3 billion |
Germany |
58 |
Vladimir Lisin |
$26.2 billion |
Russia |
59 |
Wang Xing |
$26. 1 billion |
China |
60 |
German Larrea Mota Velasco & Family |
$25.9 billion |
Maxico |
61 |
Leonardo del Vecchio & Family |
$25.8 billion |
Italy |
62 |
Takemitsu Takizaki |
$25.8 billion |
Japan |
63 |
Leonard lauder |
$25.5 billion |
U.S. |
64 |
Thomas Peterffy |
$25 billion |
U.S. |
65 |
Vagit Alekperov |
$24.9 billion |
Russia |
66 |
Leonid Mikhelson |
$24.9 billion |
Russia |
67 |
Jim Simons |
$24.6 billion |
U.S. |
68 |
Jiang Rensheng & Family |
$24.4 billion |
China |
69 |
Gina Rinehart |
$23.6 billion |
Australia |
70 |
Rupert Murdoch & Family |
$23.5 billion |
U.S. |
71 |
Shiv Nadar |
$23.5 billion |
India |
72 |
Zhang Zhidong |
$23.4 billion |
China |
73 |
Iris Fontbona & Family |
$23.3 billion |
Chile |
74 |
Lei Jun |
$23 billion |
China |
75 |
Zhan Yong |
$23 billion |
Singapore |
76 |
Richard Qiangdong Liu |
$22.4 billion |
China |
77 |
Gennady Timchenko |
$22 billion |
Russia |
78 |
Stephen Schwarzman |
$21.9 billion |
U.S. |
79 |
Goh Cheng Liang |
$21.7billion |
Singapore |
80 |
Stefan Quandt |
$21.6 billion |
Germany |
81 |
Li Xiting |
$21.5 billion |
Singapore |
82 |
Pierre Omidyar |
$21.4 billion |
U.S. |
83 |
Stefan Persson |
$21.3 billion |
Sweden |
84 |
Abigail Johnson |
$20.9 billion |
U.S. |
85 |
R. Budi Hartono |
$20.5 billion |
Indonesia |
86 |
Andrew Forrest |
$20.4 billion |
Australia |
87 |
Ray Dalio |
$20.3 billion |
U.S. |
88 |
Michael Hartono |
$19.7 billion |
Indonesia |
89 |
Li Shufu |
$19.7 billion |
China |
90 |
Zhong Huijuan |
$19.7 billion |
China |
91 |
Xu Hang |
$19.5 billion |
Hong Kong |
92 |
Lui Che Woo & Family |
$19.4 billion |
Hong Kong |
93 |
Emmanuel Besnier |
$19.1 billion |
France |
94 |
Laurene Powell Jobs & Family |
$19 billion |
U.S. |
95 |
Eric Schmidt |
$18.9 billion |
U.S. |
96 |
Sun Piaoyang |
$18.9 billion |
China |
97 |
Theo Albrecht, Jr. & Family |
$18.8 billion |
Germany |
98 |
Alisher Usmanov |
$18.4 billion |
Russia |
99 |
Robert Pera |
$18.3 billion |
U.S. |
100 |
Wu Yajun |
$18.3 billion |
China |
101 |
Fan Hongwei & Family |
$18.2 billion |
China |
102 |
Dhanin Chearavanont |
$18.1 billion |
Thailand |
103 |
Peter Woo |
$18 billion |
Hong kong |
104 |
Chen Bang |
$17.9 billion |
China |
105 |
Andrey Melnichenko |
$17.9billion |
Russia |
106 |
Dustin Moskovitz |
$17.8billion |
U.S. |
107 |
Su Hua |
$17.8 BILLION |
China |
108 |
Donald Newhouse |
$17.6 billion |
U.S. |
109 |
Peter Kellner |
$17.5 billion |
Czechia |
110 |
Lee Man Tat |
$17.4 billion |
Hong kong |
111 |
Pavel Durov |
$17.2 billion |
Russia |
112 |
James Ratcliffe |
$17 billion |
U.S. |
113 |
Jorge Paulo Lemann & Family |
$16.9 billion |
Brazil |
114 |
Reinhold Wuerth & Family |
$16.8 billion |
Germany |
115 |
Charlene De Carvalho-Heinneken & Family |
$16.7 billion |
Netherlands |
116 |
Radhakishan Damani |
$16.5 billion |
India |
117 |
Wang Chuanfu |
$16.3 billion |
China |
118 |
Steve Cohan |
$16 billion |
U.S. |
119 |
Ken Griffin |
$16 billion |
U.S. |
120 |
Chen Zhiping |
$15.9 billion |
china |
121 |
Ernest Garcia, II |
$15.9 billion |
U.S. |
122 |
Uday Kotak |
$15.9 billion |
India |
123 |
Carl Icahn |
$15.8 billion |
U.S. |
124 |
Suleiman Kerimov & Family |
$15.8 billion |
Russia |
125 |
Thomas First, Jr.& Family |
$15.7 billion |
U.S. |
126 |
Lukas Walton |
$15.6 billion |
U.S. |
127 |
Mikhail Fridman |
$15.5 billion |
Russia |
128 |
Wei Jianjun & Family |
$15.5 billion |
China |
129 |
Zuo Hui |
$15.5 billion |
China |
130 |
Zhou Qunfei & Family |
$15.4 billion |
Hong Kong |
131 |
Donald Bren |
$ 15.3 billion |
U.S. |
132 |
Hinduja Brothers |
$14.9 billion |
U.K. |
133 |
Lakshmi Mittal |
$15.9 billion |
India |
134 |
George Schaeffler |
$14.9 billion |
Germany |
135 |
Eric Yuan & Family |
$14.9 billion |
U.S. |
136 |
Wang Jianlin |
$14.8 billion |
china |
137 |
Kwong Siu-Hing |
$14.7 billion |
Hong kong |
138 |
Robin li |
$14.7 billion |
china |
139 |
Pallonji Mistry |
$14.6 billion |
Ireland |
140 |
Eduardo Saverin |
$14.6 billion |
brazil |
141 |
Roman Abramovich |
$14.5 billion |
Russia |
142 |
David Tepper |
$14.5 billion |
U.S. |
143 |
Gong Hongjia & Family |
$14.4 billion |
Hong kong |
144 |
Mike Cannon-Brookes |
$14.2 billion |
Australia |
145 |
John Menard, jr |
$14.2 billion |
U.S. |
146 |
Seo Jung-Jin |
$14.2 billion |
South Korea |
147 |
Cheng Yixiao |
$14.1 billion |
China |
148 |
Liang Wengen |
$14.1 billion |
China |
149 |
Scott Farquhar |
$14 billion |
Australia |
150 |
Finn Rausing |
$13.9 billion |
Sweden |
151 |
Jorn Rausing |
$13.9 billion |
Sweden |
152 |
Kirsten Rausing |
$13.9 billion |
Sweden |
153 |
Brain Chesky |
$13.7 billion |
U.S. |
154 |
Joseph Lau |
$13.6 billion |
Hong Kong |
155 |
David Duffield |
$13.5 billion |
U.S. |
156 |
Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi |
$13.5 billion |
Thailand |
157 |
Kim Jung-Ju |
$13.3 billion |
South Korea |
158 |
Robert & Philip Ng |
$13.3 billion |
Singapore |
159 |
Zhang Bangxin |
$13.3 billion |
China |
160 |
Anders Holch Povlsen |
$13.2 billion |
Denmark |
161 |
Wang Wenyin |
$13.2 billion |
China |
162 |
Wang Liping & Family |
$13.1 billion |
China |
163 |
Tatyana Bakalchuk |
$13 billion |
Russia |
164 |
Michael Platt |
$13 billion |
U.K. |
165 |
Huang Shilin |
$12.9 billion |
China |
166 |
Ricardo Salinas Pliego & Family |
$12.9 billion |
Mexico |
167 |
Kumar Birla |
$12.8 billion |
India |
168 |
Dang Yambao |
$12.7 billion |
China |
169 |
Cyrus Poonawalla |
$12.7 billion |
India |
170 |
Robert Kuok |
$12.6 billion |
Malaysia |
171 |
Hank & Doug Meijer |
$12.6 billion |
U.S. |
172 |
Jack Dorsey |
$12.5 billion |
U.S. |
173 |
Lu Zhongfang |
$12.5 billion |
China |
174 |
Ma Jianrong & Family |
$12.5 billion |
China |
175 |
Zhang Tao |
$12.5 billion |
China |
176 |
Nathan Blecharczyk |
$12.4 billion |
U.S. |
177 |
John Doerr |
$12.4 billion |
U.S. |
178 |
Joe Gebbia |
$12.4 billion |
U.S. |
179 |
Forrest Li |
$12.4 billion |
Singapore |
180 |
Yu Renrong |
$12.3 billion |
china |
181 |
Liu Yonghao & Family |
$12.1 billion |
china |
182 |
Gordon Moore |
$12.1 billion |
U.S. |
183 |
Jeff Yass |
$12 billion |
U.S. |
184 |
Bobby Murphy |
$11.9 billion |
U.S. |
185 |
Patrick Drahi |
$11.8 billion |
France |
186 |
Jensen Huang |
$11.8 billion |
U.S. |
187 |
Alexander Otto |
$11.8 billion |
Germany |
188 |
Cen Junda |
$11.6 billion |
China |
189 |
Joseph Tsai |
$11.6 billion |
Canada |
190 |
Aliko Dangote |
$11.5 billion |
Nigeria |
191 |
Marcel Herrmann Telles |
$11.5 billion |
Brazil |
192 |
Mikhail Prokhorov |
$11.4 billion |
Russia |
193 |
Jorge Moll Filho & Family |
$11.3 billion |
Brazil |
194 |
Viktor Rashnikov |
$11.2 billion |
Russia |
195 |
Harry Triguboff |
$11.2 billion |
Australia |
196 |
Leonid Fedun & Family |
$11.1 billion |
Russia |
197 |
Eyal Ofer |
$11.1 billion |
Israel |
198 |
Evan Spiegel |
$11.1 billion |
U.S. |
199 |
Luis Carlos Sarmiento |
$11 billion |
Colombia |
Top 10 female billionaires
Further every year, Forbes magazine also published the list of female billionaires in the world. According to its 2021 survey, there are a total of 328 women billionaires in the world, in which Francoise Bettencourt Meyers from France holds the 1st position. Now I am going to give the list of the top 10 female billionaires in the world that is given below:
1. Francoise Bettencourt Meyers & Family
Francoise Meyers, a board member of L'Oreal from France, holds the top position in the world billionaire's ranking. Her total wealth is $73.6 billion.
2. Alice Walton
Alice Walton from the United States holds the 2ND rank in the world's ranking. Her total wealth is $61.8 billion, and the source of income is Walmart.
3. Mackenzie Scott
Mackenzie Scott, also from the United States, is at 3rd rank in the world's ranking. Her total wealth is $53 billion. She is the ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. After separation, she became a philanthropist during covid19 and also funded several non-profit organizations in the United States. However, she married again with Dan Jewett, a science teacher.
4. Julia Koch & Family
Julia Koch, one of the boards of directors of Koch Industries in the United States, is at 4th position in the world's ranking. Her total wealth is $46.4 billion.
5. Miriam Adelson
Miriam Adelson from the United States holds the 5th rank in the world ranking. Her total wealth is $38.2 billion. Her source of income is the casinos of Las Vegas Sands. However, during the pandemic, the company faced a big loss and announced its selling.
6. Jacqueline Mars
Jacqueline Mars from the United States is at 6th rank in the world's ranking. Her total wealth is $31.3 billion. Her source of income is Candy, Pet food, and Food Companies.
7. Yang Huiyan & Family
Yang Huiyan, a real estate businesswoman from China, holds the 7th rank in the world ranking. Her total wealth is $29.6 billion.
8. Susanne Klatten
Susanne Klatten from Germany holds the 8th rank in the world's ranking. Her total wealth is $27.7 billion. Her source of income is BMW, one of the luxurious car companies and Pharmaceuticals.
9. Gina Rinehart
Gina Rinehart, a chairperson of mining and Agriculture Company of Australia, is at 9th position in the world's ranking. Her total wealth is $23.6 billion. She is also the richest person in Australia.
10. Iris Fontbona & Family
Iris Fontbona from Chile holds the 10th rank in the world's ranking. Her total wealth is $23.3 billion. Her source of income is Antofagasta, a mining company in Chile.
Now I am going to give the list of the top 10 billionaires in India. According to Forbes 2021 survey, the number of billionaires in India is 140. Their total wealth is about $596 billion, of which $100 billion is contributed by the top three billionaires; Mukesh Ambani, Gautam Adani and Shiv Nadir.
List of 10 billionaires in India
1. Mukesh Ambani
Mukesh Ambani (from Mumbai), the chairman and managing director of Reliance industries, is at 1st position in the list of billionaires in India. His total wealth is $84.5 billion. He is the richest person in the Asia continent as well as at 10th rank in the world's billionaires ranking.
2. Gautam Adani
Gautam Adani (from Ahmadabad), the chairman of the Adani group, holds number 2nd in the billionaire's list in India. His total wealth is $50.5 billion. In the world ranking, he is at number 24.
3. Shiv nadir
Shiv Nadir (from Delhi), the founder of HCL, is at number 3rd in the list of billionaires in India. His total wealth is $23.5 billion. In the world's billionaires ranking, he holds the rank 71st.
4. Radhakishan Damani
Radhakishan Damani (from Mumbai), a retailer and investor as well as the founder of avenue supermarket, holds number 4th in the list of billionaires in India. His total wealth is $16.5 billion. In the world's ranking, he holds the 117th position.
5. Uday Kotak
Uday Kotak (from Mumbai), the founder of Kotak Mahindra bank, holds the 5th rank in the list of billionaires in India. He is the richest banker in India. His total wealth is $15.9 billion. In the world's billionaires ranking, his rank is 121st.
6. Lakshmi Mittal
Lakshmi Mittal (NRI, residence in London), the executive chairman of steel company Arcelor Mittal, holds the 6th rank in the list of billionaires in India. His total wealth is $14.9 billion. In the world's ranking, he holds the 140th position.
7. Kumar Birla
Kumar Birla (from Mumbai), who has a commodities empire, holds the 7th rank in the list of billionaires in India. His total wealth is $12.8 billion. In the world's ranking of billionaires, he is at 169th position.
8. Cyrus Poonawalla
Cyrus Poonawalla (from Pune), chairman of Serum Institute of India, is at 8th rank in the list of billionaires in India. His total wealth is $12.7 billion. In the world's billionaires ranking, he holds 169th position.
9. Dilip Shanghvi
Dilip Shanghvi (from Mumbai), the founder of Sun Pharmaceuticals, is at 9th rank in the list of billionaires in India. His total wealth is $10.9 billion. He holds the 203rd position in the world's ranking of billionaires.
10. Sunil Mittal & Family
Sunil Mittal (from Delhi), leader of Bharti Airtel, is in the 10th position in the list of billionaires in India. His total wealth is $10.5 billion. In the world's ranking, he holds the rank 213. Mittal Telecome company is at number second after the Jio company of Ambani.
Top 5 Woman billionaires in India
Further, According to Forbes 2021 survey, there are five women billionaires in India. Their names, according to their ranking, are given below.
1. Savitri Jindal and Family
Savitri Jindal, the chairperson of the Jindal group, holds the top rank in the list of women billionaires in India. Her total wealth is $8.7 billion. Apart from being a businesswoman, she is also a politician as well as a social activist. She is the 19th richest person in India.
2. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
Kiran Mazumdar, the founder of Biocon the Biopharmaceutical Company, holds the 2nd rank in women billionaires in India. Her total wealth is $4.7 billion.
3. Smita Crishna
Smita Crishna, the owner of the Godrej Empire, holds the 3rd rank in women billionaires in India. Her total wealth is $2.5 billion. She purchased Homi Bhabha's house worth Rs 371 crore.
4. Radha Vembu
Radha Vembu member of Zoho holds the 4th rank in women billionaires in India. Her total wealth is $1.2 billion.
5. Anu Aga
Anu Aga, a chairperson of Thermax Company, is in 5th position in women billionaires in India. Her total wealth is $1 billion.
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