Forbes Billionaires 2022: The Richest People In The World

The Forbes billionaires 2022 list is out, which compiles the list of the world’s richest, who this time was hit by the impact of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, coronavirus pandemic and sluggish markets. Elon Musk, the Tesla and SpaceX founder topped Forbes’ list for the first time ever with a net worth of $219 billion. Elon Musk is leading the Forbes billionaires list with a net worth of $219 billion, followed by Amazon chief Jeff Bezos at $171 billion.

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America has most number of billionaires at 735 worth a collective net worth of $4.7 trillion, including Elon Musk, who tops the World’s Billionaires list for the first time. China (including Macau and Hong Kong) remains number two, with 607 billionaires worth a collective $2.3 trillion. Forbes uses stock prices and exchange rates from March 11, 2022, to calculate net worths.

Here is the list of the top 10 billionaires:

Rank	Name	Net Worth	Country
1	Elon Musk	$219 B	Tesla, United States
2	Jeff Bezos	$171 B	Amazon, United States
3	Bernard Arnault & family	$158 B	LVMH, France
4	Bill Gates	$129 B	Microsoft, United States
5	Warren Buffett	$118 B	Berkshire Hathaway, US
6	Larry Page	$111 B	Google, United States
7	Sergey Brin	$107 B	Google, United States
8	Larry Ellison	$106 B	Oracle, United States
9	Steve Ballmer	$91.4 B	Microsoft, United States
10	Mukesh Ambani	$90.7 B	Reliance Ind Ltd, India

Indian Scenario:

Forbes Billionaires 2022: Men billionaires of India

Ambani ranked at the 10th position on the global list, followed narrowly by fellow industrialist and Adani Group founder Gautam Adani, whose fortune climbed by almost $40 billion over the past year, to an estimated $90 billion.

Here are the top 10 richest Indians on the Forbes Billionaires List 2022:

Rank	Name	Net Worth	Company
10th rank	Mukesh Ambani	($90.7 billion)	Reliance Industries Ltd
11th rank	Gautam Adani	($90 billion)	Adani Group
47th rank	Shiv Nadar	($28.7 billion)	HCL Technologies
56th rank	Cyrus Poonawalla	$24.3 billion)	Serum Institute of India
81st rank	Radhakishan Damani	($20 billion)	DMart
89th rank	Lakshmi Mittal	($17.9 billion)	ArcelorMittal
91st rank	Savitri Jindal and family	($17.7 billion)	O.P.Jindal Group
106th rank	Kumar Birla	($16.5 billion)	Aditya Birla Group
115th rank	Dilip Sanghvi	($15.6 billion)	Sun Pharmaceuticals
129th rank	Uday Kotak	($15.3 billion)	Kotak Mahindra Bank

Forbes Billionaires List 2022: Women billionaires of India

Savitri Jindal, the chairperson of the Jindal Group, is the richest woman in India, according to the Forbes’ Billionaires List 2022, with a net worth of $17.7 billion. A total of 11 Indian women, with 4 newcomers, joined the global rich list this year.

Francoise Bettencourt Meyers, cosmetics giant L’Oréal’s founder’s granddaughter, was listed as the richest woman in the world this year – with a net worth of $74.8 billion, according to the report. Meyers’ net worth increased significantly in the past two years, from $48.9 billion in 2020.

Here’s the list of Indian women on the Forbes Billionaires List 2022:

Rank	Name	Net Worth	Company
91.	Savitri Jindal	$17.7 billion	Jindal Group
637.	Falguni Nayar	$4.5 billion	Nykaa
778.	Leena Tewari	$3.8 billion	USV Private Limited
913.	Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw	$3.3 billion	Biocon
1238.	Smita Crishna-Godrej	$2.5 billion	Godrej
1579.	Anu Aga	$1.9 billion	Thermax
1645.	Mudula Parekh	$1.8 billion	Parekh Medisales Pvt Ltd
1729.	Radha Vembu	$1.7 billion	Zoho Corporation
2076.	Sara George Muthoot	$1.4 billion	Muthoot Finance Ltd
2448.	Kavita Singhania	$1.1 billion	J K Cement
2578.	Bhawari Bai Surana	$1 billion	Micro Labs