Tag: richest people

• Monday, June 22nd 2020 - 07:21 UTC

  Reliance Industries chairman makes it to the top ten richest people of the world

  

  Asia's richest man has entered a new league of wealth. The net worth of Mr. Mukesh Ambani, chairman of Reliance Industries Ltd, has jumped to US$64.5 billion, making him the only Asian tycoon in the exclusive club of the world's top 10 richest people, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.

• Tuesday, January 17th 2017 - 10:19 UTC

  Eight of the richest people on earth own as much combined wealth as half the human race

  

  Just eight of the richest people on earth own as much combined wealth as half the human race. The charity Oxfam does the math each year and publishes its results just in time for the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, where many of the spectacularly wealthy are often among the attendees, along with diplomats, political figures, and business and cultural leaders.