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Forbes World’s Billionaires List 2025 is out and India has seen its overall billionaire tally increase slightly over the past year — rising from a 200 individuals to 205. These individuals have a collective net worth of $941 billion in 2025. However it is down from $954 billion last year.
While data released by Forbes indicates that the country is currently home to 205 billionaires, Mukesh Ambani continues to be the richest person in India with a net worth of $116 billion. Once again, the Forbes World’s Billionaires List for 2025 is led by Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk who has a net worth $342 billion.
The drop of $13 billion due to the country’s two richest individuals seeing their fortunes fall by more than $20 billion as shares of their conglomerates fell.
Moreover, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has climbed to second place for the first time, with a net worth of $216 billion. He has surpassed Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, who is now ranked third, and Oracle’s Larry Ellison, who is in fourth place.
Who are the 10 richest Indians on the list?
The 2025 list features a record 3,028 people from around the globe — marking the first time that the billionaire population has crossed the 3,000 mark. They’re now cumulatively worth a record $16.1 trillion.
Miriam Adelson out of list
Nevada’s Miriam Adelson was bumped off the top 50 in Forbes’ annual list of billionaires for 2025 but remains among the richest people in the world. The 79-year-old megadonor to President Donald Trump and widow to the late casino magnate Sheldon Adelson was ranked 56th in this year’s Forbes billionaires list with an estimated worth of $32.1 billion.
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