Thursday, May 8, 2008
12,000 respondents said, India will have most billionaires by 2017
I ndia will have more billionaires than any other country in the world in a decade, according to an online poll by Forbes magazine.
More than half of nearly 12,000 respondents said India will have the maximum number of billionaires in 2017, according to the poll initiated by the U.S. business magazine in November last.
In the world's billionaires list released by the magazine last month, India had the fourth largest number in the world, while the United States had the most. However, only 17 percent believed that the United States would have the most billionaires in 10 years, while 20 percent the second highest after India - thought China would top the list. Incidentally, the Ambani brothers, Mukesh and Anil, together have been rated by the Sunday Times of London as the richest in the world at a combined worth of £43 billion ($85 billion), ahead of America's Walton family, owners of WalMart (£38.4 billion) and Microsoft chief Bill Gates (£29 billion).
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More than half of nearly 12,000 respondents said India will have the maximum number of billionaires in 2017, according to the poll initiated by the U.S. business magazine in November last.
In the world's billionaires list released by the magazine last month, India had the fourth largest number in the world, while the United States had the most. However, only 17 percent believed that the United States would have the most billionaires in 10 years, while 20 percent the second highest after India - thought China would top the list. Incidentally, the Ambani brothers, Mukesh and Anil, together have been rated by the Sunday Times of London as the richest in the world at a combined worth of £43 billion ($85 billion), ahead of America's Walton family, owners of WalMart (£38.4 billion) and Microsoft chief Bill Gates (£29 billion).
To read the full article, click here...
To read the ePaper, visit: http://www.newsindia-times.com
Labels: Ambani brothers, Bill Gates, billionaires, China, Forbes magazine, india, london, Sunday Times, United states, world's billionaires list
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