Thursday, March 18, 2010
Two Indians in top five Forbes Billionaires list
Two Indians have made it to the top five in the Forbes Billionaires list published in the magazine's March 29 issue. Mukesh Ambani of petrochemicals, oil and gas company Reliance Industries ranked fourth with a fortune of $29 billion, and steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal ranked fifth with $28.7 billion.
According to Forbes, the number of billionaires in India doubled in 2009. It lists 49 Indian billionaires, up from 24 the previous year.
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According to Forbes, the number of billionaires in India doubled in 2009. It lists 49 Indian billionaires, up from 24 the previous year.
To read the full article, click here...
To read the ePaper, visit: http://www.newsindia-times.com
Labels: forbes billionaires list, forbes list, lakshmi mittal, mukesh ambani
Monday, August 24, 2009
4 Indian women among world's most powerful
PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi was ranked third by Forbes magazine in its 2009 list of "The 100 Most Powerful Women in the World." Nooyi topped other candidates such as Queen of Jordan, First Lady Michelle Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
Four women of Indian origin and one Bangladeshi are among the South Asians that made it to the list. Congress Party President Sonia Gandhi is ranked 13th; Chanda Kochhar, chief executive of ICICI Bank, comes in at 20; South African Navanethem Pillay, high commissioner for human rights at the United Nations, is ranked 63rd; Bangladesh's Prime Minister Hasina Wajed comes in at 78; and Kiran MazumdarShaw, chairwoman of Biocon in India, makes it at 91.
The list is not about the money, the magazine says, and it isn't about celebrity or popularity - it's about influence. "
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Four women of Indian origin and one Bangladeshi are among the South Asians that made it to the list. Congress Party President Sonia Gandhi is ranked 13th; Chanda Kochhar, chief executive of ICICI Bank, comes in at 20; South African Navanethem Pillay, high commissioner for human rights at the United Nations, is ranked 63rd; Bangladesh's Prime Minister Hasina Wajed comes in at 78; and Kiran MazumdarShaw, chairwoman of Biocon in India, makes it at 91.
The list is not about the money, the magazine says, and it isn't about celebrity or popularity - it's about influence. "
To read the full article, click here...
To read the ePaper, visit: http://www.newsindia-times.com
Labels: bangladeshi prime minster hasina wajed, forbes, forbes list, icic bank chief executive, magazine, michelle obama, popularity, powerful women list, queen of jordan, sonia gandhi, United Nations
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