Billionaires  

Mark Zuckerberg is celebrating his 40th birthday today. He is the chairman, chief executive officer, and controlling shareholder of Meta Platforms.

The richest man in the country had a net worth of $220 billion and wore modest clothes. He also had an odd habit of only cleaning his bedroom once a year. 

This year, 25 new Indians joined the Forbes Billionaire List 2024. India had 200 billionaires out of the 2,781 total in the world. Renuka Jagtiani topped the list of new billionaires with a net worth of $4.8 billion. 

25 new personalities made it to the latest Forbes list of Indian billionaires. Among them is Renuka Jagtiani, the CEO of Landmark Group.

Byju's founder, Byju Raveendran, has been removed from the Forbes Billionaire list 2024. Just last year, his net worth amounted to around $2.1 billion, but now it has plunged to zero due to the company's financial crisis. 

Renuka Jagtiani is among the 23 new billionaires on the Forbes New Billionaires list 2024, with a net worth of $4.8 billion. She is the CEO of Landmark Group, a retail company founded by her late husband Micky Jigtiani.  

Mumbai has surpassed Beijing and has become the new billionaire capital of Asia. According to the Hurun Global Rich List 2024, Mumbai has witnessed a surge in billionaires and had 92 new billionaires compared to 91 in Beijing. 

Nikhil Kamath, the co-founder of Zerodha, a company worth Rs 25 thousand crore, lives in a rented house. He began working at the age of 17, and gradually rose to the heights of success.  

Asia has a thriving business landscape that has produced many billionaires in the process. Let's check out the 5 most wealthiest families in Asia according to Bloomberg and how they built their wealth. 

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As a young man, Dhananjay Datar moved to Dubai to support his father’s grocery store. Gradually, the business flourished, and Dhananjay established himself as the Masala King in the UAE.

Cyber Index recently released a list of countries with the most number of female billionaires for International Women's Day. India ranks 5th with a total of 15 billionaires. Savitri Jindal tops the list with a net worth of $29.1 billion. 

Kokilaben Ambani is the mother of Indian billionaires Mukesh Ambani and Anil Ambani. Amidst the celebrations surrounding the wedding of Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant, Kokilaben revealed how she acquired English speaking skills with her husband’s support.

EaseMyTrip is India’s second largest online travel company. Notably, it is the third company among the 120 unicorns in the country to achieve this milestone without any external investment. The first two companies to accomplish this feat were Zerodha and Zoho.

Sunil Bharti Mittal, Founder and Chairperson of Bharti Enterprises was awarded the Honourary Knighthood by the King Charles III of UK on 28 February. He is a business tycoon and was also featured in the top 10 list of billionaires in India by Forbes in 2023. He received Padma Bhushan in 2007 and is currently a Commissioner for Sustainable Development at the International Telecommunication Union/UNESCO Broadband Commission.