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Reliance Industries Mukesh Ambani, Wipro chief Azim Premji and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries' Dilip Shanghvi, have made it to a global list of 50 wealthiest people, which is topped by Microsoft Corporation co-founder Bill Gates, according to a new list by Wealth-X in collaboration with Business Insider. Here is all you wanted to know in 10 slides about list:
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Reliance Industries Mukesh Ambani was ranked at the 27th place on the list with a net worth of $24.8 billion on the new list by Wealth-X. (Reuters)
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Wipro chief Azim Premji and Dilip Shanghvi were ranked at the 43rd and 44th place with assets worth $16.5 billion and $16.4 billion respectively. (Reuters)
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While only four billionaires from China and three from India made the top 50, the US is home to 29 billionaires, more than any other country, as per the Wealth X list. (Reuters)
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The list was topped by Bill Gates who has a staggering wealth of $87.4 billion, followed by Spanish businessman Amancio Ortega Gaona and Warren Buffett in the second and third place with wealth of $66.8 billion and $60.7 billion respectively. (Reuters)
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The youngest billionaire on the list is 31-year-old Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg, ranked 8th with a net worth of $42.8 billion. (Reuters)
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Amazon’s Jeffrey Bezos with a net worth of $56.6 billion and US business tycoon David Koch with $47.4 billion made the top five richest people in the world. (AP)
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Only four female billionaires are on the list. The oldest billionaire, 93-year-old L’Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt, is one of the four. She is ranked 17th, with a net worth of $29 billion. (Reuters)
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Sector-wise, the technology space dominated the list with 12 billionaires more than any other sector, including finance. (Reuters)
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The Wealth X list of top 50 wealthiest people in the world have a combined fortune of $1.45 tn, nearly equal to the GDP of Australia, according to Wealth-X. (Reuters)
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