As reported by Times of India, Mukesh Ambani, Reliant Group India, has surpassed Bills Gates and Carlos Slim Helu in the bid to become the richest person in the world with estimated networth of ~ USD 63b. BG and CSH are estimated to have $62.293b and $ 62.29b respectively.

3 indians in the top chart now?
1. mukesh ambani (reliance-petrochemicals for the most part)
2. carlos slim (investment)
3. bill gates (software)
4. warren buffet (investment)
5. laxmi mittal (steel)
?? anil ambani (reliance)

time for a nepali to make it to the darn list ?

prospective nepali (khutta taanne/ghus khane/?)

source:??

rank	Name	Citizenship	Age	Net Worth ($bil)	Residence
1	William Gates III	United States	51	56.0	United States
2	Warren Buffett	United States	76	52.0	United States
3	Carlos Slim Helu	Mexico	67	49.0	Mexico
4	Ingvar Kamprad & family	Sweden	80	33.0	Switzerland
5	Lakshmi Mittal	India	56	32.0	United Kingdom
6	Sheldon Adelson	United States	73	26.5	United States
7	Bernard Arnault	France	58	26.0	France
8	Amancio Ortega	Spain	71	24.0	Spain
9	Li Ka-shing	Hong Kong	78	23.0	Hong Kong
10	David Thomson & family	Canada	49	22.0	Canada
11	Lawrence Ellison	United States	62	21.5	United States
12	Liliane Bettencourt	France	84	20.7	France
13	Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud	Saudi Arabia	50	20.3	Saudi Arabia
14	Mukesh Ambani	India	49	20.1	India
15	Karl Albrecht	Germany	87	20.0	Germany
16	Roman Abramovich	Russia	40	18.7	United Kingdom
17	Stefan Persson	Sweden	59	18.4	Sweden
18	Anil Ambani	India	47	18.2	India
19	Paul Allen	United States	54	18.0	United States
20	Theo Albrecht	Germany	84	17.5	Germany
21	Azim Premji	India	61	17.1	India
22	Lee Shau Kee	Hong Kong	79	17.0	Hong Kong
23	Jim Walton	United States	59	16.8	United States
24	Christy Walton & family	United States	52	16.7	Unit
24	S Robson Walton	United States	63	16.7	United States

Source : http://www.forbes.com/lists/2007/10/07billionaires_The-Worlds-Billionaires_Rank.html

NOT MANY PPL KNOWS THIS BUT... THE RICHEST MAN IN THE WORLD IS THE SULTAN OF BRUNEI DARUSSALAM... " HASSANAL BOLIKAH" HE OWNS PROPERTY WORTH ABOUT 100 BILLION DOLLARS THAT'S LIKE DOUBLE OF GATES.... LOL... PLZ CHECK WIKIPEDIA OR JUS GOOGLE SULTAN OF BRUNEI... AND U'LL KNOW WAT I AM TALKING ABOUT...

 

he is not the richest person ...check this out

The Sultan has a sizable private fortune derived from his total control over the national economy's finances and the appropriation of the state's sizeable oil revenues to bankroll his extravagant lifestyle. He is one of the richest people in the world, with an estimated net worth of $30 bn

 

source":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hassanal_Bolkiah

http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=3e238f2f-cc6b-4fb0-bd3f-ccd16e18d105&&Headline=Is+India's+Mukesh+Ambani+the+richest+man+alive%3f

http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=291c78a8-f142-4bb3-b58f-c0b3273904a8&&Headline=Mukesh+Ambani+is+world's+richest+man

HUH WAT THE FCK... I WAS CHECKIN IT OUT YESTERDAY AND IT SAID HE HAD 90 BILLION KO WARI PARI... AND TODAY SOMEONE HAS EDITED IT SAYIN ITS 30 BILLION... THIS IS BULL.... PLZ... BELIVE ME.. SULTAN OF BRUNEI HAS 100 BILLION DOLLARS... PATTYANU LE PATTYAUCHAN NA PATTYANELE PATTYAUDAINAN.... ANYWAYS THE ONE WHO EDITIED IN WIKIPEDIA IS A PERVERT...

AND IT ALSO SAID THAT ROYAL FAMILIES ARE NOT LISTED IN THE LIST OF THE RICH PEOPLE ONLY NORMAL PPL... ARE LISTED IN THE LIST OF THE RICHES

Just for bluff,

Some Africans who claim to be the bankers and descendents of some dead rich persons, and frequently send bluff emails for transfer of millions of dollars should be in the list of the richest persons.

Yes, according to a report by the Press Trust of India released on Monday, which pegged his wealth at $63.2 billion (almost Rs 2.49 lakh crore).

However, some say he is not yet there. “Ambani’s holding in Reliance Petroleum should not be counted, as he doesn’t hold any share in the company directly and the price of Reliance Industries already reflects its investment in Reliance Petroleum,” said an industry source.He has reportedly just overtaken Carlos Slim of Mexico and Microsoft’s Bill Gates, whose personal assets are $62.299 billion and $62.290 billion respectively. The calculations take into account Ambani’s holding in Reliance Industries and Reliance Petroleum through Reliance Industries, apart from stakes in Reliance Industrial Infrastructure Ltd.

Moreover, Ambani owns around 46 per cent of Reliance Industries out of the 50.98 per cent held by the promoters. That would suggest he is worth close to $50 billion (Rs 1.9 lakh crore). But with the rupee and Sensex soaring, Ambani could soon become the undisputed richest man alive.

Source

So what does it matter to you as nepali? Who the F### cares.

It's ironic that 2 of the poorest country, India and Mexico, having riches in the world. Nothing is going to change the status of their "standard of living",reason why they're still labeled as "3rd World Country".

So what does it matter to you as nepali? Who the F### cares.

Hmm..i can smell something burning :P

why you here bro, if you don't care?

on a serious note:
i think every success story is inspiring one way or the other.

.I would go this way. An Indian on the top of the list will surely be attentive for anyone from south Asia. At the same time, and not disagreeing to some of the views put forth earlier, the Indians, especially their media, never talk about the flip side. Nearly 250 millions Indians are still below poverty line and no matter what Forbes or PTI reports the gap between the rich and the poor is widening only.

Just my humble view btw...