Mukesh Ambani becomes 9th richest person globally, Jeff Bezos Tops: Forbes
- Reliance Industries (RIL) chairman and managing director Mukesh Ambani, has entered into the list of world’s top 10 richest persons, according to the Forbes Real-Time Billionaire list.
- Ambani’s net worth rose to $64.6 billion on 19 June 2020, making him the 9th richest person in the world.
- RIL’s shares soared 6.2% to hit a new all-time high of Rs 1,788.60 on the BSE on 19 June before ending at Rs 1,759.50 (up over 6 percent), helping the company’s market capitalisation to cross Rs 11-trillion mark.
- He is the richest Asian in the list.
- In March 2020, Ambani was ranked 21st on Forbes’ annual billionaire list
- Amazon founder Jeff Bezos tops the list with a net worth of $160.4 billion followed by Bill Gates with $109.9 billion.
- Forbes’ Real-Time Billionaires rankings is a wealth-tracking platform that tracks the daily ups and downs of the world’s richest people and provides the ongoing updates on the net worth and ranking of each individual confirmed by Forbes to be a billionaire.
Check the full list here: Forbes Real Time Billionaires