Dubai: Qatar has been ranked as the world's wealthiest country in a new list compiled by the prestigious US magazine Forbes. The Gulf State with a population of 1.7 million topped the list as the world's richest country per capita, thanks to a rebound in oil prices and its massive natural gas reserves. Adjusted for purchasing power, Qatar booked an estimated gross domestic product per capita of more than $...
09:59 AM, Feb 26, 2012
New Delhi: A woman breaks the glass ceiling among India's richest for the first time as Forbes names Savitri Jindal at No. 5, while Mukesh Ambani still maintains the top spot. The Forbes list of the world's richest people shows how India's Richie Rich club has not been immune to global recessionary trends. The new list estimates that 100 richest Indians have lost 20 per cent of their total wealth,...
08:42 AM, Oct 27, 2011
New York: Bill Gates tops this year's Forbes list of the 400 richest Americans with a net worth calculated at $ 59 billion. Forbes says the Microsoft co-founder saw his wealth increase by $ 5 billion from last year. Investor Warren Buffett ranks second with a fortune of $ 39 billion, though Forbes says the Berkshire Hathaway Inc. chief executive's wealth shrank by $ 6 billion from a year ago....
08:37 AM, Sep 22, 2011
New York: It doesn't take a visit to the Genius Bar to figure out how Apple became the most valuable company in America. Its lineup of sleek phones, computers and iPods, irresistible to customers even in tough economic times, propelled it to the No. 1 position by market value Wednesday, surpassing Exxon Mobil. Apple's stock on the open market is now worth more than any other company's. Apple's stock fell...
02:54 PM, Aug 12, 2011
London: Indians are the most likely members of the global super rich to spend more on private jets and yachts over the next five years while Africans and Russians are expected to increase their charitable giving, a survey showed on Wednesday. A poll of 160 advisers at a private bank within global financial firm Citigroup Inc, which represents 5,000 clients worth on average more than $100 million each, found super...
01:03 PM, Apr 07, 2011
Rapper Sean 'Diddy' Combs is the wealthiest hip-hop singer with a fortune of $475 million, heading the Forbes magazine's new list. In list of the wealthiest hip-hop artists, 'Diddy' sits at the top beating Jay-Z who has an estimated wealth of $450 million, reports Contactmusic.com His net worth is attributed to his Sean John clothing line, Bad Boy label, and Croc, which has become the top premium vodka on the...
02:41 PM, Mar 11, 2011
NEW YORK: Things are on the up for U.S. billionaires with more than half of them adding to their net worth in a year which once again saw Bill Gates as the richest of them all, Forbes magazine said on Wednesday. Gates, founder of Microsoft, was the richest person in the United States for the 17th year in a row with an estimated worth of $ 54 billion, up $...
10:27 AM, Sep 23, 2010
Software major Oracle Corp founder and chief executive Larry Ellison received $1.84 billion as compensation. ...
06:15 PM, Jul 27, 2010
Savitri, 60, has nine children, the most of any woman billionaire in a long list of 70 mothers from around the world. ...
01:49 PM, May 06, 2010
The collective wealth of Britain's 1,000 most affluent people rose by 30 per cent. ...
11:37 AM, Apr 25, 2010
Lakshmi Mittal owns world's largest steel company ArcelorMittal. ...
06:19 PM, Mar 27, 2010
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