Forbes: 793 billionaires in world today

Forbes: 793 billionaires in world today

Finance magazine Forbes has come out with their latest list of the world’s billionaires.

The list has shown the effect of the global economic crisis.

The number of billionaires on the list has fallen down from 1,125 individuals to 793 today. This is a decline of around 30% in just one year!

18 of the billionaires on last years list have died in this time.

There are 38 newcomers on the list which shows some hope.

Three individuals have made a comeback after failing to appear on the last year’s list.

Forbes added that this is the first time since 2003 that the world has had a net loss in the number of billionaires.

The list also had another sad factor. The collective net worth of the world’s billionaires today is just around $2.4 trillion. This is down around $2 trillion from a year ago.

The average worth has also gone down 23 percent to $3 billion.

Bill Gates has once again emerged as the world’s richest man. He lost $18 billion in the last one year.

Warren Buffett was at the top last year. He is now second. His worth has gone down by around $25 billion.

Carlos Slim Helú has lost around $25 billion and is now third.

The list has around 24 Indians. Anil Ambani is one of the biggest loser on the list. His net worth has gone down by $32 billion in the last year. His brother Mukesh Ambani is the richest Indian on the list.

China now has more billionaires compared to India. India last year had the most members on the list in Asian region.

Checkout: Forbes

The top members on the list:

Bill Gates - Microsoft
Warren Buffett - Berkshire Hathaway
Carlos Slim Helú - Telmex, América Móvil
Lawrence Ellison - Oracle Corporation
Ingvar Kamprad and family - IKEA
Karl Albrecht - Aldi Süd
Mukesh Ambani - Reliance Industries
Lakshmi Mittal - Arcelor Mittal
Theo Albrecht - ALDI Nord, Trader Joe’s
Amancio Ortega - Inditex Group
Jim Walton - Wal-Mart
Alice Walton - Wal-Mart
Christy Walton - Wal-Mart
S. Robson Walton - Wal-Mart
Bernard Arnault - LVMH Moët Hennessy • Louis Vuitton
Li Ka-shing - Cheung Kong Holdings, Hutchison Whampoa
Michael Bloomberg - Bloomberg L.P.
Stefan Persson - Hennes & Mauritz
Charles Koch - Koch Industries
David H. Koch - Koch Industries
Liliane Bettencourt - L’Oréal
Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud - Kingdom Holding Company, Citigroup
Michael Otto and family - Otto GmbH
David Thomson and family - The Thomson Corporation
Michael Dell - Dell
Donald Bren - Irvine Company
Sergey Brin - Google
Larry Page - Google
Steven Ballmer - Microsoft
Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor and family - Grosvenor Group
George Soros - Soros Fund Management
Paul Allen - Microsoft
Raymond Kwok, Thomas Kwok, and Walter Kwok - Sun Hung Kai
Anil Ambani - Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group
Abigail Johnson - Fidelity Investments
Susanne Klatten - BMW
Ronald Perelman - Revlon
Hans Rausing - Tetra Laval
Birgit Rausing and family - Tetra Laval
Michele Ferrero and family - Ferrero SpA
Mikhail Prokhorov - Interros
Jack C. Taylor and family - Enterprise Rent-A-Car
Mohammed Al Amoudi - Corral Petroleum Holdings
Anne Cox Chambers - Cox Enterprises
Carl Icahn - American Car and Foundry Company
George Kaiser - BOK Financial Corporation
Lee Shau Kee - Henderson Land Development
Forrest Edward Mars, Jr. - Mars, Incorporated
Jacqueline Mars - Mars, Incorporated
John Mars - Mars, Incorporated