Indian batting mainstay Virat Kohli, tennis star Sania Mirza and top-seeded badminton player Saina Nehwal lead the pack of over 50 Indians in Forbes' inaugural list of top promising young leaders and game changers under the age of 30 in Asia.
The list covers companies with annual revenue of $5 mn to $1 bn.
The Sampark Foundation boasts of a $100 million outlay funded entirely by the Nayars and represents more than half of their wealth.
The CEO of ICICI Bank is the third Indian in four years to win the accolade.
Of the, four are co-founders of Infosys.
The collective wealth of the 100 richest went past $1 trillion for the first time.
Mukesh Ambani has reclaimed the top position on the 2023 Forbes list of India's 100 Richest with a net worth of $92 billion. The fortune of infrastructure magnate Gautam Adani, who rose meteorically to overtake Ambani as India's richest person for the first time last year, has slipped to the second position. Adani's net worth, which includes that of his family, fell by a whopping $82 billion to $68 billion, after a report by US short-seller Hindenburg Research in January sent his group's shares tumbling.
The list, comprising 48 people, also includes four each from Australia, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan and Thailand.
India and China together account for 32 of the 50 companies in Forbes' sixth annual 'Asia's Fabulous 50 listed companies'.
The number of Indian companies was second only to the 65 firms from both China and Hong Kong that found a place in the list.
A total of 12 Indian companies made it to the third annual Forbes Asia Fabulous 50 List, followed by Taiwan with 10 and China with seven, Forbes Asia said in a press release.
Infosys CEO Nandan Nilekani has been named as 'Businessman of the Year' for 2006 by Forbes Asia for his "nimble" stewardship in keeping the company ahead of peers in the global outsourcing phenomenon.
'People will say a lot of things -- ignore the noise.'
The annual list of 'Heroes of Philanthropy', compiled by Forbes Asia magazine, features a total of 48 people from the the Asia-Pacific region, including countries like China, Singapore, Hong Kong and Indonesia.
Singapore's 40 richest are now collectively worth $54.4 billion.
Forbes Asia on Thursday announced its 'Heroes of Philanthropy' list for the fourth year running, with four Indians among the top 48 philanthropists.
The actor is the only Bollywood personality to feature on the list.
They have played an important role in India's economic rise. Some of these women are founders, while others have taken up key roles in family-owned business, while some have scaled up the executive ladder.
Mathai George George Muthoot joined the family business as an office assistant and in 1979 he became the managing director and group chairman in February 1993.
India's growing knowledge economy and rising consumer aspirations drove the growth of ICICI Bank, the country's most valuable lender, its CEO K V Kamath said.
Bajaj Auto, BHEL, Infosys, ITC and RIL are among the 12 listed Indian companies which have figured in the latest list of 'Fabulous 50' of prestigious international magazine Forbes Asia.
Ambani is also the year's biggest gainer, adding USD 9.3 billion to his wealth amid the continuing success of his Reliance Jio broadband telco service.
Vibha Harish is trying to create long-lasting health through natural forms of nutrition.
The combined networth of India's 100 wealthiest is $381 billion (nearly Rs 25.5 lakh crore), a rise of 10 per cent from $ 345 billion in 2015
Unlike most Bollywood kids whose careers tend to play out in fits and starts, Alia's growth has been swift and steady.
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