Hit by stock market meltdown, America's richie-rich club got poorer by $300 billion, but software czar Bill Gates, with a net worth of $50 billion, remained the richest in the United States for the 16th straight year.
Total number of billionaires, this year, has increased to a record 1,210 from 1,011 last year. Though America has the 33 per cent of the mega-rich, Asia-Pacific region has surged forward and overtook Europe for the first time.
Indian businesses in the US have created about 91000 jobs in the US.
UK-based premium menswear brand The Savile Row's ambitious India plans might prompt its Indian partner Forbes Gokak to reconsider the Indian strategy for another premium menswear brand, Daks London.
Three Indian cities have been named in the list of emerging powerhouses.
Forbes Magazine has released its annual list of the highest-paid models in the world yet again -- take a look!
Reliance improved its ranking this year to 121 from 142 last year, with a market value of $50.6 billion and assets worth $91.5 billion.
Here are fashion's richest catwalk queens, as per the latest rankings from Forbes.
Four Indian-Americans, including Sun Microsystems co-founder Vinod Khosla, are among Forbes 400 Richest People in America, a list topped by Microsoft founder Bill Gates.
Spanish soccer club Real Madrid retained their title as the world's most valuable sports franchise, according to a poll released by Forbes on Wednesday that was again dominated by National Football League teams.
India, whose high economic growth is driven mostly by the private sector, will witness a rise in the number of billionaires as compared to China in 2006, an official with the Forbes Asian Rich List said in Beijing on Thursday.
These ladies are laughing all the way to the bank!
The 100 richest Indians have a combined wealth of $300 billion, an all-time high and more than the combined GDPs of all the other nations in South Asia put together.
Zara co-founder Amancio Ortega has toppled Bill Gates to become the world's richest person four times. A peek into the life of the 81 year old even Jeff Bezos can't keep up with!
They are straight out of the Mills & Boons novel. Some of them fly their own helicopter, some stay in a castle, and yes, they have all the money in the world.
Forbes magazine recently released its annual list of the highest paid celebrities. Find out who made the cut:
Manchester United has been rated as the most valuable sporting club in the world.
India may be second fastest growing economy in the world, but it fails when it comes to the best places to do business.
Forbes said out of the world's 1011 billionaires, only 14 are women who earned their fortunes, rather than inherited them.
There are 1,011 billionaires in the world this year.
Let's take a look at some companies that are most innovative in the world.
Here's a Forbes annual list of the extraordinary women from across the world that dominate the world of politics.
These glam girls will melt your screens right away.
It's one Forbes list where none would want to figure, but Ramalinga Raju, founder-chairman Satyam Computers (now Mahindra Satyam), has managed the feat of being among the world's 10 most outrageous CEOs.
Raju, the only Indian on the list dominated by Americans, owes his place on the list to his disclosure in January about committing the country's biggest ever corporate fraud.
Sharapova is not just one of the world's top tennis players but a brilliant business woman.
Thanks to the technology boom, the Forbes global rich list has a record 123 billionaires including six Indians who made fortunes from technology ventures.
Let's take a look at some of the biggest departures of chief executive officers in 2013.
Let's take a look at some next-generation movers and shakers who are changing the face of business.
At the same time China said that it does not mean China should "appease" India to prevent it from playing "little tricks".
Here is the list of the 100 most powerful celebrities which was topped by Angelina Jolie.
As many as six women, including O P Jindal group chairperson Savitri Jindal and Biocon's Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, have made it to the Forbes' list of 100 richest Indians this year.
Tennis sensation Maria Sharapova rules the Forbes' list of highest-paid female athletes. Take a look at top 10.
As Delhi-NCR chokes on post-Diwali pollution, demand for air purifiers has spiked with manufacturers such as Eureka Forbes, Blueair, Kent RO and Panasonic expecting up to four-fold jump in sales.
RIL, SBI and ONGC are among the top 200 companies ranked 121st, 150th and 152nd, respectively by US magazine Forbes. New entrants include Hero Honda Motors, Sun Pharma, Indian Bank and Jindal Steel and Power Ltd. However, five Indian companies -- scam-hit IT firm Satyam Computer, realty firm Unitech, Suzlon Energy and two Anil Ambani group firms Reliance Power and Reliance Capital -- have been dropped.
Judith Faulkner's entrepreneurial journey could well be a case study for people worldwide.
Mukehs Ambani, KLakshmi Mittal, Azim Premji features in top ten rich Indians list.
Take a list at the prolific stars.
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