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Davos: Millionaires group calls for Wealth Tax

A group of hundred billionaires have submitted a plea to the World Economic Forum. The title of the plea is “Make us Pay more tax” What did the millionaires do? A group of millionaires and billionaires have issued a plea. The group calls themselves as “Patriotic Millionaires”. They are of the view that the ultra ..

Month: Current Affairs - January, 2022

Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs - 2022 • International / World Current Affairs

Topics: Billionaires • Millionaires • Pandemic Billionaires • patriotic millionaires • The World's Billionaires • Wealth Tax • World Economic Forum (WEF)

Ritesh Agarwal named as the world’s second youngest billionaire

As per the recently released Hurun Global Rich List 2020, Ritesh Agarwal- the founder of Oyo Hotels, has been named as the world’s second youngest billionaire. His wealth was estimated at $1.1 billion, at the age of 24. In the global list, Kylie Jenner, the cosmetics star was only ahead of the Indian entrepreneur at ..

Topics: Billionaires • Flipkart • The World's Billionaires

Hurun Global Rich List 2020 released

As per the recently released ‘Hurun Global Rich List 2020’, China is home to the highest number of billionaires of the world. The report placed Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos in the top rank, who possesses wealth amounting to $140 bn. Microsoft Founder Bill Gates is in the third spot, while Mukesh Ambani was ..

Topics: Bill Gates • Billionaires • Jeff Bezos • Mukesh Ambani • The World's Billionaires

Mukesh Ambani became World’s Richest Sports team owner

Asia’s richest man and Reliance Industries chairman man, Mukesh Ambani has recently topped Forbes’ “The World’s Richest Sports Team Owners 2019” list. With a total net worth of about $50 billion, Ambani topped the list. He bought the IPL team Mumbai Indians for over $100 million in 2008 through a RIL subsidiary. The top 20 ..

Topics: Economy of India • Gujarati people • Indian Hindus • Indian Premier League • IPL team Mumbai Indians • Mukesh Ambani • Mumbai Indians • Reliance Industries • Reliance Industries Limited • States and union territories of India • The World's Billionaires • Vegetarians • World's richest sports team owner

Mumbai named in list of 15 wealthiest cities globally, as per latest report by New World Wealth

India’s financial capital Mumbai, with a total wealth of $950 billion, has been named 12th wealthiest city among the top 15 wealthiest cities globally. Mumbai also features among the top 10 cities in terms of billionaire population. The city is home to 28 billionaires, individuals with $1 billion or more in net assets. According to ..

Topics: Billionaire • Distribution of wealth • Economic inequality • Economy • Millionaire • The World's Billionaires • Wealth

Mukesh Ambani becomes 2nd richest man in Asia

Mukesh Ambani has become the Asia’s second richest man according to the 2017 Bloomberg Billionaires Index (BBI). According to the 2017 index, Ambani’s net worth has risen to $35.8 billion (around Rs 2.2 lakh crore), making him the 19th richest person in the world, up from 29 at the end of 2016. The increase in ..

Topics: Ambani • Billionaire • Billionaires • Bloomberg Billionaires Index • Companies • Economy • Gujarati people • Indian Hindus • Mukesh Ambani • Reliance Industries Limited • The World's Billionaires • Vegetarians