Billionaire Club

The declaration, which will be published on Friday, was a priority for Brazil, chairing talks of the G20 this year

British billionaire Joe Lewis, whose family trust owns the Tottenham Hotspur soccer club, will not spend any time in prison after pleading guilty to insider trading and conspiracy charges in New York, a federal judge said. Judge G.L. Clarke cited Lewis' decision to promptly come to the United States to face charges and his failing health, along with a lifetime of good works, in ruling that Lewis will face three years on probation and a $5 million fine rather than time behind bars. Lewis, 87, was wearing an eye patch and one of his hands shook steadily throughout the one-hour proceeding in a federal court in Manhattan. He has remained in the United States since last July. Before he was sentenced, Lewis spoke briefly, saying he learned growing up in England during World War II how precious life is and decided to devote much of his life to finding a cure for horrendous diseases. Your honor, I'm here today because I made a terrible mistake. I'm ashamed, he said. Lewis said he hoped to

Savitri Jindal, the chairperson of the Jindal Group, has served as a former Haryana minister in the Bhupinder Singh Hooda-led Congress government

Forbes youngest billionaire list 2024 named a 19-year-old Brazilian as the youngest billionaire who surpassed Clemente Del Vecchio, who is two months older than her

Palo Alto Networks handed Arora a $125 million stock and options compensation package when he was hired in 2018

Mukesh Ambani back at the top ahead of Gautam Adani

Each member of the Bloomberg Billionaires Index made an average of $14 million per day over the past six months, according to data compiled by Bloomberg

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The billionaires club in India, according to Knight Frank, is expected to increase significantly by 43 per cent to 162 by 2025 from the current 113 in 2020

Bumble's IPO launches Herd into a rarefied club of self-made female billionaires

10 promoters entered the billionaire list in 2019; Anil Ambani, Subhash Chandra among big names who left the club

Singaporean billionaires fared the best in dollar terms, gaining $2.5 billion

From actors to sportspersons to start-up CEOs, here is a list of the other rich

Benu Gopal Bangur, 84, the chairman of Shree Cements, has made his debut on the list of the top 10 billionaires of the country, with a wealth of $5.8 billion