The list of world's billionaires released by US magazine Forbes has thrown out some interesting set of facts and figures. Here are some of them:
• Two trillion dollars (Rs 10,000,000 crore) is the total loss for all the billionaires in the world in a year's time.
• The world is now left with 793 billionaires, down from 1,125 billionaires a year ago.
• The number of billionaires in the world has declined for the first time since 2003.
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• The average wealth of billionaires is down to $3 billion, from about $3.9 billion a year ago.
• Presence of Indians, both resident and non-resident, is down to 25 from 53 last year.
• The new richest person in the world, Bill Gates, has a net worth of $40 billion, down from Warren Buffett's $62 billion a year ago.
• The richest Indian in the world, Mukesh Ambani, has a fortune of $19.5 billion, down from last year's topper Lakshmi Mittal's $45 billion.
• There are four Indians -- Anil Ambani, Lakshmi Mittal, K P Singh and Mukesh Ambani -- in the 10 biggest losers from across the world. These are the same four Indians who figured among the world's 10 richest persons last year.
• Anil Ambani, the biggest gainer of last year, is now the biggest loser.
