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Forbes 2024: Ambani leads, Adani gains big, India's rich hit new high

This year marks a milestone for India's wealthiest, as the collective wealth of top 100 richest Indians crossed $1 trillion for the first time. Mukesh Ambani tops Forbes' 2024 List as India's richest

Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia: Indian entrepreneurs shine among 300 trailblazers

Evaluated by industry leaders, Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia list spans diverse sectors and nations, with India boasting the highest representation

'Hardest decision', says Ananya Birla as she quits music for business

Ananya Birla is the founder of microfinance company Svatantra Microfin and design house Ikai Asai; she is the elder daughter of Aditya Birla Group chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla

Forbes journalist placed under house arrest in Russia on 'fake news' case

The journalist, identified as Sergey Mingazov, was ordered into house arrest for two months as he awaits trial after being detained on Friday

Chandrayaan-3 linked Kaynes Tech's founder joins Forbes' billionaires list

Ramesh Kunhikannan is among the 25 Indians who made a debut on the Forbes World's Billionaires list of 2024. His Kaynes Technology had supplied electronic systems for the mission

Forbes list: Byju Raveendran no longer a billionaire, now has $0 net worth

Byju's has been grappling with delayed financial results, a wave of board member departures, and various other challenges

Journalists protest layoffs at New York Daily News, Forbes, Conde Nast

Journalists at The New York Daily News and Forbes walked off the job on Thursday amid contentious contract talks with management and a difficult few weeks in the news industry. Both strike are historic: It's the first-ever at the business-focused magazine in more than a century, and the first at the storied newspaper in more than three decades, according to the NewsGuild of New York. The one-day strike at the Daily News coincides with Forbes walkout, which runs through Monday. In midtown Manhattan, dozens of Daily News staffers and their supporters picketed Thursday outside a small co-working space the newspaper's office since its lower Manhattan newsroom was shuttered in 2020 during the coronavirus pandemic. Founded in 1919, it was once the largest circulating newspaper in the country. Strikers marched around the building holding signs that read New York Needs Its Hometown Paper and Alden to News: Drop Dead, a reference to the tabloid's famous 1975 headline. They also put up a l

Forbes Global enters India realty; will build projects, offer consultancy

Formed in December 2020, Forbes Global Properties entered India through membership network model. It already has a presence in 26 countries where 17,000 agents are providing real estate services

FM Nirmala Sitharaman ranked 32 on Forbes' 2023 list of powerful women

Forbes recognises Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for her contributions to Indian politics and policy

'Heroes of philanthropy': Nikhil Kamath, Nandan Nilekani on Forbes' list

Nandan Nilekani, co-founder of Infosys, K P Singh, chairman emeritus at DLF, and Nikhil Kamath, co-founder of Zerodha, have been named on the 17th edition of Forbes Asia's Heroes of Philanthropy list released on Thursday. The unranked list "highlights business leaders who are donating from their fortunes and giving personal time and attention to their select causes", Forbes said in a press release. The annual list, which spotlights 15 philanthropists, does not include corporate philanthropy except for privately-held companies where the individual is a majority owner. Nandan Nilekani, co-founder and chairman of tech giant Infosys, have made it to the list for donating Rs 3.2 billion (USD 38 million) to his alma mater IIT Bombay in June, Forbes said, adding that the gift will be made over a period of five years. This was to mark his 50-year association with the technology institute, where he studied electrical engineering as an undergraduate. Since 1999, Nilekani has given Rs 4 bill

Forbes India Richest List 2023: Mukesh Ambani reclaims top spot; full list

According to the Forbes India Rich List 2023, Savitri Jindal is the wealthiest Indian woman

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Reliance Industries climbs 8 spots on Forbes' Global 2000 list to 45th rank

The Global 2000 ranks the largest companies in the world using four metrics: sales, profits, assets, and market value, Forbes said while releasing the 2023 ranking of the world's top 2,000 companies

28-year-old billionaire Austin Russell acquires 82% stake in Forbes

Austin Russell, 28-year-old Chairman and CEO of automotive technology company Luminar Technologies, has acquired 82 per cent stake in Forbes Global Media Holdings, that published the Forbes magazine

Ambani regains Asia's richest person spot, Adani tumbles to 24: Forbes

Steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal was ranked at No. 5 followed by OP Jindal Group matriarch Savitri Jindal, Sun Pharma's Dilip Shanghvi and Radhakishan Damani, whose Avenue Supermarts owns the DMart

India has 3rd highest number of billionaires in the world, shows Forbes

India, which has the third-most billionaires, with 169, had a more mixed year. Indian billionaires as a group - worth $675 billion - are $75 billion poorer than in 2022

Adani down to 25th richest on Forbes, Bloomberg lists; net worth at $48 bn

Gautam Adani's net worth slipped to less than $50 billion for the first time in several years, on Monday

FM Sitharaman, Kamala Harris among Forbes' 100 most powerful women

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and US Vice President Kamala Harris are among Forbes' 19th annual list of 'World's 100 Most Powerful Women' of 2022

Adani among 3 Indian billionaires on Forbes list of philanthropy heroes

Indian billionaires Gautam Adani, Shiv Nadar, and Ashok Soota, as well as Malaysian-Indian businessman Brahmal Vasudevan and his lawyer wife Shanthi Kandiah, were named in the 16th edition of Forbes Asia's Heroes of Philanthropy list released on Tuesday. The unranked list "highlights leading altruists in the Asia-Pacific region who demonstrated a strong personal commitment to philanthropic causes," Forbes said in a press release. Adani was listed for having pledged Rs 60,000 crores (USD 7.7 billion) when he turned 60 in June this year. The pledge makes him one of India's most generous philanthropists, the press release said. The money will address healthcare, education, and skill development and will be channelled through the family's Adani Foundation, which was founded in 1996. Each year, the foundation helps nearly 3.7 million people across India. Self-made billionaire and philanthropist Shiv Nadar counts among the top donors in India, having channelled close to USD 1 billion of

Three Indian women among 20 Asian lady entrepreneurs in Forbes Nov issue

Three top Indian businesswomen are featured in the Forbes Asia November issue highlighting 20 Asian women who came up with varying strategies that helped their businesses soar despite the uncertainty of the new normal and three years of Covid-19. Soma Mondal, the chairperson of Steel Authority of India Ltd, Namita Thapar, executive director at India business of Emcure Pharma, and Ghazal Alagh, co-founder and chief innovation officer of Honasa Consumer, are on the list. Some of these women operated in hard-hit sectors such as shipping, property, and construction, while others continue to innovate in areas such as technology, pharmaceuticals, and commodities, Forbes said in a press release on Tuesday. The Asia-Pacific region this year has mostly moved on to a post-pandemic era where governments, people, and businesses are learning to live with Covid-19, it said. The other women on the list are from Australia, China, South Korea, Indonesia, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan and ..