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Tuesday, August 18, 2026
TopicWorld's richest

Topic: World's richest

College dropout to youngest self-made billionaire—the rise of Indian-origin boy Surya Midha

In 2023, Surya Midha left Georgetown University to launch AI hiring startup Mercor with Adarsh Hiremath and Brendan Foody, and made it to Forbes’ 2026 World’s Billionaires List at just 22 years old.

Elon Musk now worth more than Exxon Mobil as Tesla CEO’s fortune jumps to $288.6 bn

Musk's wealth jumped by $36.2 billion following a surge in Tesla’s stock price after Hertz Global Holdings ordered 100,000 cars.

Mukesh Ambani joins $100 billion club among world’s richest Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk

The chairman of Reliance Industries entered the rarefied group of 11 men. He’s now worth $100.6 billion after his wealth increased by $23.8 billion this year.

Gautam Adani’s wealth has surged more than that of Elon Musk & Jeff Bezos this year

The net worth of Adani has jumped $16.2 billion in 2021 to $50 billion. Shares of all Adani group stocks, except one, have rallied at least 50% this year.

Ambani, Adani, Shiv Nadar, Hindujas — Here is the full list of Forbes 100 richest Indians

Latest Forbes 100 list of richest Indians sees vaccine maker Cyrus Poonawalla as new entry in top 10. Most billionaires on the list from pharmaceutical sectors see steady rise in income.

World’s richest people smashed wealth records this week

While Amazon's Jeff Bezos' net worth topped a whopping $200 billion, Elon Musk's fortune soared past $100 billion fueled by Tesla Inc.’s ceaseless rally.

Here’s what you need to count among India’s 1%, but it won’t make you rich in US, China

The top 1% covers a wide span, from professionals to billionaires with more wealth than many nations. But the yardstick varies greatly with where you live.

2,153 billionaires are richer than 60% of the world population, Oxfam says

The world’s richest 1% have more than twice the wealth of the rest of humanity combined, according to Oxfam.

Global elite descending on Davos are richer than ever

What crisis? Fortunes of Davos billionaires have surged by a combined $175 billion since 2009. The global elite descending on Davos are richer than...

On Camera

Modi is now the establishment, not an outsider. And he is running out of enemies to name

Jawan, kisan, vigyan, knowledge, new thinking—each word spoken from Red Fort offered an idea of what India might become. Dimagi Naxal is not an addition to that rich vocabulary. It is a subtraction.

India needs guardrails around shadow loans, not bans

RBI’s attempt to limit credit access through non-bank financiers could leave self-employed professionals and small business owners with fewer flexible credit options, says Andy Mukherjee.

85-member Army contingent leaves for Thailand for joint counter-terror exercise MAITREE-XV

This two-week exercise includes field training, combat discussions, lectures, and demonstrations, culminating in a final exercise to test the troops' skills.

Gen Vaidya won 2 Maha Vir Chakras, fell to assassins’ bullets 40 yrs ago. India forgot a great soldier

Forty years ago this week, ‘Khalistan Commando Force’ assassins were closing in on Gen Vaidya. So callous was the security of the just-retired Army chief that he was given a solitary police gunman