Hurun Research’s 2024 Global Rich List

• The Hurun Research Institute has released the “Hurun Global Rich List 2024”.
• Among global billionaires, Tesla CEO, Elon Musk, has re-emerged as the richest man, boasting a fortune of $231 billion.
• The 2024 Hurun Global Rich List is the 13th edition of the ranking of billionaires. Wealth calculations in the report are a snapshot of 15th January 2024.
• The 2024 list features a total of 3279 billionaires which includes 167 new billionaires. The number of billionaires globally increased by 5% compared to 2023.

TOP 5 BILLIONAIRES ON THE 2024 LIST:

TOP 3 COUNTRIES WITH THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF BILLIONAIRES:

TOP 5 CITIES WITH HIGHEST NUMBER OF BILLIONAIRES:

KEY HIGHLIGHTS: INDIAN BILLIONAIRES:

• Mukesh Ambani, Asia’s richest man, is the only Indian featured on the top 10 of the list.
• Gautam Adani, Chairperson of Adani Group, is ranked 15th with a total net worth of USD 86 billion.
• The cumulative wealth of Indian billionaires’ amounts to USD 1 trillion, which accounts to 7% of the global billionaire wealth.
• India’s addition of 94 new billionaires in a single year consolidates India’s position as the 2nd largest contributor to the world billionaire list.
• Industries that contributed India’s growth are, Pharmaceutical sector (39 billionaire) followed by Automobile and Auto components industry (27 billionaire) and Chemical sector (24 billionaire).