Forbes list of billionaires, 2018

Question: On March 6th, 2018, the 32nd annual Forbes list of billionaires, 2018 was released. Who amongst the following got the title of the world’s richest man in this year’s list?
(a) Mark Zuckerberg
(b) Bill Gates
(c) Jeff Bezos
(d) Warren Buffett
Answer: (c)
Related Facts:

  • On March 6th, 2018, the 32nd Annual Forbes World’s Billionaires List, 2018, was released on the world’s billionaires list.
  • 2208 billionaires were included in this list of the world’s richest people this year, whose total assets are $ 9.1 trillion.
  • For the first time this year, the rich and rich people of Hungary and Zimbabwe have been included in the list.
  • This year 259 new billionaires joined the list.
  • Most 585 billionaires in the list are from the US, after this there are 373 billionaires in China.
  • Amazon’s Head Jeff Bezos received the title of the world’s richest man in this year’s list.
  • He is topped on the list with a total property of $ 112 billion.
  • He is followed by Microsoft’s Bill Gates ($ 90 billion) second; Warren Buffett ($ 84 billion) third, Bernard Arnault and Family ($ 72 billion) fourth, and Mark Zuckerberg ($ 71 billion) fifth.
  • According to this, the number of billionaires in India is 119.
  • Mukesh Ambani, the richest Indian in the list, is ranked 19th with $ 40.1 billion worth of assets. Last year he was at 33rd position.
  • Azim Premji is in the 58th position with a property of $ 18.8 billion.
  • Other Indian billionaires ranked in the list include Lakshmi Mittal-62nd ($ 18.5 billion), Shiv Nadar -98th ($ 14.6 billion), Dilip Sanghvi-115th ($ 12.8 billion), Kumar Birla ($ 11.8 billion), 127th, Uday Kotak-143rd ($ 10.7 billion), Radhakishan Damani-151st ($ 10 billion), Gautam Adani-154th ($ 9.7 billion) and Acharya Balkrishna-274th ($ 6.3 billion).
  • According to the Forbes list of billionaires-2018, the world’s wealthiest woman Alice Walton ($ 46 billion) is ranked 16th.
  • According to this latest list, world’s youngest billionaire is Norwegian Alexandra Anderson.
  • 21-year-old Norway resident Alexandra Anderson is ranked 1650th.
  • She has a property of $ 1.4 billion.
  • While the oldest billionaire is Chang Yun Chung (99 years) of Singapore, who is ranked 1284th with a property of 1.9 billion dollars.

Reference:
https://www.forbes.com/billionaires/#31539d00251c
https://www.forbes.com/billionaires/list/#version:static
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbespr/2018/03/06/forbes-32nd-annual-worlds-billionaires-issue/#6996037010e0