Question: Which of the following families has topped the list of Asia’s richest families recently released by prestigious American magazine Forbes?
(a) Lee family
(b) Ambani family
(c) Coke family
(d) Premji family
Answer: (b)
Related Facts:
- On November 15, 2017 went Asia’s richest families List-2017 was released by the prestigious American magazine Forbes.
- This list covers the 50 richest families of Asia.
- Ambani family with 44.8 billion USD is the richest family of Asia.
- After this, family of Samsung Group (South Korea) is second in the list with total assets of USD 40.8 billion.
- With USD 4 billion, Kwok family of Sun Hung Kai & Co. group is at third place.
- With a total worth of USD 36.6 billion, Chearavanont family of Thailand’s Charoen Pokphand (CP) Group is at fourth place.
- In the list beside Ambani family following Indian families were also included: Premji family (with 19.2 billion USD) 11th, Hinduja family (with 18.8 billion USD) 12th, Mittal family (with 17.2 billion USD) 14th, Egyptian family (with 16.1 billion USD) 16th, Birla family (with 14.1 billion USD) 19th, Godrej family (with 14 billion USD) 20th, Bajaj family (with 9.3 billion USD) 26th and Jindal family (with 7.68 billion USD) 32nd.
- Apart from these families, the other richest families respectively are: The Burman family of Dabar group (35th), Lal family of Eihcher group (36th), Bangur family of Shree Cement group (37th), Sehgal family of auto parts industry (41st), Wadia family (42nd), Kushal Pal Singh belonging to Real Estate (44th), Patel family of Cadila Healthcare Group (45th), Piramal family (47th) and Munjal family of Hero Group (48th).
Reference:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbespr/2017/11/15/indias-ambani-family-tops-forbes-list-of-asias-richest-families/#626db817d63d
https://www.forbes.com/asia-families/list/#tab:overall