World S Richest Man

Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov replaces Lakshmi Mittal as Britain's richest man

Reuters | Monday April 22, 2013

Russian businessman Alisher Usmanov has knocked Lakshmi Mittal off the top of this year's Sunday Times Rich List with a jump in his fortune to 13.3 billion pounds after a tough year for the Indian steel magnate.

34-carat diamond, once owned by Nizam of Hyderabad, up for auction in US

Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday April 16, 2013

An extraordinary 34-carat 'Princie' diamond from the mines of Golconda in South Central India, once owned by the world's richest man - the last Nizam of Hyderabad - may fetch up to USD 50 million at an auction in New York.

Recluse behind Zara is now world's third richest man

Reuters | Tuesday March 5, 2013

Spain's Amancio Ortega, elevated by Forbes to become the third richest person in the world, may have discovered fashion's secret of eternal youth.

World's richest man for fourth year in a row, says Forbes

Associated Press | Monday March 4, 2013

Mexico's Carlos Slim remains the world's richest man for the fourth year in a row, according to Forbes, while Warren Buffett dropped out of the top three for the first time since 2000.

Carlos Slim world's richest for 4th year in a row, says Forbes

Monday March 4, 2013

Mexico's Carlos Slim remains the world's richest man for the fourth year in a row, according to Forbes, while Warren Buffett dropped out of the top three for the first time since 2000.

Mukesh Ambani is world's 18th richest man: Bloomberg index

Thursday January 3, 2013

Mexican telecommunications magnate Carlos Slim remained the world's richest person last year holding a personal fortune of more than $70 billion, it said.

Mexican town takes on world's richest man

Indo-Asian News Service | Monday July 23, 2012

A peasant town in central Mexico has declared war on the world's richest man, Carlos Slim, to prevent him from operating a gold and silver mine that threatens the environment.

Once Ireland's richest man, bankrupt Quinn faces jail

Reuters | Tuesday June 26, 2012

Once Ireland's richest man, Sean Quinn was found guilty of contempt on Tuesday and may go to jail after a court ruled that the bankrupt businessman had blocked a state bank from seizing property worth hundreds of millions of euros.

Asia's richest man says, his son will eventually head business empire

Agence France-Presse | Friday May 25, 2012

Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing on Friday confirmed that his eldest son will eventually control his business empire, but the 83-year-old tycoon dismissed suggestions that he is about to retire.

Lakshmi Mittal retains crown as Britain's richest man

Reuters | Sunday April 29, 2012

Britain's wealthiest people saw their fortunes rise to record levels last year, according to the annual Sunday Times Rich List, at a time when most Britons' earnings and savings were squeezed by inflation and low interest rates.

Carlos Slim, world's richest man - again

Monday March 12, 2012

Mexican telecommunications tycoon Carlos Slim is the world's richest man for a third year running, according to Forbes magazine's annual list of billionaires

Steve Jobs and I are quite different: Bill Gates

Vikram Chandra | Saturday January 28, 2012

Bill Gates, the richest man in the world, is committed to spread the good fortune and give it back overwhelmingly to help the world's poorest. The founder and chairman of Microsoft, said that he wants to help the world's poor with their farming, heal...

World's richest man against pledging his fortune to charity?

NDTV Correspondent | Wednesday November 23, 2011

Mexican telecommunications tycoon Carlos Slim, the richest man in the world according to Forbes magazine, is against pledging half his fortune to charity as some of his peers have done. Forty of the richest individuals and families in the US Wednesday pledged to give at least half of their f...

Once Russia's richest man, now in jail seeking parole

Associated Press | Tuesday May 31, 2011

Imprisoned Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky has filed for parole, according to the text of appeal released Monday by his supporters.A Moscow appeals court last week upheld the second conviction of Khodorkovsky, once Russia's richest man, keeping him behind bars until 2016 on politically taint...

Mukesh Ambani will be the world's richest man by 2014: Forbes

Press Trust of India | Sunday September 12, 2010

With a net worth of USD 62 billion, Indian business tycoon Mukesh Ambani would be he richest man on earth in 2014, according to a forecast issued by the prestigious Forbes magazine."One of the predictions is that Reliance Industries' chief Ambani, who currently has a net worth of 29 billion dollars,...