India’s financial capital Mumbai has become the billionaire capital of Asia. Mumbai has achieved this position for the first time, leaving behind China’s capital Beijing. There are 92 billionaires living in an area of 603 square kilometers here, whereas there are 91 billionaires in 16,000 square kilometers of Beijing. According to ‘Hurun Research’s 2024 Global Rich List’, in the last one year, 26 new people have become billionaires in Mumbai, while in Beijing, 18 people have dropped out of the list during this period. There are 814 billionaires in China, while there are 271 billionaires in India. After New York and London, Mumbai has now reached the third position globally in this list. New York is at the first place, 119 billionaires live here, while London is at the second place, where 97 people are billionaires. Billionaires are those people who have assets worth more than 1 billion dollars i.e. about Rs 8,333 crore. 92 people have wealth of 445 billion dollars. According to the report, the wealth of total 92 people of Mumbai has increased by 47% in a year to 445 billion dollars. At the same time, the wealth of billionaires in China’s capital has decreased by 28% to 265 billion dollars. Only 2 Indians are among the top 20 richest people in the world. There are currently 271 billionaires in India. But, there are only two Indians among the top 20 richest people in the world. Among these, Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani is at number 11 with assets worth Rs 9.43 lakh crore. At the same time, Adani Group Chairman Gautam Adani is at number 18 in this list, he has assets worth Rs 6.73 lakh crore.
