40% of world’s 10 wealthiest CEOs, are Indians

Billionaires Blog: By Pycoon

Laksmi Mittal: Photo by Albert Watson
According to Forbes magazine, steel tycoon Laksmi Mittal along with Mukesh and Anil Ambani are among the 10 wealthiest CEOs in the world.

four Out of the world’s 10 wealthiest CEOs positions are Indians, Laksmi Mittal is ranked at the second place followed by Mukesh Ambani (6th place), Anil Ambani (7th) and Wipro chief Azim Premji (9th).

The CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, Warrent Buffet is the wealtiest CEo with a fortune of $52 billion. Arcelor Mittal chief Lakshmi Mittal has a net worth of $32 billion, followed by Mukesh Ambani with $20.1billion and Anil Ambani have fortunes worth and $18.2 billion. Chief of IT bellweather Wipro Azim Premji has a net worth of $17.1 billion.

However, these net worth figures are not current and have been taken from 2007 billionaires list for Indian businessmen and from a September 2007 list for those from the US.Forbes said that the list of wealthiest CEOs was prepared after perusing the ranks of the Forbes 400 list of the richest Americans from September and its annual billionaires’ list from last March.

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