Top ten

Jeff Bezos beats Bill Gates for the first time to become world's richest man.

Donald Trump made it to the 766 rank with his television and real estate wealth worth $3.1 billion.

The Indians who made it to the top were:

Mukesh Ambani

Rank: 19
Networth: $40.1 Billion

With his petrochemicals, oil and gas business, Mukesh Ambani is leading the list of Indian billionaires. Last year, he ranked 33 with $23.2 billion. His brother Anil Ambani also made it to the list at the 887th position with $2.7 billion in wealth.

Azim Premji

Rank: 58
Networth: $18.8 billion
The chairman of Wipro Limited, Azim Premji is the second richest Indian on the list. He is also the fifth greatest philanthropist in the world according to Wikipedia, having donated $8 billion to education and healthcare.

Lakshmi Mittal

Rank: 62
Networth: $18.5 billion
Lakshmi Mittal is the chairman of the world's largest steelmaking company ArcelorMittal. Mittal Steel was merged with France's Arcelor in 2006.

Shiv Nadar

Rank: 98
Networth: 14.8 billion

Shiv Nadar is the founder and chairman of HCL and the Shiv Nadar Foundation. He was awarded Padma Bhushan in the year 2008 for his contribution to the IT industry.

Dilip Shanghvi

Rank: 115
Networth: $12.8 billion

He is the founder of Sun Pharmaceuticals with Pradeep Ghosh as his partner. He was awarded Padma Shri in 2016.

Kumar Birla

Rank: 127
Networth: $11.8 billion

Kumar Mangalam Birla is the chairman of one of India's largest conglomerate corporation Adithya Birla Group.

Special Mentions:

Richest Woman: Savitri Jindal

Rank: 176
Networth: $8.8 billion

Savitri Jindal is the richest woman in India according to this list. She is the Chairperson Emiretus of Jindal Steel and Power Limited.

She became the chairperson after her husband O.P. Jindal died in 2005.

Youngest: Vijay Shekhar Sharma

Rank: 1394
Networth: $1.7 billion

Vijay Shekhar Sharma, the founder of mobile payments app Paytm now holds the title of the youngest billionaire in India at the age of 39.

Oldest: Samprada Singh

Rank: 1867
Networth: 1.2 billion

At 92, Samprada Singh is the oldest billionaire in India. He is the chairman and founder of Alkem Laboratories.