Bloomberg Billionaires Index 2025

Current Context: On 11th September 2025, The Bloomberg Billionaires Index, released by Bloomberg L.P., is a daily tracker of the world’s top 500 billionaires.

• It records each billionaire’s net worth, industry, country, and daily/annual wealth changes.
• Elon Musk ($384B) leads the list, with Larry Ellison ($383B) in second place.
• Mark Zuckerberg ($264B) and Jeff Bezos ($252B) follow in 3rd and 4th positions.
• Among Indians, Mukesh Ambani ($97.9B, Rank 18) is the richest, while Gautam Adani ($80.9B, Rank 21) is next.
• Françoise Bettencourt Meyers ($98B) is the world’s richest woman, ahead of Ambani.

Question:

Q.1 Which Indian is ranked the richest in the Bloomberg Billionaires Index as of September 2025?
a) Gautam Adani
b) Shiv Nadar
c) Mukesh Ambani
d) Radhakishan Damani

Answer: c) Mukesh Ambani, with $97.9 billion, ranked 18th globally, making him India’s richest person on the index.