Who is the richest person in Asia according to Forbes' 2023 world billionaires list?

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Forbes released its annual world billionaires list for 2023, in there are 169 Indians on the list, up from 166 in 2022. While there are more Indian billionaires on the list, their combined wealth dropped 10% to $675 billion, a dip from $750 billion on the 2022 list. Reliance chief Mukesh Ambani continues to be the richest person in India and Asia and is currently the world's ninth richest person. Zhong Shanshan is ranked at 2 and Gautam Adani is ranked at 4. Among the top 25, Bernard Arnault & Family, Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos have been declared the top three richest people in the world. Amazon’s Jeff Bezos who chairs the world’s largest online merchant, dropped down from number 2 to 3 this year. Amazon’s shares collapsed by 38%. In addition to this, Chinese Internet Entrepreneur Zhang Yiming along with Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao missed their places on the list in 2023. About Forbes Forbes is an American business magazine owned by Integrated Whale Media Investments and the Forbes family. Published eight times a year, it features articles on finance, industry, investing, and marketing topics. Forbes also reports on related subjects such as technology, communications, science, politics, and law.