Paytm is racking up heavy losses – but its founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma is getting richer by the day

Sharma’s net worth rose to an estimated Rs 18,000 crore in 2018 even as his company posted losses of Rs 3,393 crore.

Pramod Mathew, qz.com

· Mar 10, 2019 · 01:30 pm

Deepika Padukone is the first woman in top 5 of Forbes India’s list of highest-paid celebrities

Actor Salman Khan topped the list for the third consecutive year.

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· Dec 05, 2018 · 06:11 pm

Mukesh Ambani is the richest Indian on Forbes list for 11th straight year

Wipro chairperson Azim Premji retained the second spot, and was followed by Lakshmi Mittal.

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· Oct 04, 2018 · 12:23 pm

Forbes’ highest-paid athletes list proves once again that it doesn’t pay to be a woman in sports

There are no women in the top 100 paid athletes in sport across the world.

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· Jun 06, 2018 · 11:31 am

Virat Kohli’s salary is nowhere close to that of the highest-paid athletes in the world

It pays to be the best athlete in your sport.

Anand Katakam

· Jul 11, 2017 · 07:00 pm

The number of billionaires is increasing rapidly in India (and many of them are self-made)

The outsize growth is mostly among men.

Ananya Bhattacharya, qz.com

· Apr 26, 2017 · 09:30 pm

Mukesh Ambani is the 33rd richest person in the world, says Forbes magazine

India has the fourth-highest number of billionaires globally.

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· Mar 21, 2017 · 02:35 pm

Demonetisation fallout: 11 Indians out of Hurun Global Rich List, Mukesh Ambani richest in country

Two new Indians – Paytm’s Vijay Shekhar Sharma and Divyank Turakhia of Directi – feature in this year list.

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· Mar 08, 2017 · 02:00 pm

World’s 20 richest people poorer by $70 billion in a year: Forbes

Their combined wealth fell from $899 billion (Rs 60.9 lakh crore) in 2015 to $827 billion (Rs 56.07 lakh crore), as a result of a slump in global financial markets.

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· Mar 01, 2016 · 09:22 pm

Most of the world’s female billionaires are heiresses – but in Asia, the majority are self-made

Overall, the number of female billionaires around the world has grown nearly seven times over the past two decades.

Ashley Rodriguez, qz.com

· Dec 17, 2015 · 11:30 pm