195 people make debut on Forbes Billionaires list for 2017
A total of 195 people, three-fourth of these being entrepreneurs, have been added to the Forbes 2017 World's Billionaire List. While 24 of these new billionaires are women, more than 60% of the 195 new billionaires hail from Asia or The Pacific. The list also includes Paytm's Founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma with a net worth of $1.3 billion.