Letter from the Executive Editor: The centre of gravity is shifting to emerging economies in Asia. How else do you explain China, India and South Korea having twice the number of billionaires compared to last year?
There are a few reasons why we like to spend a good part of our time tracking wealth. One, because wealth is created on the back of ideas that shape the world we live in. And two, because there are people, real people, that create wealth. Without doubt, their stories of outstanding entrepreneurship hold lessons that hold the potential to make all of us richer, not just in a material sense. So what are the big ideas and people that this edition of the rich list has thrown up?
(This story appears in the 02 April, 2010 issue of Forbes India. To visit our Archives, click here.)