In the year 2007, there was a record addition of Indians to the world’s richest people list prepared by Forbes magazine. But due to the economic downturn across the globe, Indians have seen the maximum number of exits out of the billionaires list in 2008.

So they have created a record again, though a negative one, last year. Experts say that in the year 2009 also, the forbes list is most likely to see crash in the number of richest people in the world, because every industry has seen a massive hit in its rating in the last twelve months. Most of them have suffered stock price crashes ranging from 30% to 95%. God save all these erstwhile billionaires.