Turning the page into the Gen Beta year: In charts
Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. India's two wealthiest individuals saw a slight dip in fortunes in 2024. Mukesh Ambani retained the top spot with $91.3 billion in 2024, but that marked a slight dip in his net worth, from $96.3 billion at the end of 2023.
Gautam Adani, however, saw a sharper decline, losing $7.7 billion amid ongoing legal troubles, including a US court indictment for bribery and fraud. The fallout from a 2023 report alleging fraud and accounting irregularities continued to weigh on the Adani Group this year. Notably, while Ambani, Adani, and Lakshmi Mittal experienced declines, the other billionaires in India’s top 10 enjoyed growth in their net worth during 2024.
Children born on and after 1 January 2025 will become part of the brand-new Generation Beta, marking the start of a new demographic era. The new generational group will include people born between 2025 and 2039. They are estimated to constitute 16% of the world's population by 2035 and many of them will live long enough to see the 22nd century.
While the previous generations grew in an era of digital transition, Generation Beta will take shape in a fully digitized world driven by sustainability, artificial intelligence, Internet of Things, and autonomous vehicles. Also read: Plain Facts: Best of Mint’s data-driven stories in 2024 The nomenclature for generation groups follows Greek alphabets. The subsequent generations, such as Generation Gamma and Generation Delta, will adhere to this pattern, each spanning a period of 15 years.
A lacklustre performance at the Olympics, triumph on the T20 pitch, and accolades on the chessboard — 2024 was a bittersweet year for Indian sports. Read this | The quiet triumph of D. Gukesh The Indian cricket team
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