Mukesh Ambani to become richest man in 2014

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Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) chairman and India's richest industrialist Mukesh Ambani is all set to become the richest man on earth in 2014 with a net worth of USD 62 billion, according to a forecast issued by the prestigious Forbes magazine.

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The Indian business tycoon, who currently has a net worth of 29 billion dollars, is predicted to pip the world's richest man Mexican businessman Carlos Slim to top Forbes' rich list in 2014, according to the forecast.

The 53-year-old Mukesh Ambani currently ranks fourth on Forbes' list of the world's billionaires. Ambani's net worth swells to USD 62 billion while Slim is "hit hard by Mexican political, financial chaos, according to the prediction by Forbes.

Forbes has listed a number of events that could happen over the next 10 years in the field of politics, energy, medicine, finance, society and technology. The publication asked its staff and contributors to forecast some of the "noteworthy events" till 2020.

"A vision of the coming decade sketched from real data, projections and facts whenever possible -- though we've injected a dose of rigorous science fiction to fill the gaps," Forbes said about its special 2020 report called 'What Happens Next -- Our Look Ahead'.

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