Gautam Adani becomes 2nd Richest Man in the Global behind Elon Musk.
Elon Musk stays the first one with a net worth of 273.5 billion whereas Gautam Adani has the net worth of $154.7 billion, in line with real-time billionaires records.
Adani overtook Arnault and secured the third position, however Musk and Bezos was still a step ahead from him.
Adani has added over $70 billion to his fortune, just one among the world’s 10 wealthiest people to have seen his net worth increase this year.
He became a centimillionaire in April and surpassed Microsoft Corp’s Bill Gates because the world’s fourth-richest person last month.
Adani became the first Asian to break into the top-3 of the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, with a net worth of $137.4 billion.
He was behind only Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos in the international ranking. Now, inside a month, he grabbed the second spot leaving behind Bezos.
Adani Group stocks Adani Enterprises, Adani Port and Adani Transmission hit their record highs on the BSE in Friday’s early deals, leading to a surge in the group Chairman’s real time net worth.
Adani has included more than $70 billion to his fortune in 2022 (YTD) so far, only one among the world’s 10 richest people to have seen his net worth increase this year.
He first overtook Mukesh Ambani as the richest Asian in February, became a centimillionaire in April and exceed Microsoft Corp.’s Bill Gates as the world’s fourth richest person last month.
Gautam Adani, 60, is the founder Adani Group, the largest port operator in India. The Ahmedabad, India-based infrastructure group is also India’s largest strongly held thermal coal manufacturer and largest coal trader. His $13 billion (revenue) Adani Group’s interests span infrastructure, products, power generation and transmission and real estate.
