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Gautam Adani became the world’s second richest industrialist, now behind only Elon Musk

Reliance chairman Mukesh Ambani is at number eight in this list with $ 92.6 billion.

Gautam Adani, a well-known industrialist of India and of the Adani Group, has created a history today. Today Adani has become the second richest person in the world. Now Elon Musk is just ahead of him in this list. According to the Forbes Real Time Billionaire Index, the list of the world’s top-10 billionaires has been released, in which Adani has overtaken Bernard Arnault and took his world. This is the first time that an Asian has entered the top-2 of the Forbes Billionaires Index. Gautam Adani was only behind Elon Musk in the rankings. Tesla founder Elon Musk is at number one with a net worth of 21.83 lakh crores ($ 273.5 billion). Bernard Arnault was third with a net worth of 12.27 lakh crores ($ 153.8 billion) and Jeff Bezos was at number four with a net worth of 11.95 lakh crores ($ 149.7 billion).

assets worth so many billion dollars

Let us tell you that according to the Forbes Real Time Billionaire Index, talking about the increase in the wealth of Adani, till this afternoon, there has been an increase of about $ 5.5 billion. At the same time, with a net worth of $ 155.7 billion, he has become the second richest man in the world. At the same time, Reliance Chairman Mukesh Ambani is at number eight in this list with $ 92.6 billion.

How much is the stake?

Talking about Adani’s wealth, a major part of his wealth comes from public stake. Adani became the third richest businessman in the world 17 days ago. Adani has added $78.2 billion to his net worth in 2022 alone. This is 5 times more than any businessman. Adani had joined the centibillionaires club on April 4. People with a net worth of more than $100 billion are called centibillionaires. A year ago, in April 2021, Adani’s net worth was $ 57 billion. Adani’s net worth grew the fastest in the world in the financial year 2021-2022. Adani Group has seven publicly listed companies. He holds 75 per cent stake in Adani Enterprises, Adani Power and Adani Transmission. At the same time, about 37 percent of total gas, 65 percent of Adani Ports and 61 percent of green energy are with them.

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