Chandigarh, September 16: Indian billionaire Gautam Adani is now the second richest person in the world.
According to the reports by Forbes, industrialist and Adani Group’s chairperson Gautam Adani surpassed Amazon boss Jeff Bezos and Louis Vitton's Bernard Arnault.
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As per Forbes real-time billionaires list, Adani's net worth stands at $155.7 billion as of September 16, 2022, up by $5.5 billion or nearly 4%.
The Adani Group's equities Adani Enterprises, Adani Port, and Adani Transmission all reached new highs on the BSE, which increased the chairman of the company's real-time net worth.
Only one of the top ten richest persons in the world, Adani, had his net worth rise so far in 2022, adding more than $70 billion to his fortune.
Earlier, he overtook Mukesh Ambani as the richest Asian in February, became a centibillionaire in April and surpassed Microsoft Corp.’s Bill Gates as the world’s fourth-richest person last month.
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Adani, a first-generation entrepreneur, heads the Adani Group which comprises of seven publicly listed companies spanning infrastructure, mining, energy, and other sectors.
-PTC News