: Friday, April 17, 2026 1:05 PM
New Delhi . The country’s well-known billionaire industrialist and Adani Group Chairman Gautam Adani has now become the richest person in Asia. He has left Mukesh Ambani behind. This information has come to light in the latest data of Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Gautam Adani’s net worth has increased to $92.6 billion, taking him to 19th position globally. Meanwhile, Mukesh Ambani’s wealth has dropped to $90.8 billion and he has slipped to 20th position. The reshuffle at the top highlights the ongoing instability in the ranking of the global rich in 2026 amid geopolitical tensions and ongoing market volatility.
Adani Group shares witnessed a strong rise in Thursday’s session in the domestic stock market, leaving the benchmark index behind. Due to this, Gautam Adani’s wealth increased by about $3.56 billion in a single day.
Globally, Tesla CEO Elon Musk still remains at the first position with a net worth of $656 billion. After him, Google co-founder Larry Page is in second place with $286 billion.
Other names in the top 10 include Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg, Oracle’s Larry Ellison, Dell Technologies’ Michael Dell, Nvidia’s Jensen Huang and LVMH CEO Bernard Arnault.
It is worth noting that till now in 2026, the wealth of 7 out of the top 20 rich people of the world has declined. Among these, Bernard Arnault has suffered the most loss, whose wealth decreased by $ 44 billion.
Apart from this, there has also been a decline in the wealth of billionaires like Steve Ballmer, Bill Gates, Warren Buffet and Amancio Ortega.
Sectoral analysis shows that the technology sector continues to be dominated by billionaires, while the industrial, energy and retail sectors have seen greater wealth fluctuations.
Among other Indian billionaires, Lakshmi Mittal is ranked 62nd with a net worth of $36.9 billion. Shiv Nadar was ranked 70th with $33.5 billion, while Shapoor Mistry and his family were ranked 71st with $33.2 billion.
Savitri Jindal is at 73rd position with a net worth of $32.7 billion. Apart from this, names like Sunil Mittal, Azim Premji, Kumar Mangalam Birla and Radhakishan Damani are also included in this list.
Meanwhile, shares of Adani Group companies like Adani Total Gas, Adani Ports and Adani Power saw a rise of up to 3 per cent during intra-day trading on Friday.
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