Gautam Adani Networth: Adani Group Chairman Gautam Adani’s wealth increased by $2.04 billion on Monday. That too when the stock markets fell face to face. With this increase, Adani has now come a long way in the race for wealth between Adani and Ambani. Adani is at number six in the list of world’s billionaires and now he is just 5 billion dollars away from Warren Buffett. If Adani’s wealth continues to grow like this, then in the next three days, he will overtake Warren Baupet and reach number five.
Has raised $43.9 billion so far this year
According to the latest data from the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, Gautam Adani’s wealth has increased by $ 43.9 billion so far this year. At the same time, the net worth of Elon Musk, who occupies the number one position in the list, has decreased by $ 15 billion. Despite this, he is at number one with $255 billion. Jeff Bezos is at number two, whose wealth has decreased by $ 15.1 billion so far this year.
Bernard Arnault suffered the most
Bernard Arnault has suffered the most this year. It is third with $143 billion, losing $35.4 billion. Bill Gates’s wealth has also been breached by $8.6 billion so far this year. Reliance Group Chairman Mukesh Ambani’s wealth may have increased by $ 4.40 billion this year, but he has fallen behind Gautam Adani by about 10 grunna in earnings. He is now ranked 11th with a net worth of $94.4 billion.
Adani’s fortunes began to shine from 1981
Actually Adani’s fortunes started shining from 1981. His elder brother called him to Ahmedabad. According to the BBC, her brother had bought a plastic wrapping company but she was unable to walk. The supply of raw materials to the company was not being done in sufficient quantity. Turning this into an opportunity, Adani started importing plastic granules at Kandla Port and became Adani Enterprises Limited in 1988. It introduced commodity trading of products like metals, agricultural products and textiles. Within a few years, this company and Adani became big names in this business.
Gautam Adani’s net worth was $5.8 billion in 2017
According to Forbes, in the year 2017, Gautam Adani’s net worth was $ 5.8 billion and he was at number 250 in the list of the world’s rich. In 2018, his wealth increased to $ 9.7 billion and with this he reached 154th place. After this, in 2019 it came down to $ 8.7 billion and slipped from 154th place to 167th place in the Forbes list.
This Adani company is giving sloppy returns, money tripled in two and a half months
Even in the year 2020, there was not much growth, it reached only $ 8.9 billion. With this there was a slight improvement in his rank and he reached the 155th position. The year 2021 proved to be a big one for Gautam Adani. His wealth jumped from $ 8.9 billion, or rather took flight, to $50.5 billion. With this, he jumped 131 places to occupy the 24th place in the Forbes list.
2022 is even luckier than 2021
On February 15, 2022, his wealth reached $ 83.6 billion and he reached number 11 in the list of the world’s rich. Exactly two months later, on April 15, Adani’s wealth reached $ 120 billion and has occupied the sixth place in the list of the world’s billionaires.
According to Forbes, Adani acquired 74% stake in India’s second busiest Mumbai International Airport in September 2020. Now he is the largest airport operator in the country. Adani wants to become the world’s largest producer of green energy and has said it will invest up to $70 billion on renewable energy projects