India’s richest person Gautam Adani has made a big difference in the list of world’s rich. According to the Forbes Billionaires Index, Gautam Adani has overtaken Microsoft founder Bill Gates to become the fourth richest man in the world. Adani’s net worth reached $113 billion. At the same time, Gates occupies the fifth place in this list with a net worth of $ 102 billion.
These three businessmen ahead of Adani: According to the Forbes Billionaire Index, only three businessmen in the world are now ahead of Adani in terms of wealth. Tesla founder Elon Musk is at the top of this list. His net worth is $229 billion. At number two in this list is Bernard Arnault, owner of French luxury goods company LMVH and his family. His net worth is $145 billion. At the same time, Jeff Bezos, the founder of American e-commerce company Amazon, comes at number three. Bezos has a net worth of $136 billion.
The gap between Adani-Ambani widens: Mukesh Ambani, who has long held the tag of being Asia’s richest person with India, is constantly lagging behind Adani in the race for wealth. According to the Forbes Billionaire Index, this gap between Ambani-Adani has increased to more than $ 26 billion. Ambani has a net worth of $87 billion.
Adani leads the world in increasing wealth: Gautam Adani, the head of Adani Group, comes at the top in terms of increasing wealth. In 2022, his wealth has increased by about $ 23 billion, which is the highest in the world. Adani’s wealth had increased by $40-40 billion in 2021 and 2020.
Reason for Adani: The biggest reason for the increase in Adani’s wealth is the continuous rise in the shares of Adani Group. The value of Adani Group’s shares has increased manifold in the last two years.