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Gautam Adani Became The World’s Second Richest Person

Gautam Adani, the Indian billionaire who built a conglomerate spanning ports, mining, and green energy from a tiny commodities trading firm, is now Asia's richest person. Mukesh Ambani was one of Top 10 Richest Person in Asia, but now Gautam Adani surpassed Mukesh Ambani, became Asia’s richest person.
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Indian tycoon Gautam Adani rose to second place on the list of the world’s wealthiest people for some time. At that time, the assets of Adani Group were 15 thousand 47 billion dollars. According to Forbes’ real-time report on September 16, 2022, he has overtaken Amazon’s Jeff Bezos and Louis Vuitton’s Bernard Arnault to take second place. However, Mr. Adani lost his position to Mr. Arnault after some time. The article is about Gautam Adani Became The World’s Second Richest Person.

At that time, Tesla boss Elon Musk was the richest person on the list, with 27 thousand 350 million dollars. His wealth was $12 trillion more than the second richest Adani. Mr. Adani was the third richest on a list in August 2022. Then Bezos was in second place.

Mr. Arnault, who ranked third in the real-time list, had a net worth of $15,350 million. On the other hand, Bezos had $14,970 million. Eighth on the list was Mukesh Ambani, owner of Reliance Industries, another Indian billionaire. His assets amount to 9 thousand 200 million dollars. The 60-year-old Mr. Adani’s investment portfolio is diverse. Its business has expanded into various sectors: coal to ports, data centers to cement, media, power plants to port, and airport management.

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