2022 has already turned out to be a successful year for Gautam Adani. The Indian bigwig briefly surpassed Amazon founder Jeff Bezos to become the second-richest person in the world in September, as per the Bloomberg reports.
Soon, Adani will be a household name outside southeast Asia. And now, he is likely to be richer than Microsoft founder Bill Gates and iconic investor Warren Buffett.
“The kind of rise that you have seen is truly phenomenal and probably unprecedented in the world that in such a short time a single individual has been able to acquire assets across industrial sectors and has emerged as one of the largest billionaires in the world,” Hemindra Hazari was quoted as saying by CNBC.
Gautam Adani Background
Adani hails from middle-class family background, and he began his entrepreneurial journey in the country’s financial capital, Mumbai, as a diamond sorter in the late 1970s. Adani is now the chairman of the Adani Group, one of the three largest industrial conglomerates in India.
Gautam Adani Personal Life
Gautam Adani was born on June 24, 1962, in a Gujarati Jain family and has 7 siblings. His father Shantilal and his mother Shanti Adani. Migrated from the town of Tharad in the northern part of Gujarat in search of business opportunities.
Gautam Adani’s was married to Priti Adani and his wife leads the Adani Foundation which works for social services. The couple has 2 sons named Karan Adani and Jeet Adani.
Gautam Adani Education
The Indian conglomerate was schooling at Sheth Chimanlal Nagindas Vidyalaya school in Ahmedabad. Later, he opted for a graduation degree in commerce from Gujarat University but dropped out of college after the second year.
He then opted for a graduation degree in commerce from Gujarat University but dropped out of college after the second year.
Without further ado let’s take a look at Gautam Adani’s Net Worth and it will definitely shock you!
Gautam Adani NET WORTH
Adani Group Chairperson Gautam Adani briefly surpassed Amazon founder Jeff Bezos to become the second-richest person in the world in September. According to the Forbes Real-Time Billionaires List, Adani’s net worth stands at $155.7 billion as of September 16, 2022, leaving behind Bezos.
Adani is now only behind Tesla’s Elon Musk, who remains the world’s richest man with a $273.5 billion net worth.
Adani’s net worth has surged even as the shares of Adani Group companies (Adani Enterprises, Adani Port and Adani Transmission) hit their record highs on Friday (September 16) on the BSE, reported News18.
In the calendar year 2022, Adani has added over $70 billion to his fortune, only one among the world’s 10 wealthiest people to have seen his net worth increase this year.
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