Gautam Adani of the Adani Group has reached the $100 billion club of the world’s wealthiest entrepreneurs. The chairman of the Ahmedabad-based international business has surpassed Mukesh Ambani, who had previously held the title of richest man in India and Asia. Adani’s net worth increased as a result of his listed firms’ outstanding performance on the BSE and NSE.
According to the Bloomberg Billionaire Index, Adani’s net worth increased to $100 billion on April 2, 2022, putting him in tenth place. So far this year, his fortune has grown by $23.5 billion.
On the billionaire index, Adani and Ambani have been neck-and-neck on several occasions, switching places.
Adani Group’s equities have performed well on stock exchanges in the last month. Adani Wilmar shares increased by nearly 43%, while Adani Enterprises shares increased by nearly 24%, Adani Total Gas shares increased by roughly 29.5 percent, Adani Port shares increased by about 11 percent, and Adani Transmission by around 4%. Adani Power, on the other hand, has soared over 66 percent on the NSE. On the other hand, Adani Green Energy rose modestly in a month on the NSE.
Meanwhile, Adani Wilmar, Adani Power, Adani Port, Adani Enterprises, and Adani Total Gas all reached a new 52-week high on the NSE on April 1.
Further, co-founders of search engine giant, Google, Larry Page, and Sergey Brin were at sixth and seventh rank with a net worth of $125 billion and $ 119 billion.
The former CEO of Microsoft and current owner of the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association, Steve Ballmer took the 8th rank with a net worth of $108 billion. Oracle Corporation co-founder Larry Ellison was at the ninth rank with a wealth of $ 103 billion.
Rank | Name | Net Worth (In $ Billion) | Wealth Change | Company | Age |
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1 | ![]() | 92.7 | Reliance Industries | 64 | |
2 | ![]() | 74.8 | Adani Ports & SEZ | 59 | |
3 | ![]() | 31 | HCL Technologies | 76 | |
4 | ![]() | 29.4 | Avenue Supermarts | 66 | |
5 | ![]() | 19 | Serum Institute of India | 80 | |
6 | ![]() | 18.8 | ArcelorMittal | 71 | |
7 | ![]() | 18 | O.P. Jindal Group | 71 | |
8 | ![]() | 16.5 | Kotak Mahindra Bank | 62 | |
9 | ![]() | 16.4 | Shapoorji Pallonji Group | 92 | |
10 | ![]() | 15.8 | Aditya Birla Group | 54 | |
11 | ![]() | 15.2 | Godrej Group | NA | |
12 | ![]() | 14.8 | Bharti Airtel | 63 | |
13 | ![]() | 14.4 | Bajaj Auto | NA | |
14 | ![]() | 14.3 | Sun Pharmaceutical Industries | 66 | |
15 | ![]() | 14 | Ashok Leyland | 85, 80, 75, 70 | |
16 | ![]() | 11.8 | Dabur India | NA | |
17 | ![]() | 11.7 | Pidilite Industries | 75 | |
18 | ![]() | 11.2 | Wipro | 76 | |
19 | ![]() | 9.9 | Divi’s Laboratories | 70 | |
20 | ![]() | 9.5 | Shree Cement | 90 | |
21 | ![]() | 9.4 | Berger Paints India | 74, 71 | |
22 | ![]() | 8.9 | Asian Paints | 78 | |
23 | ![]() | 8.7 | DLF | 90 | |
24 | ![]() | 7.6 | Havells India | 76, 52 | |
25 | ![]() | 7.1 | Torrent Group | 67, 58 | |
26 | ![]() | 6.9 | Asian Paints | 80 | |
27 | ![]() | 6.6 | Intas Pharmaceuticals | 88 | |
28 | ![]() | 6.5 | Macleods Pharmaceuticals | 74, 68, 62 | |
29 | ![]() | 6.4 | Muthoot Finance | NA | |
30 | ![]() | 6.3 | Marico | 70 |