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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Mukesh Ambani | 92.7 |  | Reliance Industries | 64 |
| 2 |  Gautam Adani | 74.8 | | Adani Ports & SEZ | 59 |
| 3 |  Shiv Nadar | 31 | | HCL Technologies | 76 |
| 4 |  Radhakishan Damani | 29.4 | | Avenue Supermarts | 66 |
| 5 |  Cyrus Poonawalla | 19 | | Serum Institute of India | 80 |
| 6 |  Lakshmi Mittal | 18.8 | | ArcelorMittal | 71 |
| 7 |  Savitri Jindal | 18 | | O.P. Jindal Group | 71 |
| 8 |  Uday Kotak | 16.5 | | Kotak Mahindra Bank | 62 |
| 9 |  Pallonji Mistry | 16.4 | | Shapoorji Pallonji Group | 92 |
| 10 |  Kumar Birla | 15.8 | | Aditya Birla Group | 54 |
| 11 |  Godrej Family | 15.2 | | Godrej Group | NA |
| 12 |  Sunil Mittal | 14.8 | | Bharti Airtel | 63 |
| 13 |  Bajaj Family | 14.4 | | Bajaj Auto | NA |
| 14 |  Dilip Shanghvi | 14.3 | | Sun Pharmaceutical Industries | 66 |
| 15 |  Hinduja Brothers | 14 | | Ashok Leyland | 85, 80, 75, 70 |
| 16 |  Burman Family | 11.8 | | Dabur India | NA |
| 17 |  Madhukar Parekh | 11.7 | | Pidilite Industries | 75 |
| 18 |  Azim Premji | 11.2 | | Wipro | 76 |
| 19 |  Murali Divi | 9.9 | | Divi’s Laboratories | 70 |
| 20 |  Benu Gopal Bangur | 9.5 | | Shree Cement | 90 |
| 21 |  Kuldip Singh & Gurbachan Singh Dhingra | 9.4 | | Berger Paints India | 74, 71 |
| 22 |  Ashwin Dani | 8.9 | | Asian Paints | 78 |
| 23 |  Kushal Pal Singh | 8.7 | | DLF | 90 |
| 24 |  Vinod & Anil Rai Gupta | 7.6 | | Havells India | 76, 52 |
| 25 |  Sudhir & Samir Mehta | 7.1 | | Torrent Group | 67, 58 |
| 26 |  Mahendra Choksi | 6.9 | | Asian Paints | 80 |
| 27 |  Hasmukh Chudgar | 6.6 | | Intas Pharmaceuticals | 88 |
| 28 |  Girdhari Lal Bawri, Rajendra Agarwal & Banwari Lal Bawri | 6.5 | | Macleods Pharmaceuticals | 74, 68, 62 |
| 29 |  Muthoot Family | 6.4 | | Muthoot Finance | NA |
| 30 |  Harsh Mariwala | 6.3 | | Marico | 70 |