Gautam Adani becomes world's second richest man, surpassing Bernard Arnault

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• Sep 16, 2022 | Poonam Nath

Gautam Adani and his
family's net worth was $155.4 billion as of early Friday, compared to $155.2
billion for Bernard Arnault and his family.

mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#252525">Digital Desk: LVMH
Moet Hennessy-Louis Vuitton co-founder and chairman Bernard Arnault has been
surpassed by billionaire businessman Gautam Adani, president of the Adani
Group, to become the second richest person in the world, according to Forbes
data.

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mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#252525">Adani and his family's
net worth as of early Friday morning was $155.4 billion, compared to Arnault's
$155.2 billion, per Forbes' Real-Time Billionaires List.

mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#252525">Elon Musk, CEO of
Tesla and SpaceX, is presently ranked first on Forbes' list with a net worth of
$273.5 billion. Adani, Arnault, and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos (net worth $149.7
billion) are in his wake, according to the report.

mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#252525">Mukesh Ambani, the
chairman and managing director of Reliance Industries, is ranked eighth overall
with a net worth of $92.3 billion, trailing only Microsoft founder Bill Gates
(105.3 billion), Oracle founder Larry Ellison (98.3 billion), and seasoned Wall
Street investor Warren Buffet (96.5 billion).

mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#252525">The 60-year-old Adani
has been investing in a variety of enterprises over the past few years,
including data centres, cement, media, and more, in order to build his
ports-to-power transmission empire. The largest privately owned operator of
airports, ports, and coal mines in India belongs to the Adani Group.

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