Gautam Adani, with $67 billion net worth, is Asia’s second richest

Gautam Adani, the chief of the infrastructure-to-renewable energy conglomerate and the second-richest Indian, is now the second-richest Asian too, behind Reliance Group’s Mukesh Ambani. On Thursday, Adani went past Zhong Shanshan, the head of a China-based beverages-to-pharma conglomerate. Globally, Ambani is the 13th richest, while Adani is at the 14th place.

As of Thursday, Adani’s total net worth was $66.5 billion compared to Zhong Shanshan’s $63.6 billion and Ambani’s $76.5 billion, according to Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Adani’s wealth has surged by $32.7 billion this year, while Ambani has lost $175.5 million, a report by Bloomberg said.

Adani’s meteoric rise in fortunes happened in the last one year since May 2020, as the stock price of each of the group’s six listed companies have galloped northward, BSE data showed. From about $20 billion at the start of May last year, the Adani Group’s aggregate market capitalisation is now nearly $115 billion — a rise of nearly six times. In comparison, the Reliance Group’s aggregate market cap has moved up from nearly $125 billion to a little over $178 billion now.