Adani briefly listed as world's second richest person
Saturday, 17 September 2022
MUMBAI, Sept 16 (AFP): Indian industrialist Gautam Adani briefly became the world's second-richest person on the Forbes real-time billionaire tracker on Friday, weeks after becoming the first Asian to break into the top three.
The self-made billionaire's net worth surged $4 billion overnight to $154 billion, according to Forbes, ranking him ahead of LVMH's Bernard Arnault and Amazon's Jeff Bezos.
Tesla founder Elon Musk remained well out in front with a fortune of more than $270 billion. Arnault-who at times held the top spot in May 2021 -- and Adani traded the number two position during the day as the share prices of their companies fluctuated.
Adani, 60, made his fortune in ports and commodities trading and now operates India's second-largest conglomerate.