India
oi-Nitesh Jha
New
Delhi,
Sep
16:
Adani
group
chairman
Gautam
Adani
on
Friday
briefly
became
the
world’s
second
richest
person
surpassing
France’s
Bernard
Arnault
when
his
net
worth
rose
to
$155.5
billion
(Rs
12.37
lakh
crore).
Adani’s
net
worth
rose
by
$5.2
billion,
a
hike
of
3.49
per
cent,
according
to
the
Forbes
Real
Time
Billionaires
List.
He
was
narrowly
ahead
of
French
tycoon
Bernard
Arnault
and
Amazon
founder
Jeff
Bezos.
However,
as
per
the
Forbes
Real
Time
Billionaires
List,
now
Louis
Vitton
boss
Bernard
Arnault
has
secured
the
world’s
second
richest
title
again
by
a
narrow
margin.
The
net
worth
of
Bernard
Arnault
is
$153.7
B,
while
Adani’s
is
$152.6
B.
The
ranking
of
the
two
business
tycoons
likely
to
change
again
in
the
near
future
as
the
difference
between
the
two
net
worth
is
so
narrow.
Adani
Group
to
acquire
29.18%
stake
in
NDTV;
Netizens
flood
Twitter
with
memes!
US
businessman
Elon
Musk
continues
to
have
a
firm
hold
on
the
top
spot
of
the
global
wealth
ranking.
His
net
worth
is
$273.5
B.
Reliance
Industries
chairman
Mukesh
Ambani
is
the
second
Indian
in
the
top
10
list
with
a
net
worth
of
$92.2
billion.
The
other
billionaires
in
the
top
ten
list
include
Bill
Gates,
Larry
Ellison,
Warren
Buffett,
Larry
Page
and
Sergey
Brin.
Story first published: Friday, September 16, 2022, 17:49 [IST]