Jeff Bezos loses spot as second-richest person as India’s Gautam Adani tops chart The 60-year-old Indian entrepreneur Gautam Adani pushed the online-retail giant Amazon (AMZN) boss to the number three position on Sept. 16. India’s billionaire Gautam Adani on Friday replaced the Amazon boss Jeff Bezos becoming the world’s second-richest person further pushing the American MNC founder from the spot that he retained after Tesla CEO Elon Musk became the wealthiest person in the world last year. The Chairman of the Adani Group now boasts a net worth of $155.5bn…
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Indian billionaire Gautam Adani is now the world’s third richest man
Indian billionaire Gautam Adani is now the world’s third richest man Gautam Adani was already Asia’s richest man.Now he’s also the world’s third richest person, overtaking LVMH chairman Bernard Arnault and becoming the first Asian person to take that spot, according to Bloomberg and its Billionaires Index. Adani, who runs one of India’s top conglomerates, is now believed to be worth approximately $137 billion, the tracker shows.That’s after a surge this week placed him just behind Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, whose own fortunes are estimated…
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