Indian billionaire surpasses richest people in the world with his wealth

Indian billionaire Gautam Adani has surpassed the richest people in the world, adding to his fortune amounting to $ 16.2 billion in 2020 for a record $ 50 billion.

The US newspaper “Bloomberg”, which reported the news, said that “Indian billionaire Adani (59), whose business empire is based in Hyderabad, achieved the largest increase in his wealth in 2020, exceeding l ‘American businessman Elon Musk’.

She added: “Adani has become the richest man on the Asian continent, as the aforementioned addition is double what his rival, Mukesh Ambani, achieved, who raised $ 8.1 billion in 2021.

Adani’s investments extend beyond ports to airports, coal mines in India and Australia and digital data centers.

Adani had already been kidnapped in 1988, but his captors released him without ransom. He was also present at the “Taj Mahal” hotel in Mumbai in 2008 when the terrorist attack that killed and injured hundreds of people occurred.

Source: “Bloomberg”

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