The wealth of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s beloved Gautam Adani, a prominent Indian businessman, has skyrocketed this year.
Adani’s wealth has grown significantly more than any other billionaire in the world this year as investments have flooded into his companies, ranging from ports to power plants.
According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, Adani’s wealth increased from 16.2 billion to 50 billion in 2021. This makes him one of the billionaires this year.
Adani is overcoming Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos, who are vying for the ‘2021 World’s Richest person’ title. The shares of Adani Group companies have increased nearly 50 percent this year.
Some of these have even increased by 90 percent. Meanwhile, Asia’s number one Mukesh Ambani‘s wealth grew by $ 8.1 billion.