Gautam Adani, the founder of the Adani Group, is now the third-richest person in the world after surpassing Bernard Arnault, the co-founder of LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
Apparently, this is the first time a person from the Asian continent has reached the top three list of the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
The 60-year-old business tycoon reached made his way into the top 3 by surpassing Bernard Arnault and Microsoft’s Bill Gates. He is behind Amazon’s Jeff Bezos and Tesla’s Elon Musk.
Adani’s net worth has been pegged at USD 137B, followed by Bernard Arnault at USD 136B. On the other side, business magnate Mukesh Ambani, the Reliance chief, is at the 11th spot in the Index with a total of USD 91.9 billion worth.
For the unversed, the Bloomberg Billionaires Index is a daily ranking indicator of the billionaires in the world.