India’s Gautam Adani Is Now Richest Asian Billionaire Ever As Fortune Jumps Past $100 Billion

India’s Gautam Adani Is Now Richest Asian Billionaire Ever As Fortune Jumps Past $100 Billion

Gautam Adani, the founder and chairman of the Adani Group. After a meteoric rise in his net worth over the past two years, Indian infrastructure tycoon Gautam Adani has become the world's newest centi-billionaire, joining an elite group of just eight other business moguls–including Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates–to boast fortunes of more than $100 billion. He is the richest Asian billionaire ever as of Monday's market close, not adjusting for inflation, Forbes estimates. The 59-year-old Adani, who is the only Indian currently in the elite club, is the founder and chairman of Adani Group, a port and energy conglomerate with six publicly listed companies in India. His fortune climbed past the 12-figure mark after it was announced Friday that Abu Dhabi's International Holding Co. invested $2 billion in three of his green energy-focused businesses: Adani Green Energy, Adani Transmission and Adani Enterprises. IHC is chaired by Sheikh Tahnoun bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the UAE's national security advisor and the brother of the country's crown prince, Sheik Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. It's been a rapid rise to the top for Adani, whose entrepreneurial journey began in 1988 when he started a commodities export firm after dropping out