Billionaire Gautam Adani overtakes Mukesh Ambani to become Asia’s richest person – The National

Billionaire Gautam Adani overtakes Mukesh Ambani to become Asia’s richest person – The National

Indian billionaire Gautam Adani is now the wealthiest person in Asia with a net worth of $88.5 billion and ranks the 10th richest person in the world on Tuesday, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.

The 59-year-old eclipsed Asia’s richest man from Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani, whose current net worth is $87.9bn, according to the index.

With an almost $12bn jump in his personal fortune, Mr Adani is the world’s biggest wealth-gainer this year.