According to the Forbes real-time billionaires list, Indian businessman Gautam Adani has now become the fourth richest person in the world. Earlier, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates used to be at the fourth position among the world’s richest people.
New Delhi :According to the Forbes real-time billionaires list, Indian businessman Gautam Adani has now become the fourth richest person in the world. Earlier, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates used to be at the fourth position among the world’s richest people. According to Forbes, 60-year-old business tycoon Gautam Adani’s net worth reached $115.5 billion on Thursday while Bill Gates’s wealth stopped at $104.6 billion. Mukesh Ambani of India is at 10th place in the list with $90 billion.
Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk tops the list with $235.8 billion.
Adani Group Chairman Gautam Adani is known for transforming the small commodity trading business into a conglomerate spanning ports, mines and green energy.
“In barely three years, Adani has controlled seven airports and nearly a quarter of India’s air traffic. His conglomerate is now the country’s largest airport operator, power generator and city gas retailer in the non-state sector. He is the owner of the business news agency Bloomberg.
Adani said on Thursday that the group has won a tender for the privatization of a port in Israel in partnership with Gadot. The port of Haifa is the largest of Israel’s three major international ports.
Adani Data Networks along with Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea have also applied to participate in the upcoming 5G auction. There may be aggressive bidding for some frequency bands in the spectrum auction starting July 26.