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- Published: July 21, 2022 13:21
New Delhi: Chairman of the Adani Group, Gautam Adani on Thursday became the fourth richest man in the world by overtaking Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates with an estimated wealth of $115.5 billion.
According to the Forbes’ Real-Time Billionaires List, Gautam Adani, eclipsed Bill Gates, whose net worth is pegged at $104.6 billion.
Bill Gates ranking dropped after he announced that he would be donating $20 billion from his wealth to his non-profit.
Business tycoon, 60-year-old is on the richest man list after Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, Bernard Arnault & family of Louis Vuitton, and SpaceX’s Elon Musk.
This comes days after Gautam Adani announced that his group, Adani Group has won the tender for privatisation of a port in Israel in partnership with Gadot.
In May 2022, Adani made a grand entry into cement when he won the race to acquire Swiss giant Holcim’s cement business in India for $10.5 billion.