Gautam Adani had pledged to donate $7.7 billion to social causes on the occasion of his 60th birthday in June.
Businessman Gautam Adani has become the third richest person in the world. With a net worth of $ 137.4 billion (approximately Rs 10,97,517 crore) , Gautam Adani has surpassed Bernard Arnault of France to achieve this position. According to Bloomberg , he is now behind only Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos of America in the ranking. This is the first time an Asian person has featured in the top three of the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
He overtook Ambani as the richest Asian for the first time in February. At the same time, Microsoft Corp’s Bill Gates was overtaken as the world’s fourth richest person last month. 60-year-old Adani has expanded its coal-to-ports group over the years to enter everything from data centers to cement, media and alumina.
As Gautam Adani’s groups grow, they keep moving up the list of rich people. Where earlier only a few people outside India knew about Gautam Adani. At the same time, today he has become the third richest person in the world. However, some lawmakers and market watchers have also raised concerns over the opaque shareholder structures and lack of analyst coverage in the Adani group companies.
Gautam Adani, a college dropout, started his career first as a diamond merchant. However, later he tried his hand in other fields and today he has become the most successful businessman. At the same time, on the occasion of his 60th birthday in June, Gautam Adani had pledged to donate $ 7.7 billion for social work.
