Gautam Adani overtakes Jeff Bezos to become world's second richest

Gautam Adani's wealth surged to make him the second richest man in the world, led by a sharp rally in the Adani Group stocks.

Adani Group's Chairperson and Indian billionare Gautam Adani surpassed Amazon's Jeff Bezos to become the world's second richest person. He is now only behind Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who remains the world's richest man with a networth of $273.5 billion, according to Forbes' real time data, LiveMint reported. 

Adani's wealth surged to make him the second richest man in the world, led by a sharp rally in the Adani Group stocks. According to the Forbes real-time billionaires list, Adani's net worth stood at $155.7 billion as of September 16, 2022, up $5.5 billion or nearly 4%.

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