Gautam Adani has once again become Asia’s richest billionaire. He has achieved this title by defeating Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani. In the latest ranking of Bloomberg Billionaires Index, Adani is at 11th place while Mukesh Ambani’s ranking is down one place to 12th. Adani’s total wealth is $111 billion. At the same time, Mukesh Ambani’s total wealth is 109 billion dollars. Both these billionaires remain the top 2 rich people of India and Asia.
world’s richest billionaire
According to Bloomberg Billionaires, Bernard Arnault remains the world’s richest billionaire. His wealth is 207 billion dollars. Apart from this, Elon Musk remains in second place with a wealth of $203 billion. At the same time, Jeff Bezos is ranked third and Mark Zuckerberg is ranked fourth richest billionaire. After this, Larry Page, Bill Gates, Sergey Brin, Steve Vollmer, Warren Buffet, Larry Ellison are in fifth to 10th place respectively.
Why did Adani’s wealth increase?
The reason for the increase in Gautam Adani’s wealth is the rise in the shares of Adani Group companies. Let us tell you that the market capitalization of the listed companies of the group increased by Rs 84,122 crore. The combined market capitalization of the group stood at Rs 17.88 lakh crore, with a gain of Rs 84,122 crore on Friday.
What is the condition of which shares of the group?
Adani Total Gas shares jumped 8.70 per cent to close at Rs 1,039.15 on BSE. Adani Power closed at Rs 756.65, up 8.37 per cent, and NDTV closed at Rs 248, up 7.80 per cent. Apart from this, shares of Adani Enterprises rose by 6.84 per cent to Rs 3,411.45. Group flagship Adani Enterprises added Rs 24,891.93 crore, taking its market capitalization to Rs 3.88 lakh crore.
Shares of Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ) closed 3.93 per cent higher at Rs 1,437.70. The market valuation of APSEZ increased by Rs 11,729.56 crore to Rs 3.10 lakh crore.
These shares also rose
Adani Wilmar shares closed 3.31 per cent higher at Rs 355.85 per share. Ambuja Cements surged 2.52 percent to Rs 634.30, Adani Energy Solutions surged 2.36 percent to Rs 1,122.80, Adani Green Energy surged 2.19 percent to Rs 1,915.25 and Sanghi Industries surged 1.88 percent to Rs 90.59.