The bumper rise in the shares of Adani Group companies on Thursday not only increased the wealth of Gautam Adani but also increased his status in the list of billionaires. Now Adani has moved up one place to 13th position. Adani is just behind Mukesh Ambani. If Gautam Adani’s wealth continues to grow like this, then in the next few days he will snatch the crown of Asia’s richest man from Mukesh Ambani. Mukesh Ambani is ranked 12th in the Bloomberg Billionaires Index and his net worth is $114 billion. There is a gap of only 5 billion dollars left between Adani and Ambani.
The rise in shares of Adani Group increased its status
Shares of Adani group companies also rose strongly. Adani Enterprises’ shares rose the most by eight percent. Similarly, shares of NDTV rose by 7.56 percent, shares of Adani Ports by 4.72 percent, shares of ACC by 2.86 percent, shares of Adani Power by 2.79 percent, shares of Adani Total Gas by 2.30 percent and shares of Ambuja Cements by 2.09 percent. The combined market valuation of all 10 listed companies of the group stood at Rs 17.23 lakh crore.
Adani remained second in Thursday’s earnings
If anyone’s wealth increased the most on Thursday, it was Jensen Huang. Huang’s net worth increased by $7.65 billion. Because shares of his company Nvidia jumped 9.32% and closed above $ 1,000 per share for the first time. After this is Gautam Adani, whose wealth increased by $ 4.56 billion.
Huang number one in this year’s earnings
Jensen Huang has left Mark Zuckerberg far behind in earnings so far in the year 2024. Now he is at number one with an earning of $47.3 billion. At second place is Zuckerberg, who has added $37.7 billion to his net worth. Adani is at 7th place with earnings of $24.8 billion and Mukesh Ambani is at 8th place with $17.6 billion.
