Is Gautam Adani no longer among the top 20 richest persons in the world? All You Need To Know

New Delhi: Gautam Adani lost the tag of third richest person in Asia to Ma Huateng, Chairman and CEO of Tencent Holdings.

Adani Group founder and chairman Gautam Adani is no longer among the top 20 richest persons in the world. 

Also as per the Forbes billionaires list, the rank of Adani has fallen down to 22 after the market capitalization of his companies dropped significantly.

He has also lost the tag of the third richest person in Asia to Ma Huateng, Chairman and CEO of Tencent Holdings.

The market capitalization of his companies is falling continuously ever since a report claimed that the National Securities Depository Limited (NSDL) froze three FPI accounts that have major stakes in four firms of the conglomerate.

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Although both Adani Enterprises and NSDL rejected the report, the stock prices of the firms continue to fall.

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Net worth of Gautam Adani

At one point in time when the prices of his companies’ shares were rising by 4-10 percent per day, it was predicted that Adani may surpass Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) Chairman Mukesh Ambani to become the richest person in India.

Gautam Adani’s net worth which was $69 billion on May 22 has fallen down to $55.9 billion.

However, now he has not only lost the title of the third richest person in Asia but also the lost spot in the list of top 20 richest persons in the world. Even now he is one of the richest people in the world.

Gautam Adani no longer among the top 20 richest persons
Gautam Adani no longer among the top 20 richest persons

List of top 20 richest persons in the world

As per Forbes’ Real-Time Billionaires rankings, with a net worth of $201.8 billion, Jeff Bezos of Amazon continues to be the richest person in the world. 

Currently, the list of the top 20 richest persons in the world has 14 Americans, two French, one Indian, one Chinese, one Spanish, and one Mexican.

The list of the top 20 richest persons in the world as per Forbes is as follows:

NameNet worthCountry
Jeff Bezos$201.8 billionUnited States
Bernard Arnault$189.2 billionFrance
Elon Musk$167.3 billionUnited States
Bill Gates$128.9 billionUnited States
Mark Zuckerberg$127.7 billionUnited States
Larry Page$108.9 billionUnited States
Larry Ellison$106.8 billionUnited States
Sergey Brin$105.4 billionUnited States
Warren Buffett$101.3 billionUnited States
Francoise Bettencourt Meyers$87.2 billionFrance
Steve Ballmer$81.6 billionUnited States
Amancio Ortega$81.1 billionSpain
Mukesh Ambani$80.7 billionIndia
Carlos Slim Helu & family$69.5 billionMexico
Zhong Shanshan$66.4 billionChina
Jim Walton$64.2 billionUnited States
Alice Walton$63.8 billionUnited States
Rob Walton$63.4 billionUnited States
Michael Bloomberg$59.0 billionUnited States
Phil Knight & family$58.0 billionUnited States
list of the top 20 richest persons in the world

Above are the world’s top richest peoples list. Hope this information may help you in the increment of your general knowledge.

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