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.
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.
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:
Name | Net worth | Country |
Jeff Bezos | $201.8 billion | United States |
Bernard Arnault | $189.2 billion | France |
Elon Musk | $167.3 billion | United States |
Bill Gates | $128.9 billion | United States |
Mark Zuckerberg | $127.7 billion | United States |
Larry Page | $108.9 billion | United States |
Larry Ellison | $106.8 billion | United States |
Sergey Brin | $105.4 billion | United States |
Warren Buffett | $101.3 billion | United States |
Francoise Bettencourt Meyers | $87.2 billion | France |
Steve Ballmer | $81.6 billion | United States |
Amancio Ortega | $81.1 billion | Spain |
Mukesh Ambani | $80.7 billion | India |
Carlos Slim Helu & family | $69.5 billion | Mexico |
Zhong Shanshan | $66.4 billion | China |
Jim Walton | $64.2 billion | United States |
Alice Walton | $63.8 billion | United States |
Rob Walton | $63.4 billion | United States |
Michael Bloomberg | $59.0 billion | United States |
Phil Knight & family | $58.0 billion | United States |
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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