Gautam Adani becomes Asia's 2nd Richest Person with $67 billion

New Delhi: Veteran industrialist Gautam Adani has become the second richest person in Asia, beating China's Zhong Shanshan. On Tuesday, the Adani Group companies benefited tremendously for the second consecutive day in the domestic stock market.

Gautam Adani Asia's 2nd Richest:

According to figures given on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, Gautam Adani has a net worth of $ 66.5 billion. At the same time, China's Zhong Shanshan has total assets of $ 63.6 billion. Please tell that at this time, the richest person in Asia is Mukesh Ambani.

Adani's worth increased by $2.74 billion:

According to the Bloomberg Billionaire Index, Gautam Adani's networth has increased by $ 2.74 billion. Earlier on Monday, his net worth had increased by $ 3.31 billion, which is about Rs 24,233 crore. In this way, $ 6.05 billion has been raised in the last two days. During this time, he has climbed 6 places to number 14 in the world's rich list with a net worth of $ 66.5 billion.

Gautam Adani is currently the second richest person in the country and Asia and six companies of Adani Group are listed on the stock market. Shares of these companies also rose on Tuesday.

Adani Enterprises shares rose 3.06 per cent, Adani Ports and Special Zone Limited shares rose 2.85 per cent, Adani Total Gas shares 3.90 per cent, Adani Transmission shares 5 per cent and Adani Power shares rose 5 per cent. Similarly, Adani Green Energy shares rose by 4.94 per cent. The market cap of 5 companies of Adani Group is more than one lakh crore rupees.

On Wednesday, Adani Green Energy Limited (AGEL) bought SB Energy India (SB Energy), a subsidiary of SoftBank Group. This deal has been completed for $ 3.5 billion i.e. about 24,000 crore rupees. It is believed that this is the biggest deal in the history of India's renewable sector.

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