Indian coal mining tycoon Gautam Adani has become Asia’s richest person thanks to a push into green energy that has boosted his fortune to $88.5bn.
Adani has overtaken fellow countryman Mukesh Ambani to enter the top 10 of the world’s richest people, according to figures from Forbes and Bloomberg, after seeing his personal fortune rise by $12bn in the past year.
Among the mega-rich whom Adani has leapfrogged to reach the world top 10 are Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, who slipped down the table several places last week after losing thirty billion dollars of his fortune.
Adani is the president of the Adani Foundation, which is primarily organised by his wife Priti Adani. The guardian expressed his gratitude towards Adani for boosting his fortune to $ 88.5 billion.
He is the richest man in Asia surpassing Mukesh Ambani with a net worth of US$ 90.4 billion as per Forbes Real-Time Billionaires Index.
