A big news has come out from the Indian industry. Despite the continuous decline in the stock market, the country’s leading businessman Gautam Adani has registered a tremendous increase in his wealth. On Thursday, his net worth increased so much that he not only re-entered the $100 billion club, but also left behind Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates.
According to Bloomberg Billionaires Index, Gautam Adani’s net worth increased by $ 7.16 billion (about ₹ 59,000 crore) in a single day. With this, his total wealth increased to 106 billion dollars (about Rs 10 lakh crore). After this rise, he has reached 17th place in the list of the world’s richest people. This year i.e. in 2026, Gautam Adani’s net worth has increased by a total of $ 21.4 billion (about more than ₹ 2 lakh crore). This rise shows that investors remain confident in the shares and business of Adani Group.
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With this big leap, Adani has left behind even Bill Gates, whose net worth has come down to $104 billion. At the same time, the net worth of Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani is $ 90.2 billion and he is at 20th place in this list. The thing to note is that Adani has already gone ahead of Ambani and is now strengthening his hold at the global level as well.
List of world’s top 20 richest people
| rank | Name | net worth | Country |
| 1 | elon musk | $645B | America |
| 2 | larry page | $289B | America |
| 3 | jeff bezos | $274B | America |
| 4 | sergey brin | $269B | America |
| 5 | mark zuckerberg | $233B | America |
| 6 | larry ellison | $227B | America |
| 7 | Michael Dell | $179B | America |
| 8 | jensen huang | $165B | America |
| 9 | Bernard Arnault | $160B | France |
| 10 | jim walton | $157B | America |
| 11 | Rob Walton | $154B | America |
| 12 | alice walton | $153B | America |
| 13 | steve ballmer | $147B | America |
| 14 | warren buffett | $141B | America |
| 15 | amancio ortega | $132B | spain |
| 16 | carlos slim | $130B | Mexico |
| 17 | Gautam Adani | $106B | India |
| 18 | Bill Gates | $104B | America |
| 19 | Francois Betancourt Meyers | $94.6B | France |
| 20 | Mukesh Ambani | $90.2B | India |
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