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NEW YORK, KOMPAS.com – Founder and CEO of Amazon, Jeff Bezosstep back in the register richer man world version of the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Jeff Bezos had to give up the position of second richest man in the world, to an Indian billionaire, Gautam Adani.
Since the beginning of this year, Bezos’ wealth has continued to erode. At the same time, Adani’s wealth coffers are increasing.
Referring to data from the Bloomberg Millionare Index, Bezos, who is currently ranked as the third richest person in the world, has fallen $ 45.5 billion since the beginning of this year. With this decrease, as of Sunday (9/18/2022) today, the value of the wealth of the man born in 1964 is 147 billion US dollars.
Meanwhile, Adani’s wealth has risen to $ 70.3 billion since the beginning of this year. Adani’s total wealth to date has reached $ 147 billion, making him the richest person in the world after Elon Musk.
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Reported by CNN, Adani’s source of wealth comes from the octopus business owned, under the auspices of the Adani Group. The business group has a number of business lines in different sectors, such as ports and coal, which have performed well in recent years.
In fact, the share value of a number of Adani-owned companies has skyrocketed by more than 1,000 percent since June 2020. Shares of Adani Enterprises, which is its flagship, are up 115 percent only this year.
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With his brilliant performance in the corporate network, it didn’t take Adani long to unseat Bezos from the rankings as the second richest person in the world. Noted for overcoming Bezos, Adani only takes less than 10 months.
Earlier, in February, Adani also removed another Indian billionaire, Mukesh Ambani, from the position of the richest person in Asia.
Now Adani is just behind Tesla CEO Elon Musk from the list of the richest people in the world, who currently has a fortune of US $ 264 billion.
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