Mukesh Ambani replaces Gautam Adani: India’s richest man

Mukesh Ambani replaces Gautam Adani to become India’s richest man

Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) chairman Mukesh Ambani has replaced Gautam Adani, chairman of the Adani Group,

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to become Asia and India’s richest man owing to a surge in the stock prices of RIL

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According to Forbes Real-time billionaire list, Ambani has bagged the sixth position

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with a 6.21% increase of $6.1 billion taking the overall net worth to $104.3 billion

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Meanwhile Adani’s net worth grew by 0.66% to $99.9 billion taking him to the ninth position

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as per the Bloomberg Billionaire's Index consisting the daily ranking of the world’s richest people

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Ambani- with a total net worth of $99.7 billion- has pushed Adani (with net worth of $98.7 billion) to second position

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Adani had been enjoying the first position for the past few months due to accelerated stock prices of the Adani group

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Ambani has been focusing on businesses concerning tech innovations and transformations.

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