Gautam Adani this year, surpassed Jeff Bezos to become the world’s second-richest person

Adani, who started the year as No. 14 on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index

now has a $146.8 billion fortune that lags behind only Elon Musk’s $263.9 billion

Adani first overtook India’s Mukesh Ambani as the richest Asian person in February

Bill Gates and France’s Bernard Arnault in the past two months

This year, he added about $70 billion to his wealth

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