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

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

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

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

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

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Bezos Loses Spot as World’s Second-Richest Person to Adani

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