Bloomberg Billionaires Index

Gautam Adani, founder of Adani Group, on September 16, briefly became the second richest person on the world. Adani’s net worth stood at a staggering $155.7 billion (12.37 lakh crore). With this, the 60-year-old Indian businessman surpassed Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, French tycoon Bernard Arnault and others. Meanwhile, Tesla founder Elon Musk retains the top spot as the richest man in the world, with a net worth of $264 billion.