​Gautam Adani has made more money than Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Mukesh Ambani in 2021​

Mar 12, 2021

By: Prabhjote Gill

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The Indian billionaire industrialist Gautam Adani is back in the limelight but for the right reasons

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Adani’s net worth has jumped from USD 16.2 billion to USD 50 billion

That’s a jump of USD 33.8 billion in the last two months, according to the Bloomberg Billionaire Index.

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He has gained more wealth in 2021 than any other billionaire on the globe

This includes India’s own Mukesh Ambani, Elon Musk and even Amazon’s Jeff Bezos.

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Shares of all Adani group companies, except one, have rallied at least 50 per cent in 2021

Some have even rallied more than 90 per cent this year, according to the Bloomberg Billionaire Index

Adani Green’s stock is the only one to have only gained 12 per cent this year so far

This comes after it rose over 500 per cent in 2020

Adani Total Gas’ shares have been the biggest gainers with a 96 per cent jump in value

Followed by Adani Enterprises, which rose by 90 per cent

Last week, Adani Enterprises joined the ₹1 trillion market cap club

It is the third Adani Group company to have reached that milestone.

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Adani Enterprises signed a pact to develop 1 gigawatt of data centre capacity in India last month

Its subsidiary, Adani Airports, completed the acquisition of 23.5 per cent stake in the Mumbai International Airport.

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Adani Airports also won the mandate to modernise and run six airports for the next five decades

This includes Ahmedabad, Lucknow, Mangaluru, Jaipur, Guwahati and Thiruvananthapuram.

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Adani Green was the first company to hit the ₹1 trillion mark in September 2020

In December 2020, Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone followed suit.

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Billionaire Poonawalla has put the money where his mouth is⁠— housing finance and general insurance