Hurun Rich List — Gautam Adani, Larry Page, Mukesh Ambani and others who made the most money in 2022

Mar 16, 2022

By: kritti.bhalla@timesinternet.in

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Global Rich List

Hurun India and M3M India today released the ‘2022 M3M Hurun Global Rich List’, a ranking of the US Dollar billionaires in India. The report ranked 3381 billionaires from 2557 companies and 69 countries.

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Who were the biggest gainers?

Among them, Gautam Adani and family, Larry Page and Sergey Brin were the highest gainers of wealth in 2022.

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Gautam Adani and family

With a net addition of $49 billion, Gautam Adani of the Adani Group added the most amount of wealth in 2022. According to the Hurun report, Gautam Adani added ₹6000 crore (approximately $780 million) on a weekly basis in 2021 | Wealth change: $45 billion | Total wealth: $81 billion.

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Larry Page

Lawrence Edward Page is an American computer scientist and Internet entrepreneur. He is best known as one of the co-founders of Google, along with Sergey Brin | Wealth change: $39 billion | Total wealth: $116 billion.

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Sergey Brin

Sergey Mikhailovich Brin is an American business magnate, computer scientist, and Internet entrepreneur. He stepped down from Google in December 2019 | Wealth change: $39 billion | Total wealth: $116 billion

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Bernard Arnault

Bernard Arnault is a French businessman, investor, and art collector. He is the chairman and chief executive of Louis Vuitton | Change: $39 billion | Total wealth: $153 billion.

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Warren Buffett

Warren Edward Buffett is an American business magnate, investor, and philanthropist. He is currently the chairman and chief exec (CEO) of Berkshire Hathaway | Wealth change: $28 billion | Total wealth: $119 billion.

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Steve Ballmer

Steve Ballmer served as the CEO of Microsoft between 2000 to 2014. He is the current owner of the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association | Wealth change: $27 billion | Total wealth: $107 billion.

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Bertrand Puech and Family

Bertrand Puech and Family, who run Hermes, added $22 billion in wealth in 2021 | Wealth change: $22 billion | Total wealth: $102 billion.

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Mukesh Ambani

Mukesh Ambani, the chairperson and managing director of Reliance Industries, is the ninth richest man in the world. He added $20 billion to his wealth last year | Wealth change: $20 billion | Total wealth: $103 billion.

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Zeng Yuqun

Zeng Yuqun, also known as Robin Zeng, is a Chinese billionaire entrepreneur. He is the founder and chairman of the battery manufacturer Contemporary Amperex Technology | Wealth change: $19 billion | Total wealth: $53 billion.

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Changpeng Zhao

Changpeng Zhao, commonly known as "CZ", is a Chinese-Canadian business executive. He is the founder and CEO of Binance | Wealth change: $15 billion | Total wealth: $23 billion.

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