This year, Mukesh Ambani of Reliance Group and Gautam Adani of Adani Group have suffered a big setback. After Larry Ellison, Mukesh Ambani and Gautam Adani are in the list of billionaires who lost wealth this year. Adani has lost $14.5 billion so far this year. Of these, he lost 7.88 billion dollars on Friday itself. At the same time, in the latest list of Bloomberg Billionaires Index dated January 26, Adani has also lost the crown of the second richest person in Asia. Now Chinese businessman Zhong Shanshan has come to this position. At the same time, Ambani has suffered a loss of $ 15.1 billion this year and he is in danger of being out of the top-20 list of the world’s richest people. Ambani is the 19th richest person in the world with $92.6 billion.
Reason for decline in Adani’s net worth
In fact, shares of Adani Group companies fell by 13% on Friday. Shares of Adani Group companies fell after the news of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) seeking court approval to issue summons to Gautam Adani and Sagar Adani in the alleged fraud and bribery case of US $ 265 million. However, Adani Group rejected the allegations and said that the allegations of US prosecutors are baseless and the group is in compliance with all laws.
World’s top 10 billionaires
According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, Elon Musk’s wealth is currently $ 690 billion and he is the richest person in the world. Musk’s wealth has increased by $70.2 billion so far this year. This is more than Adani’s lifetime earnings. Larry Page is at second place. He has added $11.7 billion to his net worth this year. His total wealth is $281 billion. Jeff Bezos has made a profit of $7.69 billion this year. On Friday, his wealth increased by $4.48 billion and Bezos reached the third position in the list of the world’s richest people. His total wealth is 261 billion dollars. Sergey Brin is at fourth place. Brin, who earned $10.9 billion this year, has a total wealth of $261 billion. Mark Zuckerberg is at 5th place with $233 billion, while Larry Ellison is at sixth place with $231 billion. Bernard Arnault has suffered a setback of $13.05 billion this year. Arnault is at seventh place with a net worth of $194 billion. Steve Ballmer has suffered a setback of $5.62 billion so far this year. He is at 8th position with a net worth of $163 billion. Jensen Huang is at 9th with $155 billion and Warren Buffett is at 10th with $144 billion. Buffett, who is included in Bloomberg Top Loser, has suffered a loss of $ 7.05 billion so far this year.
