This 12 months is starting significantly better than 2023 for Gautam Adani.
The Adani Group founder saw his fortune rise to a staggering $7.7 billion in a single day, returning him to the position of Asia’s richest man, Bloomberg reported on Thursday evening. In total, he now has $97.6 billion, barely greater than Indian businessman Mukesh Ambani’s $97 billion.
It’s a welcome comeback for Adani, whose fortune plummeted last 12 months after a report by Hindenburg Research found that his company allegedly committed corporate fraud. Although the Adani Group denied the allegations, at one point it lost over $150 billion in market value. Adani himself has seen considered one of the biggest declines in wealth in 2023: just before the Hindenburg Report was published, his fortune was $118.9 billion. For the full 12 months, it lost $37.3 billion.
However, his latest developments come in response to a ruling by the Supreme Court of India that said there ought to be no more investigations into allegations against the Adani Group. The judicial body also told the local markets regulator that it must complete its investigation into the company inside three months. The news sent Adani Group shares skyrocketing, with the founder seeing his fortune increase by $13.3 billion, the biggest wealth gain this 12 months (to date).
Despite his impressive wealth, Adani is still outside the top ten richest people in the world, led by Elon Musk and his $220 billion. But in accordance with the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, almost everyone ranked above Adani has lost money this 12 months – the exception is Warren Buffett, the world’s eighth-richest man. This 12 months, the investor increased his wealth (sorry) by a more modest $1.9 billion.
Considering that we only have a number of days until January, it is difficult to say whether these trends will proceed throughout 2024. Billionaire wealth has gone up and down over the past 12 months, but the 500 richest people still gained a combined $1.5 trillion. Meanwhile, in 2022 they lost $2 trillion. We can subsequently assume that almost all billionaires are hoping for a repeat of 2023 as an alternative of 2022. Perhaps with the exception of Adani, for whom 2024 guarantees to be a significantly better – and richer – 12 months.
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