India’s Mukesh Ambani Is the Richest Person in Asia — Again

• Toppled Gautam Adani to regain his perch in wealth rankings
• Mukesh Ambani is back to being Asia’s wealthiest person

Mukesh Ambani, an Indian billionaire, saw his net worth increase by $536 million in a single day to reach $97.5 billion. This puts him back in the top spot in the region, ahead of his compatriot Gautam Adani. Adani, who is committed to investing $100 billion over the next decade in green transition across his conglomerate’s businesses, trails behind Ambani with a net worth of $94.5 billion, but only by a narrow margin.

With a net worth of $97.5 billion, Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani is now the world’s 12th richest person. Gautam Adani, the Adani Group founder, is now at the 14th spot in the global rich list with a wealth of $94.5 billion. Other notable Indians on the billionaire list include Shapoor Mistry at the 38th spot with wealth of $35 billion and Shiv Nadar at the 45th spot with $33.2 billion. Tesla CEO Elon Musk continues to top the index with a net worth of $219 billion, followed by Jeff Bezos of Amazon at $170 billion.

Top 10 richest people in Asia

1. Mukesh Ambani (India): $97.5 billion
2. Gautam Adani (India): $94.5 billion
3. Zhong Shanshan (China): $64.9 billion
4. Colin Huang (China): $51.6 billion
5. Zhang Yiming (China): $42.3 billion
6. Tadashi Yanai (Japan): $36.8 billion
7. Shapoor Mistry (India): $35 billion
8. Ma Huateng (China): $34.3 billion
9. Shiv Nadar (India): $33.2 billion
10. Prajogo Pangestu (Indonesia): $30.6 billion

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