A bumper rally in the shares of Adani group companies on Thursday not only boosted Gautam Adani’s wealth, but also boosted his status in the list of billionaires. Now Adani has moved up one place to the 13th position. Adani is only behind Mukesh Ambani If Gautam Adani’s wealth continues to grow like this, he will take away the crown of Asia’s richest man from Mukesh Ambani in the next few days. Mukesh Ambani is ranked 12th in the Bloomberg Billionaires Index with a net worth of $114 billion. A gap of only $5 billion remains between Adani and Ambani.
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Shares of Adani Group companies also saw a sharp rise. Shares of Adani Enterprises recorded the highest rise of eight percent. Similarly, NDTV shares gained 7.56 percent, Adani Ports 4.72 percent, ACC 2.86 percent, Adani Power 2.79 percent, Adani Total Gas 2.30 percent and Ambuja Cements 2.09 percent. All the 10 listed companies of the group have a combined market capitalization of Rs. 17.23 lakh crore was.
Adani was second in Thursday’s earnings
If anyone’s wealth rose the most on Thursday, it was Jenson Huang. Huang’s net worth has grown to $7.65 billion. Because shares of his company Nvidia jumped 9.32% and closed above $1,000 per share for the first time. This is followed by Gautam Adani, whose wealth has increased by $4.56 billion.
Huang is number one in this year’s earnings
Jenson Huang has surpassed Mark Zuckerberg in earnings so far in 2024. It is now number one with earnings of $47.3 billion. In second place is Zuckerberg, who added $37.7 billion to his net worth. Adani is at the 7th position with earnings of $24.8 billion and Mukesh Ambani is at the 8th position with earnings of $17.6 billion.