Adani surpasses Ambani to reclaim Asia’s richest title
File image of Gautam Adani(Photo: @AmirBiggie/.X) New Delhi, April 17 : Billionaire industrialist Gautam Adani, Chairman of the Adani Group, has become Asia’s richest individual, overtaking Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani, according to the latest Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Gautam Adani’s net worth rose to $92.6 billion, placing him 19th globally, while Mukesh Ambani slipped to the 20th position with a net worth of $90.8 billion. The reshuffle at the top highlights the ongoing volatility in global wealth rankings in 2026, amid rising geopolitical tensions and market fluctuations. In Thursday’s stock market session, Adani Group stocks witnessed a sharp rise, outperforming benchmark indices, which led to an increase of around $3.56 billion in Gautam Adani’s net worth in a single day. Globally, Tesla CEO Elon Musk continues to top the list with a net worth of $656 billion, followed by Google co-founder Larry Page at $286 billion. Other names in the top 10 include Amazon's Jeff Bezos, Meta's Mark Zuckerberg, Oracle's Larry Ellison, Dell Technologies' Michael Dell, Nvidia's Jensen Huang and LVMH CEO Bernard Arnault, among others.