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Gautam Adani becomes world's third-richest person, first Asian to do so

It's the first time an Asian person has broken into the top three of the Bloomberg Billionaires Index -- fellow citizen Mukesh Ambani and China's Jack Ma never made it that far

Gautam Adani
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Gautam Adani has added $60.9 billion to his fortune in 2022 alone, five times more than anyone else. (Photo: Bloomberg)

Alexander Sazonov | Bloomberg
Few outside of India had heard of Gautam Adani just a few years ago. But the Indian businessman, a college dropout who first tried his luck as a diamond trader before turning to coal, this week became the world’s third-richest person. 
 
It’s the first time an Asian person has broken into the top three of the Bloomberg Billionaires Index -- fellow citizen Mukesh Ambani and China’s Jack Ma never made it that far. With a $137.4 billion fortune, Adani has overtaken France’s Bernard Arnault and now trails just Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos of the US in the ranking. 

Adani,