Gautam Adani overtakes Bill Gates to become 4th richest person in the world

Gautam Adani's wealth, on Thursday, stood at $115.7 billion, as compared to Bill Gates's $104.6 billion. In the last 24 hours, Adani has gained $337 million

India’s Gautam Adani on Thursday overtook Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates to become the world’s fourth richest person, according to Forbes' Real-Time Billionaires list.

Adani is worth $115.7 billion and Gates $104.6 billion. In the last 24 hours, Adani gained $337 million, Forbes' website showed. Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk, tops the list with wealth put at $235.8 billion. 

Bernard Arnault, founder and chairman of Louis Vuitton SE, comes second on the list with the wealth of $156.7 billion, followed by former Amazon CEO, Jeff Bezos, with a wealth of $148.4 billion.

Mukesh Ambani, chairman and managing director (MD) of