Mukesh Ambani & Gautam Adani Are Richer Than Chinese Billionaires Now, Jeff Bezos on Top

Reliance Industries (RIL) Chairman and Managing Director Mukesh Ambani and Adani Group founder and Chairman Gautam Adani have gone past the likes of Jack Ma and other Chinese billionaires on the elite list as per Moneycontrol.

According to Bloomberg's data, their wealth has risen to $84 billion and $78 billion respectively.

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The Bloomberg Billionaires Index places Ambani at the 12th spot in the list for richest persons. Adani is 14th.

Barring France's LVMH Chief Executive Bernard Arnault (2nd) and the world's richest woman Fran?oise Bettencourt Meyers (10th), heiress of one of the principal L'Oreal shareholders Liliane Henriette Charlotte Bettencourt, all above Ambani are from USA.

The richest Chinese on the list is Zhong Shanshan, the founder and chairperson of the Nongfu Spring beverage company and owner of Beijing Wantai Biological Pharmacy Enterprise.

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Ma is 27th.

Jeff Bezos tops the list while Elon Musk is 3rd.