How Adani became 2nd richest person in the world? How long this will continue?
Gautam Adani on Friday has become the world’s second richest person with a net worth of $156.3 billion by surpassing Louis Vitton's Bernard Arnault and Amazon's Jeff Bezos. The news was all around social media. Now, Let's look into the history of how Adani started his journey to become the second richest person in the world, the 1st Asian to reach this position. Background Gautam Adani was born on 24th June 1962 in Gujarat. His father was a small textile merchant. After completing his schooling, Gautam Adani took admission in Gujarat University for a Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com) degree but dropped out after the second year. In 1978, he shifted to Mumbai and started working as a diamond sorter with the Mahendra Brothers. After working with Mahendra Brothers for a few years he started his own diamond brokerage firm in Zaveri Bazar. At the same time, his elder brother Mansukhbhai Adani bought a plastic factory in Ahmedabad. Gautam has moved from Mumbai to Gujarat to overs