New Delhi: Gautam Adani, the third richest man in the world, can reach the number-2 position in a few weeks. Currently, Elon Musk, CEO of luxury electric car company Tesla, is the second richest person in the world. According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, Adani’s wealth has grown by 57.5 percent to Rs 10 lakh crore in a year.
In the same period, Musk’s wealth has decreased by 49.3 percent to 11.34 lakh crore rupees. That means now there is only a difference of Rs 1.34 lakh crore in the assets of Musk and Adani. According to reports, if the current pace of decline in Musk and Adani’s wealth continues, it won’t be long before Adani overtakes Musk. Gautam Adani, named Asia’s biggest dealmaker by Bloomberg, is the only person on the list of the world’s top-10 richest people whose wealth has increased in the past year. On the other hand, in 2022, Elon Musk’s wealth has decreased by more than 11 lakh crore rupees. Bernard Arnault topped the Bloomberg billionaires list with a net worth of $162 billion.
In October 2021, Elon Musk, the second richest person in the world, bought Twitter for $44 billion. Musk then sold shares in electronic car company Tesla to pay for it. Since then the company has not been his biggest asset. Musk has been selling Tesla shares steadily over the past few days. In the month of December, Musk sold about 22 million shares of Tesla in just 3 days, worth about 3.6 billion dollars or 29.81 thousand crore rupees. According to a Reuters report, Musk has sold $40 billion worth of Tesla shares in the year so far. In one year, Musk has sold 94,202,321 shares of Tesla at an average of $243.46 per share. This is the reason why Musk’s net worth is continuously decreasing.