Asia’s Richest Person: Mukesh Ambani left behind, Gautam Adani becomes Asia’s richest person; See the net worth of both
Gautam Adani Becomes Asia’s Richest Person: Gautam Adani, the country’s well-known billionaire industrialist and chairman of Adani Group, has now become the richest person in Asia. He has left Mukesh Ambani behind. This information has come to light in the latest data of Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Gautam Adani’s net worth has increased to $92.6 billion, taking him to 19th position globally. Meanwhile, Mukesh Ambani’s wealth has dropped to $90.8 billion and he has slipped to 20th position.
This reshuffle at the top level highlights the ongoing instability in the ranking of the global rich in 2026 amid geopolitical tensions and ongoing market fluctuations. Adani Group’s shares witnessed a strong rise in the domestic stock market on Thursday, leaving the benchmark index behind. Due to this, Gautam Adani’s wealth increased by about 3.56 billion dollars in a single day.
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Globally, Tesla CEO Elon Musk still remains at the first position with a net worth of $656 billion. After him, Google co-founder Larry Page is in second place with $286 billion. Other names in the top 10 include Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg, Oracle’s Larry Ellison, Dell Technologies’ Michael Dell, Nvidia’s Jensen Huang and LVMH CEO Bernard Arnault.
Decline in wealth of 7 out of top 20 rich
It is worth noting that till now in 2026, the wealth of 7 out of the top 20 rich people of the world has declined. Among these, Bernard Arnault has suffered the most loss, whose wealth decreased by $ 44 billion. Apart from this, there has also been a decline in the wealth of billionaires like Steve Ballmer, Bill Gates, Warren Buffet and Amancio Ortega. The analysis shows that the technology sector continues to be dominated by billionaires, while the industrial, energy and retail sectors have seen greater wealth fluctuations.
List of world’s top 10 richest people
| rank | Name | net worth | daily variation | Change since beginning of year (YTD) | country area | Industry |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | elon musk | $656B | -$2.25B | +$36.7B | America | Technology |
| 2 | larry page | $286B | -$996M | +$17.2B | America | Technology |
| 3 | jeff bezos | $269B | +$1.31B | +$16.1B | America | Technology |
| 4 | sergey brin | $266B | -$909M | +$15.9B | America | Technology |
| 5 | mark zuckerberg | $239B | +$1.84B | +$6.08B | America | Technology |
| 6 | larry ellison | $230B | +$8.46B | +$17.6B | America | Technology |
| 7 | Michael Dell | $170B | +$5.19B | +$29.9B | America | Technology |
| 8 | jensen huang | $164B | -$422M | +$9.62B | America | Technology |
| 9 | Bernard Arnault | $164B | +$527M | -$44.0B | France | consumer |
| 10 | jim walton | $150B | +$245M | +$13.7B | America | retail |
| 11 | steve ballmer | $148B | +$2.91B | -$20.3B | America | Technology |
| 12 | Rob Walton | $147B | +$223M | +$13.4B | America | retail |
| 13 | alice walton | $146B | +$229M | +$13.2B | America | retail |
| 14 | warren buffett | $142B | +$313M | -$9.60B | America | various |
| 15 | carlos slim | $130B | -$1.64B | +$19.1B | mexico | various |
| 16 | amancio ortega | $130B | +$565M | -$5.80B | spain | retail |
| 17 | Bill Gates | $104B | +$579M | -$12.9B | America | Technology |
| 18 | Thomas Peterffy | $93.8B | -$360M | +$16.7B | America | finance |
| 19 | Gautam Adani | $92.6B | +$3.56B | +$8.10B | India | industrial |
| 20 | Mukesh Ambani | $90.8B | +$76.7M | -$16.9B | India | Energy |
(Source- Bloomberg Billionaires Index)
Among other Indian billionaires, Lakshmi Mittal is ranked 62nd with a net worth of $36.9 billion. Shiv Nadar was ranked 70th with $33.5 billion, while Shapoor Mistry and his family were ranked 71st with $33.2 billion. Savitri Jindal is at 73rd position with a net worth of $32.7 billion.
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Net worth of other industrialists of the country
Apart from this, names like Sunil Mittal, Azim Premji, Kumar Mangalam Birla and Radhakishan Damani are also included in this list. Meanwhile, Adani Group companies like Adani Total Gas, Adani Ports and Adani Power Shares of Ltd. saw a rise of up to 3 percent during intra-day trading on Friday.
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