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'Gautam Adani Asia's Second Richest With Rs 1,002 Crore Earnings Per Day'

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New Delhi: Industrialist Gautam Adani has zoomed to the second spot in Asia's rich list after almost quadrupling his wealth from Rs 1,40,200 crore to Rs 5,05,900 crore, the IIFL Wealth-Hurun India Rich List, 2021, released on Thursday, showed. Reliance Industries (RIL) Chairman Mukesh Ambani, 64, continued at the top spot in the list with a total earnings of Rs 7,18,000 crore. Also, Mr Ambani maintained his top richest Indian rank for the 10th straight year.

Mr Adani, 59, has overtaken China's bottled water producer Zhong Shanshan as Asia's second richest with his earnings skyrocketing to Rs 1,002 crore per day, the rich list report stated.

Adani brothers (Gautam and Vinod Shantilal Adani) for the first time featured in the top 10 rich list. As per the report, Vinod Shantilal Adani stood at the eighth rank with his wealth tripling to Rs 1,31,600 crore.