India’s Adani overtakes Gates to become world’s fourth-richest person

The tycoon added $36bn to his fortune this year, while Gates’s shrank as he sped up philanthropy

24 July 2022 - 00:00 By P R Sanjai

Indian billionaire Gautam Adani has displaced Bill Gates to become the world’s fourth-richest person...

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