Billionaire industrialist Gautam Adani has now become the 2nd richest person in the world

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He has replaced Bernard Arnault, the co-founder of LVMH Moet Hennessy- Louis Vuitton on the Forbes list to achieve this remarakable feat

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According to the Forbes Real-Time Billionaires List, his current net worth stands at $154.7 billion

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Adani is now just below Tesla founder Elon Musk who is the richest man in the world with a net worth of $273.5 billion

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The 60-year-old business tycoon started as a diamond trader before setting up Adani Enterprises

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Adani Group now owns India’s largest private sector port and airport operator, city-gas distributor and coal miner

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The businessman first overtook Mukesh Ambani as the richest Asian in February and the latter is now the world’s eight richest man with a net worth of $89 billion

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On August 30, Adani had surpassed Louis Vitton boss Arnault to become the world's third richest man and became the first Asian man to be ranked among the top three billionaires.

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