Indian business tycoon Gautam Adani has now emerged as the world’s fourth richest man according to Forbes World’s Billionaires List 2022

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With a current net worth of $115 billion, Adani’s richness has surpassed even that of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates

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Bill Gates is currently the world’s fifth richest man as per Forbes with a net worth of $104.2 billion

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Adani, who is a college dropout, told Forbes in an interview that being an entrepreneur is his dream job as it tests one’s tenacity

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Besides being India’s biggest airport operator, Adani also wants to be the world's largest producer of green energy and has hopes to invest upto $70 billion on such projects

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Adani first appeared on Forbes’ list of the World’s Billionaires in 2008, with his net worth being $9.3 billion at the time.

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The businessman is now behind only three other people in terms of riches- Elon Musk, Bernard Arnault and Jeff Bezos

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Meanwhile, Bill Gates slip in the world’s richest list is mostly due to the fact that he has decided to give away a major portion of his wealth to the Gates Foundation.

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The Microsoft co-founder has donated nearly $57 billion to the Gates Foundation till date, including a $20 billion gift announced in July 2022

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