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Gautam Adani

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Gautam Shantilal Adani (Gujarati: [ɡəʊt̪əm ʃãn̪t̪ilal əd̪aɳiː]) (born 24 June 1962) is an Indian billionaire businessman who is the founder and chairman of the Adani Group, a multinational conglomerate involved in port development and operations in India. As of 17 January 2025, Adani is ranked second richest person in Asia and 25th in the world, with a net worth of $60.4 billion. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gautam Adani has received more than 9,612,973 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Gautam Adani is the 526th most popular businessperson (up from 648th in 2019), the 643rd most popular biography from India (up from 893rd in 2019) and the 11th most popular Indian Businessperson.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Gautam Adani ranks 526 out of 847Before him are Manolo el del bombo, Sheryl Sandberg, Isabella Beeton, Leo Burnett, David Baszucki, and Guy Kawasaki. After him are Lev Avnerovich Leviev, Steve Forbes, Boris Hagelin, Jamie Dimon, Ben Bradlee, and William McGregor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Gautam Adani ranks 270Before him are Simon Abkarian, Ulf Timmermann, David Zayas, Bernd Lucke, Anna Kanakis, and Valérie Kaprisky. After him are Steve Redgrave, Pipilotti Rist, Grigory Leps, Hesham Qandil, Alison Arngrim, and Vincent Spano.

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In India

Among people born in India, Gautam Adani ranks 643 out of 1,861Before him are Sudha Murty (1950), Rakesh Roshan (1949), Ram Vilas Paswan (1946), Preity Zinta (1975), Sulochana Gadgil (1944), and Syama Prasad Mukherjee (1901). After him are Ashok Gehlot (1951), Usha Mangeshkar (1935), Christian Zacharias (1950), Amitav Ghosh (1956), Medha Patkar (1954), and Bindu (1951).

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In India

Among businesspeople born in India, Gautam Adani ranks 11Before him are Sundar Pichai (1972), Akshata Murty (1980), Satya Nadella (1967), Azim Premji (1945), N. R. Narayana Murthy (1946), and Indra Nooyi (1955). After him are Vijay Mallya (1955), Dwarkanath Tagore (1794), Ajay Banga (1959), Anil Ambani (1959), Dorabji Tata (1859), and Chandrashekhar Agashe (1888).