Gautam Adani, Cyrus Poonawala see biggest jump in net worth in 2020
January 11, 2021
Gautam Adani, Chairman, Adani Group×
India’s top 10 billionaires see net worth zoom by $76.3 billion in ‘pandemic’ year
The year 2020 was a sombre one for India and the world unemployment rates peaked, many businesses suffered losses and the share of people pushed into poverty increased.
However, the nation’s top 10 billionaires saw their net worth rise by $76.3 billion in 2020. Among them, Gautam Adani and Cyrus Poonawalla saw the highest increase.
According to data from Bloomberg, the 10 richest people in the country are Mukesh Ambani, Azim Premji, Shiv Nadar, Lakshmi Mittal, Uday Kotak, Radhakishan Damani, Sunil Mittal and Dilip Shanghvi, besides Adani and Poonawala.