Gautam Adani | $88.5b |India | Industrial | On Tuesday, Gautam Adani, the billionaire who turned a small commodities trading business into a conglomerate spanning ports, mines and green energy, became Asia's richest person. The magnate surpassed Mukesh Ambani with an almost $12 billion jump. Adani has pledged to invest a total of $70 billion by 2030 to help his group become the world's largest renewable-energy producers.
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