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The latest news on Gautam Adani, founder and chairman of the Adani Group, including Indian business news and updates.

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From India’s energy magnates Gautam Adani and Mukesh Ambani to China’s Zhong Shanshan and Pony Ma Huateng, which billionaires in Asia are giving back big?

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Gautam Adani was the fourth richest person in the world last week, but is now 11th. And the losses in Indian markets have spilled over to his fellow billionaires.

US-based short-seller Hindenburg Research accuses the Adani Group of pulling ‘the largest con in corporate history’ through accounting fraud, share-price manipulation and money-laundering.

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She was put in charge of Jindal Group after her husband’s tragic death in 2005 … but who exactly is India’s new richest woman, Savitri Jindal?

The nation’s GDP could expand by US$1 trillion every 12 to 18 months in the next decade, which will mean energy consumption will rise by 400 per cent by 2050, and the country will undertake ‘an unparalleled’ transition to cater for this demand, he said.

A new Gautam Adani biography reveals juicy details about the world’s most private billionaire, but the book’s author R.N. Bhaskar didn’t get permission to write it initially – so what did we learn?

Being a billionaire’s wife certainly has its perks, but how much do India’s Nita Ambani and Priti Adani actually have in common, from their family lives to senses of style?

Speaking at a conference in Singapore, Gautam Adani said China’s “increasing nationalism, supply chain risk mitigation and technology restrictions” would likely affect its connectivity with other economies.

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From his role in the family’s billion-dollar business to his passion for flying and supercars, here’s everything you need to know about Gautam Adani’s son, Jeet Adani

Gautam Adani is now the second richest person in the world, after the Indian’s fortune of US$146.9 billion surpassed Jeff Bezos’ net worth of US$145.8 billion.

After his wealth soared in recent years, Adani has become the world’s third richest person, a mere few billion behind Jeff Bezos – here are some of the major milestones on his journey

Indian tycoon Gautam Adani is already the third richest man on Earth and his aggressive empire-building spree shows no signs of stopping. But is the Adani Group’s debt-fuelled rise sustainable?

As Asia’s two wealthiest men go head-to-head in the business world for the first time, we look at how the tycoons’ business empires, spending habits and family lives compare

Guatam Adani – worth more than US$115 billion – made his riches in power, green energy, gas, and ports, but may venture into telecommunications, where Mukesh Ambani – who is worth US$87 billion – has the leading company in India’s mobile market.

Gautam is currently the richest man in Asia with US$99.9 billion in the bank, but what do we know about his son, who’s been groomed since 2009 to take over Adani Group’s multi-business empire?

The Ambanis are famously extravagant but, in contrast, Adani opted to serve up cake to his employees and donate billions to charity, focusing on healthcare and education

Indian tycoon Gautam Adani, who turns 60 on Friday, joins the ranks of global billionaires like Mark Zuckerberg and Warren Buffett who have committed large parts of their wealth for philanthropy.

Gautam Adani and Mukesh Ambani are profiting from a surge in global commodity prices that’s burnishing their fossil-fuel credentials even as they publicly push their pivots toward greener energy.

The Indian billionaire is now the fifth richest man in the world, having inched above Mukesh Ambani and Warren Buffett – and he’s definitely living the high life

With India needing US$1.4 trillion over the next 20 years to get on a sustainable path, the two richest men in Asia are competing against each other in a pivot to green energy.

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India now has more billionaires than anywhere in the world except China and the US – and these are the most high-profile success stories to take inspiration from

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Adani is just 58 years old but he’s already had two brushes with death – when he was kidnapped for ransom and when Mumbai’s Taj hotel was attacked by terrorists – so how did he cope with the incidents?

While Mukesh Ambani remains Asia’s richest man, Gautam Adani has risen spectacularly to take second place from China’s Zhong Shanshan – so what’s his story?

India’s second-richest person, who built an empire centred around coal, is betting big on green projects as PM Modi pursues sustainable development goals.