​Gautam Adani gained $2.13 billion

Forbes Rank: 2

Net worth: $9.87 billion

Yoy gains: +27.6%

Gautam Adani, the owner of India’s largest private port at Mundra, is another gainer in the list. Adani Enterprise, the flagship of Adani group, witnessed a 192% Y-o-Y growth at ₹172 crore.

Most of Adani Group’s growth between 2014 and 2019 can be attributed to the Indian government. Adani won 25 out of 126 bids government bids across the various industries of the group. Many investors were eyeing to pump money into Adani Enterprise when India re-elected Narendra Modi as Prime Minister.

This year he got clearance to kickstart its Australian coal mine project after 9 years of delays — bringing his massive $10 billion investment into the mine — to fruition.