Hindenburg effect: Gautam Adani vanishes from world’s top 10 richest list

Gautam Adani has dropped from the list of the world’s top 10 wealthiest individuals and may soon lose his title as the richest person in Asia if the value of his conglomerate’s shares keep declining.

According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, Adani has fallen from 4th place to 11th, losing $34 billion in just three days of trading. Adani’s current net worth stands at $84.4 billion, slightly ahead of Mukesh Ambani of Reliance Industries Ltd., who has a net worth of $82.2 billion.

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The value of Adani Group companies’ shares has significantly decreased in a three-day decline, wiping out over $68 billion of market value.

This came after Hindenburg Research released a report accusing the company of “flagrant stock manipulation and accounting fraud.”

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As a result, Adani now ranks lower on the Billionaires Index than Carlos Slim of Mexico, Sergey Brin of Google, and former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer.

(With agency inputs)