Gautam Adani Brother: Gautam Adani, the second richest person in the country, has made a place in the Forbes Billionaires List this year too. Gautam Adani has made it to 17th place in the list with assets of more than $84 billion. Apart from Gautam Adani, his brother Vinod Adani has also been included in the Forbes list. Forbes has estimated his wealth at $24.2 billion. He is at number 84 in the list.
Vinod Adani is the owner of ACC and Ambuja Cement.
Gautam Adani remains in the news but there is not much talk about his elder brother Vinod Adani. Vinod Adani had gone to Singapore to do trading work. After this he started living in Dubai in 1994. He became a citizen of Cyprus in 2016. Vinod Adani is the owner of ACC and Ambuja Cements. Vinod Adani, ranked 84th in the Forbes list, has a wealth of $24.2 billion (Rs 2,01,912 crore). Adani Group would become the second largest cement producer in the country in the year 2022. The group had purchased Holcim's India assets for $10.5 billion through Vinod Adani's investment companies.
Vinod Adani's name also appeared in Hindenburg report
Vinod Adani started his career in 1976 with power loom from Mumbai. After this he opened his office in Singapore to invest in commodities. Then he decided to settle in Dubai. However, he later took Cyprus citizenship. Vinod Adani's name also appeared in the Hindenburg Report in the year 2023. It was alleged in the report that Vinod Adani used to collect funds for Adani Group from the international market. Besides, he has set up a network of shell companies. Through this, manipulation of stocks, fluctuations in the market and money laundering are done. However, none of these allegations have been proved yet.
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