Billionaire Gautam Adani, founder and promoter of Adani Group, became the world's 14th richest person and second richest in Asia after he replaced Chinese billionaire Zhong Shanshan on the Bloomberg Billionaire's index. Mr Adani, with net worth of $67.8 billion is the country's second richest after Mukesh Ambani, Chairman and Managing Director of Reliance Industries who has net worth of $76.3 billion, according to Bloomberg Billionaires index. Year to date, Mr Adani's net worth has soared by 100 per cent or $33.8 billion.