Gautam Adani
Infrastructure, commodities · Ahmedabad
Net worth
$83.9B
Today
−$402M−0.48%Past month
+$9.0B+12.03%As of Nov 11, 2026, 1:50 PM EST
Gautam Adani is chairman of the Ahmedabad-headquartered Adani Group, with interests in ports, airports, power generation and transmission, and green energy, among others. The Adani Group, which began in 1988 as a commodities trading firm, expanded through acquisitions and with the support of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Adani is India's biggest airport operator and also controls Mundra Port, India's largest, in his home state of Gujarat. In January 2023, U.S. firm Hindenburg Research accused Adani and his companies of financial fraud and stock market manipulation. The Adani Group denied any wrongdoing. In 2026, Adani announced plans to invest $100 billion in building AI data centres across the country that will be powered by green energy.
Net worth over time
Principal holdings
6 positions| Company | Industry | Share | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
Adani Enterprises BSE INDIA: 512599-IN | Diversified | 25.1% | $21.1B |
Adani Power BSE INDIA: 533096-IN | Diversified | 22.9% | $19.2B |
Adani Port & Special Economic Zone BSE INDIA: 532921-IN | Diversified | 22.1% | $18.6B |
Adani Green Energy BSE INDIA: 541450-IN | Diversified | 14.5% | $12.2B |
Adani Transmission BSE INDIA: 539254-IN | Diversified | 12.4% | $10.4B |
Adani Gas BSE INDIA: 542066-IN | Diversified | 2.9% | $2.5B |
Also known for
- Adani owns Abbot Point, a controversial coal mining project in Australia, whose Carmichael coal mine is billed as one of the world's largest.
- Adani became India's second-largest cement producer in 2022, after acquiring Swiss firm Holcim's Indian assets for $10.5 billion.
- Adani says he wants to be the world's largest producer of green energy and will invest up to $70 billion on renewable energy projects.
- A high school dropout, Adani spurned his father's textile shop to start his own commodities trading firm.
- Adani group's shares, which had plummeted following the Hindenburg report, recovered substantially after India's Supreme Court ruled in the group's favour.
“Being an entrepreneur is my dream job as it tests ones tenacity. I could never take orders from anyone.”