Elon Musk adds nearly $100 billion to net worth in 2023; Gautam Adani sees biggest drop

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The world's wealthiest individuals experienced substantial gains in the first half of 2023, with Elon Musk emerging as the top gainer and Gautam Adani facing significant losses...

The billionaires on the index enjoyed an average daily increase of $14 million each, marking the most prosperous half-year for this elite group since the latter half of 2020 when the global economy rebounded from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic...

Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla Inc. and currently the world's richest person, witnessed a staggering increase of $96.6 billion in his net worth from January to June 2023..

Gautam Adani, the chairman of the Adani Group, suffered the most significant loss during the six-month period, with his net worth plummeting by $60.2 billion..

As a result, Icahn's net worth suffered a significant decline of $13.4 billion, representing a 57 per cent decrease, the largest percentage drop among all members of the Bloomberg Billionaires Index during the period..

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