Adani vs Bloomberg

Adani Group (Adani Enterprises) and Bloomberg L.P..

Gautam AdaniAdani Group (Adani Enterprises)$83.9BForbes, 25 Aug 2026 Michael BloombergBloomberg L.P.$94.9BForbes, 9 Oct 2026

The differences

Forbes puts Michael Bloomberg about $11B ahead of Gautam Adani.Forbes figures from 9 Oct 2026 and 25 Aug 2026.
Both started the company their money comes from.
Michael Bloomberg is about 20 years older than Gautam Adani.
Michael Bloomberg has signed the Giving Pledge; Gautam Adani has not.
Gautam Adani is from India; Michael Bloomberg is from United States.

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Side by side

Adani

Bloomberg

The money

Net worth, Forbes: $83.9BForbes, 25 Aug 2026; $94.9BForbes, 9 Oct 2026
Net worth, Bloomberg: $110BBloomberg, 17 Oct 2026; Not stated
Forbes rank: No. 24Real-Time list, 23 Aug 2026; No. 20Real-Time list, 9 Oct 2026
Billionaire since: 2008Forbes: first appeared on its billionaires list in 2008, with $9.3 billion; Not stated

Where it came from

How it started: Founded itFounded Adani Exports (now Adani Enterprises) in 1988 in Ahmedabad; the group describes him as a first-generation entrepreneur; Founded itFounded Bloomberg L.P. in 1981 after leaving Salomon Brothers; Forbes says he put in the seed funding
Main source: Family stakes in the listed Adani Group companiesForbes gives the source as 'Infrastructure, commodities'; Bloomberg L.P.
Companies: Adani Group (Adani Enterprises), Adani Green EnergyAdani Group (Adani Enterprises): Founder and chairman; Adani Green Energy: Chairman of the board; Bloomberg L.P.Bloomberg L.P.: Founder and majority owner
Biggest stake: Adani Group (Adani Enterprises)74.67% owned; Bloomberg L.P.88% owned

The person

Born: 24 Jun 1962Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India; 14 Feb 1942Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Country: IndiaLives in Ahmedabad, India; United StatesLives in New York City, United States
Education: Not statedLeft school at 16 and joined the diamond trade in Bombay (now Mumbai) in 1978; Graduate degreeBS in electrical engineering, Johns Hopkins University; MBA, Harvard Business School (1966)
Parents: Seventh of eight children of Shantilal Adani, a textile merchant, and Shanta Adani; Grew up in a middle-class home in Medford, Massachusetts; worked in a parking lot and took government loans to pay for Johns HopkinsParents' occupations not stated

What they give

Giving Pledge: Not a signer; Signed in 2010
Foundation: Adani FoundationThe group's social arm since 1996; he is listed as its president and Priti Adani as chairperson; Bloomberg PhilanthropiesCovers his foundation, corporate and personal giving
Lifetime giving: Not stated; $25.4BForbes, 31 Dec 2025. Forbes' estimate of lifetime giving through the end of 2025, counting only money given to charitable recipients

Role and record

Role now: Chair of the boardFounder and chairman of the Adani Group; OwnerFounder and majority owner of Bloomberg L.P.; founder of Bloomberg Philanthropies; UN Special Envoy on Climate Ambition and Solutions
Successor: The group names four successors: his sons Karan Adani (managing director, Adani Ports) and Jeet Adani (director, Adani Airport Holdings), his nephew Sagar Adani (executive director, Adani Green Energy) and Pranav Adani (director, Adani Enterprises)From the group's 2024 succession briefing, which names no single successor; Britannica names Karan and Jeet as his sons and the SEC names Sagar as his nephew; Vlad Kliatchko, CEO since 2023 and chairNo ownership successor or family executive named in the cited sources
Public office: None found; Mayor of New York City; UN Special Envoy on Cities and Climate Change; UN Special Envoy for Climate Action, later Special Envoy on Climate Ambition and Solutions; WHO Global Ambassador for Noncommunicable Diseases and Injuries2002-2013; 2014; 2018-present; 2016-present
Legal record: 2026: US SECWithout admitting or denying the SEC's 2024 allegations of false statements about anti-bribery compliance in Adani Green Energy's 2021 bond offering, he consented to a final judgment with a $6 million civil penalty and an injunction, subject to court approval. Separately, a US federal court in Brooklyn dismissed the criminal counts against him with prejudice at the Justice Department's request; there was no conviction.; None found