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Throwback: When The World’s Third-Richest Man Gautam Adani Twice Escaped Death

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Gautam Adani

The success of Gautam Adani speaks for itself. Adani, a well-known industrialist and the wealthiest person in the nation, rose to third place in the globe’s wealth rankings on Tuesday with a total wealth of $137.4 billion. He passed Louis Vuitton Chief Executive Officer and Chairman Bernard Arnault becoming the first Asian to rank among the top three on the Billionaires Index of Bloomberg.

Adani has greater fortune than Mukesh Ambani, the head of RIL and Adani’s adversary, who ranks 11th on the list. The Chief executive officer of Tesla, Elon Musk, and the pioneer of Amazon, Jeff Bezos, is now Gautam Adani and Jeff Bezos’ closest competitors on the rich list. While Adani is well known for his superb economic judgment and his corporate endeavors, very few individuals are conscious of the spine-chilling story of his twice almost escaping death! Yes, you heard correctly.

The 60-year-old has escaped two attempts to abduct him, and he also narrowly escaped death during the 2008 Bombay terror strikes that claimed hundreds of lives.

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When Gautam Adani Got Kidnapped

Adani’s company proved successful, and he began to garner attention in business publications in his state. The increase in his fortune made numerous individuals envious. Some kidnappers attempted to profit from Adani’s wealth in 1997. He was supposedly being detained for a $10.94 billion ransom.

Adani as well as Shantilal Patel were kidnapped at gunpoint after leaving the Karnavati Club in a car and traveling toward Mohammadpura Road, according to the police’s charge sheet, which was submitted on January 1, 1998. Patel and Adani were allegedly kidnapped after a scooter reportedly forced the automobile to stop.

At the 2008 Bombay Terror Attack

Mohammed Sharaf, the CEO of Dubai Port, along with Adani was sitting at a table at the Weather Craft restaurant on the night of the incident, on November 26, 2008.

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Adani was reportedly cited as remarking in an old news article, “There were about 100 of us, and we’re all begging for his survival. Others had adopted similar elusive positions, some of which had been to hide beneath the sofa. I was advising them to have confidence in God while sitting on a sofa. I was also conversing with my distraught family in Ahmedabad, as well as my bodyguard and driver who were in my car outside of the hotel, at the same time “.

Subhashree Panda: A proficient content writer, editor, and researcher. With 4 years of experience and an MBA in finance, she crafts compelling narratives on global events. Her passion for diverse journalism genres resonates widely, fostering broad audience connections.

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