Indian tycoon becomes the second richest man on the planet and invests up to $2.5 billion in the company

Visionary and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos was recently replaced as the second richest man on the planet by Indian entrepreneur Gautam Adani, who overtook him by less than 20 million dollars after the shares of his company Adani Enterprises skyrocketed. Gautam Adani is a somewhat unfamiliar name to many of you, but he deserves respect for what he has built. By that we mean his conglomerate, which has grown by thousands of percent in just a few years. Today, we'll take a look at that conglomerate and introduce you to the industries where Adani currently sees potential for long-term growth.

Gautam Adani

Sounds maybe too good to be true? In the case of the world's new number two in terms of the planet's richest men, Adani's story is not one of merely his conglomerate rocketing up the ranks and working its way to that position in a few years. In fact, it's a long and challenging story full of obstacles that has roots all the way back to 1988 when Adani founded his conglomerate. Which actually…