A jury chaired by N R Narayana Murthy chose Gates for this award for his distinguished service of high order in the field of technology and entrepreneurship
The Bloomberg Billionaires Index on Monday put the Tesla chief executive with a $127.9 billion fortune above Gates at $127.7 billion for the first time.
"Very likely by the summer, a lot of things will be back to normal... If vaccine approvals come along quickly," Gates said in a television interview on Thursday night.