Gautam Adani Age, Wife, Children, Biography, Facts & More

Gautam Adani Biography

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General Information

Name:	Gautam Adani
Profession:	Businessmen, Chairman & Founder of Adani Group
Age:	61 Years, 11 Month, 21 Days (LIVE)
Wife:	Priti Adani
Famous For:	Indian Top 10 Businessmen (2nd Position 2021)
Nationality:	Indian

Personal Information

Name	Gautam Adani
Real Name	Gautam Shantilal Adani
Nick Name	Gautam
Height	5 Feet 6 Inch
Figure/Body Measurement	Chest: 42″ Waist: 40″ Biceps: 14″
Weight	85 Kg
Eye Color	Black
Hair Color	Black
Date of Birth	24 June 1962
Age (Current)	61 Years, 11 Month, 21 Days
Religion	Jainism
Present Address	Ahmedabad, India
Hometown	Ahmedabad, India
Signature	Not Available

Education

School	Sheth Chimanlal Nagindas Vidyalaya School, Ahemdabad, India
College	Gujarat University, India
Educational Status	Started Bachelors in Commerce (Dropped Out in 2nd Year)

Favorite

Food	Gujarati Cuisines like Khaman Dhokhla
Actor/Actress	Actors: – Actresses: –
Politician	Narendra Modi
Song	–
Book	–
Hobbies	Aviation, Reading books
Films	Bollywood: – Hollywood: –
Colour	Navy Blue
Perfume	Dream Ford
Car	Red Ferrari
Holiday Destinations	Paris, Switzerland

Family

Father

Shantilal Adani

Mother

Shanta Adani

Brother

Vinod Adani

Sister

N/A

Wife (Dental Surgeon, Managing Trustee in the Adani Group of Companies)

Priti Adani

Child

Sons:- Karan Adani (CEO of Adani Ports and SEZ) & Jeet Adani

Daughter:- N/A

Relationships

Affairs

N/A

Career

Career Starting	In 1978, as a teenager, Adani moved to Mumbai to work as a diamond sorter for Mahendra Brothers. He worked there for 2–3 years before establishing his own diamond brokerage firm at Zaveri Bazaar, Mumbai. In 1981, his elder brother Mansukhbhai Adani bought a plastics unit in Ahmedabad and invited him to manage the operations. This venture turned out to be Adani’s gateway to global trading through polyvinyl chloride (PVC) imports.
Success Story	In 1995, he set up the first jetty. Originally operated by Mundra Port & Special Economic Zone, the operations were transferred to Adani Ports & SEZ (APSEZ). Today, the company is the largest private multi-port operator. Mundra Port is the largest private-sector port in India, with the capacity of handling close to 210 million tons of cargo per annum. In September 2020, Adani acquired a 74% stake in Mumbai International Airport, India’s second busiest.
Awards	Awards, Honours, Achievements: * Adani is the president of the Adani Foundation, funded through the Adani Group. It was founded in 1996. Other than Gujarat, the Foundation operates in the states of Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, and Odisha. * In March 2020, he contributed ₹100 crores to the PM Cares Fund through his group’s philanthropy arm, to fight the Coronavirus outbreak. A contribution of ₹5 crores was made to the Gujarat CM Relief Fund and ₹1 crore to the Maharashtra CM Relief Fund. * In 2020 Adani is the 2nd Businessman in INDIA

Career Facts

Some Lesser Known Facts About Gautam Adani

Unknown Facts
* Gautam was born in a Gujarati Bania family with a business background as his father was into the textile business.
* Since his childhood, he was not interested in academics and was a school as well as a university dropout.
* At the age of 18, he went to Mumbai and worked as a diamond sorter at Mahindra Brothers for two years over there.
* Later, after gaining some experience, he established his own diamond brokerage business at Zaveri Bazaar in Mumbai, India.
* He then returned to Ahmedabad after his elder brother, Mahasukh Adani, asked him to help in setting his newly purchased plastic factory.
* In a short span of time, he started importing Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) that is the primary material used in the manufacturing of plastics, and with his skills, he visited South Korea to make a deal of importing PVC.
* After grasping essential things required in trading, he started Adani Export Ltd. in 1988 (now Adani Enterprises Limited), which was initially concerned with agriculture and power.
* Gautam was highly benefitted from the liberalization and economic reforms of 1991, as it led to a sudden rise in the company’s revenue and business which in turn helped him to expand his company.
* n 1993, at a Government of Gujarat event, the Adani Group was invited to take up the Mundra port project and two years later, the contract was given to the group. Adani took Mundra Port to heights by making it the largest Private Sector port in India.
*/ He also founded the Adani Power Ltd(APL) and has established a thermal power plant with a capacity of 4620 MW, which is the largest private thermal power producer in the country.
* His wife runs the Adani Vidya Mandir, a school located in Ahmedabad, which admits only those children whose parents have an annual income of less than ₹1 lakh.