GAUTAM ADANI
RICHEST PEOPLE OF INDIA – GAUTAM ADANI
Gautam Adani (born June 24, 1962 in Ahmedabad, India) is an Indian businessman. He is the chairman of the Adani Group, a leading trading and export company of India.He worked in Mumbai as a diamond sorter at Mahindra Bros. After working there for two years, Adani, 20 at the time, set up his own diamond brokerage outfit at Zaveri Bazaar and made his first lakh.
Gautam Adani – Fast-rising industrialist, his Adani Group, an infrastructure and trading conglomerate, owns Mundra Port, India’s biggest in private sector. Shares in Adani Power up nearly 40% since its IPO last year. In a buying binge to secure coal supplies, he bought an Australian coal mine lease in August from Linc Energy for $455 million and inked a $1.65 billion deal with Indonesia’s state-owned coal mining company Bukit Asam . He recently transferred his holdings in Mundra to flagship Adani Enterprises, boosting his stake to 78% in latter company. A cricket fan, he bid for a cricket team at the last auction of the Indian Premier League, but lost.
Gautam Adani is married to Priti Adani. She is a dentist and heads the Adani Foundation, of which she is the managing trustee. They have two sons. Karan Adani, 20, is pursuing his BS in Management from Purdue University, USA. Jeet Adani, their younger son is 10 years old. Gautam Adani owns 2 private jets – a Beechcraft jet purchased in 2005 and a Hawker purchased in 2008.
