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( November 2014 ) Gautam Adani Native name ગૌતમ અદાણી Gautam Shantilal Adani ( 1962 - 06 - 24 ) 24 June 1962 ( age 55 ) Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India Residence Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India Nationality Indian Occupation Chairman, Adani Group Known for Founder and chairman, Adani Group Net worth $8.81 billion ( September 2017 ) Spouse ( s ) Priti Adani Children Karan Adani Jeet Adani Parent ( s ) Shantilal and Shanta Adani Relatives Vinod Adani ( brother ) Gautam Shantilal Adani ( born 24 June 1962 ) is an Indian billionaire businessman who is the chairman and founder of Adani Group. According to Forbes, his net worth is estimated to be $8.81 billion as of September 2017. He founded the Adani Group in 1988, which now deals in businesses spanning coal trading, coal mining, oil & gas exploration, ports, logistics, power generation, agriculture, edible oils, transmission and gas distribution. Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Adani Group 4 Kamuthi 5 Controversy 6 Adani Foundation 7 Personal life 8 References 9 External links Early life Gautam Adani was born into a Gujarati Jain Bania family on 24 June 1962, in Ahmedabad. He is the son of Shantilal and Shanta Adani and has seven siblings. His parents had migrated from the town of Tharad in the northern part of Gujarat. He did his schooling at the Sheth Chimanlal Nagindas Vidyalaya school in Ahmedabad. He started a bachelor 's degree in commerce at Gujarat University, but dropped out after the second year. Career After working as a diamond sorter at Mahindra Brothers for two years, Adani set up his own diamond brokerage business in Mumbai, India. Mahasukh Adani, his elder brother, called him back to Ahmedabad to run his newly purchased plastic factory. He soon started commodity trading by importing polyvinyl chloride ( PVC ), a key raw material for manufacturing plastic. Adani Group In 1988, he started Adani Enterprises Limited ( formerly known as the Adani Export Ltd ), the flagship company of the Adani Group, that traded in a variety of power and agricultural commodities. The 1991 economic liberalization policies fuelled the rapid growth of the business leading to huge profitability of Adani Exports. This provided further capital to Adani to expand his business. In 2006, Adani Exports was renamed to Adani Enterprises Limited. In 1993, the Government of Gujarat invited private companies to run the Mundra Port and in 1995 the contract was given to Adani Group. Today, Mundra Port is the largest Private Sector port in India, with capability of handling close to 210 million tonnes of cargo per annum. Adani is also the founder and promoter of Adani Power Ltd ( APL ), a power business arm of Adani Group. Adani Power has thermal power plants with capacity of 4620 MW, the largest private thermal power producer of the country. It is also the largest solar power producer of India with capacity 648 MW. Kamuthi In September 2016, Adani Green Energy ( Tamil Nadu ), the renewable wing of the Adani Group, kicked off operations in Kamuthi in Ramnathapuram in Tamil Nadu with a capacity of 648 megawatts ( MW ) at an estimated cost of Rs. 4,550 crore. Controversy During the time of 2014 Loksabha elections of India, Adani was accused of various controversies. He was being accused of supporting Narendra Modi for his campaign in Bharatiya Janata Party. Even though claiming on national media that he has no special favors with Modi,, Modi was seen traveling on Adani group 's chartered planes to rallies across India. To counter this allegation, Mr Adani spoke out in an interview with CNBC and clarified that the BJP paid market price to Adani Group for using its aviation services. It was alleged that the NDA government was favouring Adani by allegedly waiving off Rs. 200 crore fine on Adani Port and SEZ. Adani, later, in an interview clarified the fine has not been dropped and the government is not favouring Adani either. He further clarified that the mine is owned by Rajasthan Government and Adani Group is just the mine contractor. Adani Foundation The Adani Foundation was founded in 1996, and is registered under the Bombay Public Charity Trusts Act of 1950 and Society 's Registration Act 1860. Other than Gujarat, the Foundation operates in the states of Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Odisha. Personal life He is married to Priti Adani, who is a dentist and heads the Adani Foundation as a managing trustee. They have two sons. References ^ Jump up to : `` Gautam Adani & family ''. Forbes. Retrieved 6 April 2017. Jump up ^ `` Adani Enterprises Ltd ''. BusinessWeek. 2014. Retrieved 16 June 2014. Jump up ^ `` Gautam Adani Business Profile ''. Business Maps of India. 2014. Retrieved 16 June 2014. ^ Jump up to : `` Gautam Adani Biography - About family, children, education, wife, age, and more ''. Business.mapsofindia.com. 2 June 2015. Retrieved 6 April 2017. ^ Jump up to : Mehta, Harit ( 10 April 2014 ). `` Gautam Adani, the baron to watch out for if Narendra Modi becomes king ''. The Times of India. Retrieved 10 April 2014. Jump up ^ `` ABB links 648 MW solar project at Kamuthi with national grid - The Economic Times ''. Economictimes.indiatimes.com. 13 June 2016. Retrieved 6 April 2017. Jump up ^ Share on FacebookShare on Twitter ( 21 September 2016 ). `` Adani : Adani unveils world 's largest solar power plant in Tamil Nadu - Times of India ''. Timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 6 April 2017. Jump up ^ `` Allegations political, did n't get land at Re 1 from Modi : Adani ''. The Times of India. 28 April 2014. Retrieved 16 June 2014. Jump up ^ Press Trust of India ( 27 April 2014 ). `` Gautam Adani denies any special favours from Modi ''. The Indian Express. Retrieved 16 June 2014. Jump up ^ `` Modi flies only on Gujarat Inc. money ''. The Times of India. 29 September 2007. Retrieved 16 June 2014. Jump up ^ `` Can someone explain why Modi is using Adani 's private jet ? ''. Reddit.com. 2 March 2014. Retrieved 16 June 2014. Jump up ^ `` GAUTAM ADANI INTERVIEW Youtube HD Video Online ''. Onlinenewsvideo.net. 28 April 2014. Retrieved 16 June 2014. Jump up ^ `` Modi government cancels Rs 200cr penalty : Achhe din for Adani only ? ''. Dailyo.in. 3 July 2016. Retrieved 6 April 2017. ^ Jump up to : `` Gautam Adani : We do n't seek special favours from BJP or any individual ''. The Indian Express. 11 July 2016. Retrieved 6 April 2017. ^ Jump up to : `` Gautam Adani ''. Globalrecorder.com. Retrieved 6 April 2017. Jump up ^ Ahmedabad Mirror ( 6 July 2016 ). `` Being sultan - Ahmedabad Mirror ''. Ahmedabadmirror.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 6 April 2017. Jump up ^ https://www.ft.com/content/ffce04fe-d295-11e2-aac2-00144feab7de External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gautam Adani. Profile at Forbes Adani Website Adani Foundation Fortune Foods Official Website Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gautam_Adani&oldid=815689187 '' Categories : Living people Gujarati people 1962 births Businesspeople from Ahmedabad Indian billionaires 21st - century Indian Jains Adani Group Hidden categories : Articles with a promotional tone from August 2014 All articles with a promotional tone NPOV disputes from November 2014 All NPOV disputes Articles with multiple maintenance issues EngvarB from January 2015 Use dmy dates from April 2017 Pages using infobox person with unknown parameters Infobox person using religion Articles with hCards Talk Contents About Wikipedia भोजपुरी हिन्दी ಕನ್ನಡ मैथिली മലയാളം नेपाली Edit links This page was last edited on 16 December 2017, at 12 : 26. About Wikipedia

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