Gautam Adani

Gautam Shantilal Adani (born 24 June 1962) is an Indian billionaire industrialist and businessman. He founded Adani Group, a multinational company which is involved in port development and operations in India. He is the present president of Adani Foundation. As of December 2022, he had a net worth of US$138.1 billion (according to Forbes) and $133 billion (according to Bloomberg), making him the richest person in Asia and the seventh richest person in the world.  Early in 2023  the value of his listed companies fell by over $100 billion after his group was accused of accounting fraud and stock price manipulation. 

When Adani was a teenager went to Mumbai in 1978 to work as a diamond sorter for Mahendra Brothers. Later, he and his brother Mahasukbhai set up a PVC unit in Ahemdabad and stated global trading operations. After some time, Adani created his own company as Adani Enterprise. The company only dealt in agricultural and power commodities. 

He was in the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel during the 2008 Mumbai attacks. In September 2020, Adani acquired a 74% stake in Mumbai International Airport.

 Controversies 
In 2002, Adani was arrested by the Delhi Police because a court had issued a non-bailable warrant after a senior official from M S Shoes filed a cheating complaint. The next day, the court cancelled the warrant after being told that both sides were discussing a possible settlement.

On 21 November 2024, a district court in New York charged Gautam Adani and his associates with paying more than US$250 million in bribes to Indian government officials to get favourable energy contracts.

In September 2025, the Indian National Congress accused the Central Government of ‘gifting’ 1,050 acres of land in Pirpainti, Bhagalpur district, Bihar, to Adani Power Limited for a thermal power plant. They claimed the land was leased for just Re 1 per year for 33 years, and that the land also had around one million trees on it.

 Personal life 
Gautam Adani married Priti Vora, a dentist, in 1986. They have two sons, Karan and Jeet.  Priti Adani is the chairperson of the Adani Foundation, the charity arm of the Adani Group.

 References 

 Other websites 


 Adani Foundation 
 Adani Realty


Category:1962 births
Category:Living people
Category:Indian businesspeople