Aditya Puri
Aditya Puri is a senior advisor at The Carlyle Group. He was the managing director of HDFC Bank, India's largest private sector bank. He assumed this position in September 1994, with a vision to create a "World Class Indian Bank". Puri was the longest-serving head of any private bank in the country. "India Today" ranked him at #24 in India's 50 Most Powerful People of 2017 list. Biography. Aditya Puri was born in Gurdaspur District (Punjab) and studied at Punjab University, Chandigarh, gaining a bachelor's degree in Commerce. He qualified as a Chartered Accountant  with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. Career. He has worked in the banking sector for 40 years, in India and other countries. He became CEO of Citibank, Malaysia in 1992. In September 1994 he returned to India as managing director of HDFC Bank. He presided over HDFC's acquisitions of Times Bank Limited in 2000 and of Centurion Bank of Punjab in 2008. In August 2019 he was reported to be the most highly paid CEO of any Indian bank with a monthly salary of . He officially stepped down from his position in HDFC Bank on 26 October  2020. Sashidhar Jagdishan took charge as the chief executive officer (CEO) of HDFC Bank from 27 October 2020. In January 2021, he joined the biopharma company Strides Group as Advisor and will also serve as a Director of its associate company, Stelis Biopharma. Personal life. He is the father of actress Amrita Puri and son Amit Puri He is cousin of Bharat Puri MD of Pidilite Industries and Ex CMD of Cadbury India.