Gautam Adani
Gautam Adani (Gujarati:ગૌતમ અદાણી ; born 24 June 1962) is an Indian business tycoon who is the chairman and founder of Adani Group. According to Forbes, his personal wealth is estimated to be $7.1 billion as of September 2014. He founded The Adani Group in 1988 and today it is a globally integrated infrastructure player with businesses spanning coal trading, coal mining, oil & gas exploration, ports, multi-modal logistics, power generation, Agri Infrastructure, edible oil & transmission and gas distribution. With business experience of more than 33 years, Gautam Adani is an Indian entrepreneur who has led the Adani group from a modest background to create a $8 billion professionally managed empire in a relatively short period of time. He is a first generation entrepreneur.Gautam Adani has a vision of ‘Nation Building’ by developing assets of national economic significance. This reflects in the choice of businesses the group has entered and developed. In an interview to Outlook he mentioned how India’s infrastructure requirement is huge and hence ports, power plants, transmission lines and mining were the natural choices for the group. He has led from the front to realize his vision of nation building and continues to pursue his passion for developing world class mega infrastructure in India and abroad.He is said to be among the 100 most influential businessmen worldwide in the shipping trade and developing shipping related infrastructure. He has also been recognized for establishing the modern Mundra port which was selected as the best port in 2006 by the oldest and the most influential British publication for shipping business, Lloyds. Mundra Port is now the country’s largest commercial port to have achieved a new landmark of handling 100 million metric tonnes in FY 13-14.
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