Adi Godrej

Occupation: Chairman of Godrej Group and Indian School of Business

Net worth: $4.0 billion (January 2016)

Adi Burjorji Godrej was born on 3 April 1942. He is an Indian Industrialist and head of the Godrej family, currently serving as chairman of the Godrej Group. As of 2012, he is one of the richest Indians with a net worth of US$9 billion.

Godrej received his undergraduate degree from MIT and his MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management, where he was a member of the Pi Lambda Phi fraternity and a member of Tau Beta Pi. After his return to India, he joined the family business. He modernized and systematized management structures and implemented process improvements. Adi Godrej took the Godrej Group to great height during the License Raj, and heads the group alongside his brother, Godrej Industries managing director and Godrej Agrovet chairman Nadir Godrej, and his cousin, Godrej & Boyce managing director and chairman Jamshyd Godrej.

Under Adi Godrej's leadership, the group is also involved in philanthropic activities. Godrej is major supporter of the World Wildlife Fund in India, it has developed a green business campus in the Vikhroli township of Mumbai, which includes a 150-acre (0.61 km2) mangrove forest and a school for the children of company employees. He is the chairman of the Indian School of Business since April 2011. He was elected as the president of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) for the year 2012-13. In April 2013 Godrej was awarded the Entrepreneur of the Year Award at The Asian Awards.He was awarded the Padma Bhushan, India's third highest civilian award, in 2013. He was awarded the prestigious Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award in February 2013.

Awards

Over the years, he has been a recipient of several awards and recognitions:

• Rajiv Gandhi Award, 2002.
• The American India Foundation (AIF) Leadership in Philanthropy Award, 2010.
• The Entrepreneur of the Year, Asia Pacific Entrepreneurship Awards, 2010.
• Best Businessman of the Year, GQ Men of the Year Awards, 2010.
• AIMA-JRD Tata Corporate Leadership Award, 2010.
• Bombay Management Association — Management Man of the Year Award, 2010-2011.
• Qimpro Platinum Standard Award for Business, 2011.
• Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year, 2012.
• Padma Bhushan, 2012.
• The Asian Awards Entrepreneur of the Year, 2013.
• All India Management Association-Business Leader of the Year, 2014.