Adi Godrej

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2001:8003:2288:7200:F167:5A65:FD75:AC44: industrialist

{{Short description|Indian businessman}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Adi Burjorji Godrej
| image = ABG 04.jpg
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1942|4|3|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Bombay]], [[Bombay Presidency]], [[British India]]
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| nationality = Indian
| alma_mater = [[St. Xavier's College, Mumbai]] <br/> [[MIT Sloan School of Management]]
| occupation = Chairman of [[Godrej Group]]
| spouse = [[Parmeshwar Godrej|Parmeshwar Adi Godrej]] (died 2016)
| children = [[Nisa Godrej|Nisaba Adi Godrej]] <br> [[Pirojsha Adi Godrej]] <br> [[Tanya Dubash|Tanya Arvind Dubash]]
| networth = US$2.3 billion (October 2020)<ref name=Forbes>{{cite web|title=Forbes profile: Adi Godrej|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/adi-godrej/|website=Forbes|access-date=9 October 2020}}</ref>
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'''Adi Burjorji Godrej''' (born 3 April 1942) is an Indian [[billionaire]] businessman and industrialist, head of the [[Godrej family]], and chairman of the [[Godrej Group]]. {{As of|October 2020}}, he has a net worth of US$2.3 billion.<ref name=Forbes/>

==Early life==
Godrej completed his schooling at St. Xavier's High School<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|title=Home|url=http://xaviers.edu/main/index.php/86-featured?start=3|access-date=2020-10-09|website=xaviers.edu}}</ref> and then St. Xaviers College, Mumbai<ref name="auto"/> for two years. He earned an undergraduate degree from HL college and an [[MBA]] from the [[MIT Sloan School of Management]], where he was a member of the [[Pi Lambda Phi]] fraternity<ref>Pi Lambda Phi 2010 membership Directory</ref> and a member of [[Tau Beta Pi]].

==Career==
After his return to India, he joined the family business. He modernised the management structure and implemented process improvements. Adi Godrej took the [[Godrej Group]] to great heights during the [[License Raj]]. He heads the group alongside his brother, managing director of [[Godrej Industries]] and chairman of [[Godrej Agrovet]], [[Nadir Godrej]], and his cousin, [[Godrej & Boyce]] managing director and chairman, [[Jamshyd Godrej]].

Under his stewardship, Godrej Consumer Products has grown into a strong emerging market FMCG player based on a 3X3 approach to international expansion — building a presence in three emerging markets (Asia, Africa, Latin America) across three categories (home care, personal wash, hair care).<ref>{{Cite journal|date=9 February 2015|title=Godrej Consumer Products LTD|url=http://www.moneycontrol.com/news_html_files/news_attachment/2015/GODREJCP_Firstcall_100215.pdf|journal=Firstcall Research|access-date=17 March 2015}}</ref>

=== Beyond Godrej ===
He has been president of several Indian trade and industrial bodies and associations.

He was the chairman of the [[Indian School of Business]] from April 2011 to April 2018<ref>{{Cite journal|date=19 January 2018|title=Indian School of Business|url=https://www.isb.edu/news-media/press-releases/harish-manwani-succeed-adi-godrej-chairman-executive-board-indian-school-b|journal=Firstcall Research|access-date=17 March 2015}}</ref> and was elected as the president of [[Confederation of Indian Industry]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2012-04-18/news/31361644_1_adi-godrej-cii-godrej-group|title=CII elects Adi Godrej as new President|website=timesofindia-economictimes|access-date=2016-03-18}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/cii-elects-adi-godrej-as-new-president-112041800159_1.html|title=CII elects Adi Godrej as new President|access-date=2016-03-18}}</ref> (CII) for the year 2012–13. He has been a member of the dean's advisory council of the MIT Sloan School of Management, and chairman of the board of governors of the [[Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies]].{{citation needed|date=October 2020}}

Twenty-five percent of the shares of the Godrej holding company are held in trusts that include the Pirojsha Godrej Foundation, the Soonabai Pirojsha Godrej Foundation<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://forbesindia.com/printcontent/36631|title=Forbes India Magazine — The Godrej Foundation: In Charity They Trust|website=forbesindia.com|access-date=2016-03-18}}</ref> and the Godrej Memorial Trust. Through these trusts the Group supports healthcare, education and environmental sustainability initiatives such as The Mangroves,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sunday-guardian.com/investigation/godrej-helps-preserve-mumbai-mangroves|title=Godrej helps preserve Mumbai mangroves|website=www.sunday-guardian.com|access-date=2016-03-18}}</ref> [[Teach for India]], [[World Wide Fund for Nature|WWF]], and the Godrej Memorial Hospital.

==Personal life==
He was married to socialite and philanthropist, [[Parmeshwar Godrej]] until her death in October 2016, and has three children. They live in [[Malabar Hill]], [[South Mumbai]].<ref name=Forbes/>

==References==
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== External links ==
{{Commons category|Adi Godrej}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110928173040/http://www.godrej.com/godrej/GodrejIndustries/gil-mradi.aspx?id=12&menuid=1093 Profile at Godrej Group]

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[[Category:Businesspeople from Mumbai]]
[[Category:Parsi people from Mumbai]]
[[Category:Indian billionaires]]
[[Category:MIT Sloan School of Management alumni]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:1942 births]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in trade and industry]]
[[Category:Godrej Group]]
[[Category:Cathedral and John Connon School alumni]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian businesspeople]]
[[Category:Godrej family]]

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