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	{{~~about\|~~\|other ~~companies~~\|Modi (disambiguation)}}		{{Short description\|Indian business conglomerate}}
			{{other uses\|Modi (disambiguation)}}
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	{{Infobox company		{{Infobox company
	\| name = Modi ~~Enterprises~~		\| name = Modi Industries Limited
	\| logo = Modi enterprises logo.png		\| logo = Modi enterprises logo.png
	\| logo_size = 250px		\| logo_size = 250px
			\| trading_name = Modi Group of Companies
			\| former_name = Modi Enterprises (1932 - 2024)
	\| type = [[Privately held company\|Private]]		\| type = [[Privately held company\|Private]]
	\| key_people ={{ubl\|[[Lalit Modi]] {{small\|(President & Managing{{wbr}} Director)}} \|[[Samir Modi]] {{small\|(managing{{wbr}} director)}}\|Ruchir Modi {{small\|(executive{{wbr}} director)}}}}		\| key_people = {{ubl\|[[Lalit Modi]] {{small\|(President & Managing{{wbr}} Director)}} \|[[Samir Modi]] {{small\|(managing{{wbr}} director)}}\|Ruchir Modi {{small\|(executive{{wbr}} director)}}}}
	\| industry = [[Conglomerate (company)\|Conglomerate]]		\| industry = [[Conglomerate (company)\|Conglomerate]]
	\| founded = {{Start date and age\|~~1933~~}} in [[Delhi]], India		\| founded = {{Start date and age\|1932}} in [[Delhi]], India
	\| founder = [[Gujarmal Modi]]		\| founder = [[Gujarmal Modi]]
	\| brands = {{collapsible list\|		\| brands = {{collapsible list\|
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	'''Modi ~~Enterprises~~''' is an Indian [[Conglomerate (company)\|business conglomerate]] based in [[New Delhi, India]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/kk-modi-group-eyes-500-more-stores/articleshow/57564566.cms\|title=KK Modi group eyes 500 more stores\|last=Sarkar\|first=John\|date=10 March 2017\|work=[[The Times of India]]\|access-date=2018-04-26}}</ref> The US $2.8 billion group, consisting of [[Godfrey Phillips India]], Indofil Industries Ltd., Modicare Limited, has a diversified business portfolio including cigarettes manufacturing, education, [[Agrochemical\|agricultural chemicals]], personal care,<ref>{{Cite news\|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/kk-modi-group-plans-rs4-000-cr-business-rejig-in-four-years-117031800007_1.html\|title=KK Modi group plans Rs 4,000-cr business rejig in four years\|last=Dutta\|first=Arnab\|date=2017-03-18\|work=[[Business Standard]] \|access-date=2018-04-26}}</ref> tea and beverages, entertainment, consumer products, [[multi-level marketing]], and gourmet restaurants.<ref name=Lynne/>		'''Modi Industries Limited''' is an Indian [[Conglomerate (company)\|business conglomerate]] based in [[New Delhi, India]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/kk-modi-group-eyes-500-more-stores/articleshow/57564566.cms\|title=KK Modi group eyes 500 more stores\|last=Sarkar\|first=John\|date=10 March 2017\|work=[[The Times of India]]\|access-date=2018-04-26}}</ref> The US $2.8 billion group, consisting of [[Godfrey Phillips India]], Indofil Industries Ltd., Modicare Limited, has a diversified business portfolio including cigarettes manufacturing, education, [[Agrochemical\|agricultural chemicals]], personal care,<ref>{{Cite news\|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/kk-modi-group-plans-rs4-000-cr-business-rejig-in-four-years-117031800007_1.html\|title=KK Modi group plans Rs 4,000-cr business rejig in four years\|last=Dutta\|first=Arnab\|date=2017-03-18\|work=[[Business Standard]] \|access-date=2018-04-26}}</ref> tea and beverages, entertainment, consumer products, [[multi-level marketing]], and gourmet restaurants.<ref name=Lynne/>

	== History ==		== History ==
	[[Gujarmal Modi]] (1902–1976), founded the Modi Group, beginning with a small, family-run business,<ref name=":1">{{Cite web\|url=https://www.firstpost.com/business/corporate-business/everything-you-wanted-to-know-about-the-modi-business-family-feud-and-more-1982257.html\|title=Everything you wanted to know about the Modi business family feud – and more\|last=Majumdar\|first=Shyamal\|date=5 August 2014\|website=[[First Post]]\|access-date=2018-04-26}}</ref> then expanding from 1933 onwards with companies such as Modi Sugar,<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/meerut/Lalit-Modis-uncle-who-owes-over-Rs-400-crore-to-farmers-absconding-claim-cops/articleshow/52270362.cms\|title=Lalit Modi's uncle who owes over Rs 400 crore to farmers absconding, claim cops\|last=Rana\|first=Uday\|date=14 May 2016\|work=[[The Times of India]]\|access-date=2018-04-26}}</ref> Modi Vanaspati Mfr Co., Modi Industries Ltd, ~~Modi Luft~~ and Modi Rubber,<ref name=":1" /> Modi Paints, Modi Oils, Modi Electrodes, Modi Lanterns and Torch works, Tube wells/drilling, Modi Distillery, Modi Steels, Industrial Gases, Modi Spinning and Wvg. Mills Co. Ltd., Modi Yarn Mills, Modi Threads, Modi Soap, and Modi Carpets etc.<ref>{{cite news \|last1=Masoodi \|first1=Ashwaq \|title=Modinagar: The death of an industrial township \|url=https://www.livemint.com/Sundayapp/XKCHgEnxcbsNP7m0N075hN/Modinagar-The-death-of-an-industrial-township.html \|publisher=[[Livemint]] \|date=May 7, 2015}}</ref><ref name=Lynne>{{cite book \|author1=Margaret Herdeck \|author2=Gita Piramal \|author-link2=Gita Piramal \|title=India's Industrialists, Volume 1 \|date=1985 \|publisher=[[Lynne Rienner Publishers]] \|isbn=0894104152 \|page=264 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xcbBEHHI-90C&q=Modi+Enterprises++Modi+Steels%2C+Industrial+Gases&pg=PA264}}</ref>		[[Gujarmal Modi]] (1902–1976) founded the Modi Group, beginning with a small, family-run business,<ref name=":1">{{Cite web\|url=https://www.firstpost.com/business/corporate-business/everything-you-wanted-to-know-about-the-modi-business-family-feud-and-more-1982257.html\|title=Everything you wanted to know about the Modi business family feud – and more\|last=Majumdar\|first=Shyamal\|date=5 August 2014\|website=[[First Post]]\|access-date=2018-04-26}}</ref> then expanding from 1933 onwards with companies such as Modi Sugar,<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/meerut/Lalit-Modis-uncle-who-owes-over-Rs-400-crore-to-farmers-absconding-claim-cops/articleshow/52270362.cms\|title=Lalit Modi's uncle who owes over Rs 400 crore to farmers absconding, claim cops\|last=Rana\|first=Uday\|date=14 May 2016\|work=[[The Times of India]]\|access-date=2018-04-26}}</ref> Modi Vanaspati Mfr Co., Modi Industries Ltd, [[ModiLuft]] and Modi Rubber,<ref name=":1" /> Modi Paints, Modi Oils, Modi Electrodes, Modi Lanterns and Torch works, Tube wells/drilling, Modi Distillery, Modi Steels, Industrial Gases, Modi Spinning and Wvg. Mills Co. Ltd., Modi Yarn Mills, Modi Threads, Modi Soap, and Modi Carpets etc.<ref>{{cite news \|last1=Masoodi \|first1=Ashwaq \|title=Modinagar: The death of an industrial township \|url=https://www.livemint.com/Sundayapp/XKCHgEnxcbsNP7m0N075hN/Modinagar-The-death-of-an-industrial-township.html \|publisher=[[Livemint]] \|date=May 7, 2015}}</ref><ref name=Lynne>{{cite book \|author1=Margaret Herdeck \|author2=Gita Piramal \|author-link2=Gita Piramal \|title=India's Industrialists, Volume 1 \|date=1985 \|publisher=[[Lynne Rienner Publishers]] \|isbn=0894104152 \|page=264 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xcbBEHHI-90C&q=Modi+Enterprises++Modi+Steels%2C+Industrial+Gases&pg=PA264}}</ref>

	By the time Modi's brother Kedar Nath Modi joined the company, the Modi Group was India's seventh largest [[Conglomerate (company)\|conglomerate]].<ref>{{cite web \|last1=Masoodi \|first1=Ashwaq \|title=Modinagar: The death of an industrial township \|url=https://www.livemint.com/Sundayapp/XKCHgEnxcbsNP7m0N075hN/Modinagar-The-death-of-an-industrial-township.html \|website=[[Livemint.com\|Livemint]] \|publisher=Live Mint}}</ref> The company had become the center of the eponymously renamed city of [[Modinagar]]. Modi died in 1976, and KN Modi succeeded him with the help of Modi's five sons and his own three sons who later joined the family business. The founder of the company did not leave a [[Will and testament\|will]] and, although the family remained united under KN Modi's leadership, this oversight would later cause a rift that threatened to destroy the company.<ref name=":1" />		By the time Modi's brother Kedar Nath Modi joined the company, the Modi Group was India's seventh largest [[Conglomerate (company)\|conglomerate]].<ref>{{cite web \|last1=Masoodi \|first1=Ashwaq \|title=Modinagar: The death of an industrial township \|url=https://www.livemint.com/Sundayapp/XKCHgEnxcbsNP7m0N075hN/Modinagar-The-death-of-an-industrial-township.html \|website=[[Livemint.com\|Livemint]] \|date=May 2015 \|publisher=Live Mint}}</ref> The company had become the center of the eponymously renamed city of [[Modinagar]]. Modi died in 1976, and KN Modi succeeded him with the help of Modi's five sons and his own three sons who later joined the family business. The founder of the company did not leave a [[Will and testament\|will]] and, although the family remained united under KN Modi's leadership, this oversight would later cause a rift that threatened to destroy the company.<ref name=":1" />

	[[File:Modi at IPL Players Auction.jpg\|150px\|thumb\|left\|[[Lalit Modi]], the President and MD of Modi Enterprises and the Executive Director of [[Godfrey Phillips India]]]]		[[File:Modi at IPL Players Auction.jpg\|150px\|thumb\|left\|[[Lalit Modi]], the President and MD of Modi Enterprises and the Executive Director of [[Godfrey Phillips India]]]]
	In April 2010, [[Krishan Kumar Modi]], former chairman of Modi Group, announced that his eldest son [[Lalit Modi]] will succeed him as the head of Modi Group's flagship business Godfrey Phillips India (GPI).<ref>{{cite ~~web~~ \|last1=Mukherjee \|first1=Shubham \|title=Lalit will head family flagship, says father \|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Lalit-will-head-family-flagship-says-father/articleshow_new/5861586.cms?from=mdr\|work=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref> ~~KK Modi is the father of~~ [[Lalit Modi]], the founder of the [[Indian Premier League]] (IPL).<ref name=Forbes>{{cite web\|last=Schwartz\|first=Peter\|title=The World's Hottest Sports League\|url=https://www.forbes.com/2009/08/27/cricket-india-ipl-business-sports-ipl.html\|work=[[Forbes]]\|access-date=23 January 2014}}</ref><ref name="The Economic Times">{{cite ~~web~~\|last=Mukherjee\|first=Shubham\|title=Lalit will head family flagship, says father\|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/lalit-will-head-family-flagship-says-father/articleshow/5862278.cms\|~~publisher~~=[[The Economic Times]]\|access-date=23 January 2014}}</ref> According to Modi, his children ([[Lalit Modi]], [[Samir Modi]] and [[Charu Modi\|Charu Bhartia Modi]]) will have the obligation to appoint his successor, and only by a unanimous vote. Otherwise, the group will be sold off with the profits from the sale shared equally among them.<ref name="FE_042710">{{cite news\|url=http://archive.financialexpress.com/news/modi-empire-may-be-sold-k-k-modi/612027/1\|title=Modi empire may be sold: K K Modi\|date=27 April 2010\|access-date=15 November 2017\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403035638/http://archive.financialexpress.com/news/modi-empire-may-be-sold-k-k-modi/612027/1\|archive-date=3 April 2015\|publisher=[[The Financial Express (India)]]}}</ref>		In April 2010, [[Krishan Kumar Modi]], former chairman of Modi Group, announced that his eldest son [[Lalit Modi]] will succeed him as the head of Modi Group's flagship business Godfrey Phillips India (GPI).<ref>{{cite news \|last1=Mukherjee \|first1=Shubham \|title=Lalit will head family flagship, says father \|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Lalit-will-head-family-flagship-says-father/articleshow_new/5861586.cms?from=mdr\|work=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref> [[Lalit Modi]] is the founder of the [[Indian Premier League]] (IPL).<ref name=Forbes>{{cite web\|last=Schwartz\|first=Peter\|title=The World's Hottest Sports League\|url=https://www.forbes.com/2009/08/27/cricket-india-ipl-business-sports-ipl.html\|work=[[Forbes]]\|access-date=23 January 2014}}</ref><ref name="The Economic Times">{{cite news\|last=Mukherjee\|first=Shubham\|title=Lalit will head family flagship, says father\|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/lalit-will-head-family-flagship-says-father/articleshow/5862278.cms\|newspaper=[[The Economic Times]]\|date=27 April 2010 \|access-date=23 January 2014}}</ref> According to KK Modi, his children ([[Lalit Modi]], [[Samir Modi]] and [[Charu Modi\|Charu Bhartia Modi]]) will have the obligation to appoint his successor, and only by a unanimous vote. Otherwise, the group will be sold off with the profits from the sale shared equally among them.<ref name="FE_042710">{{cite news\|url=http://archive.financialexpress.com/news/modi-empire-may-be-sold-k-k-modi/612027/1\|title=Modi empire may be sold: K K Modi\|date=27 April 2010\|access-date=15 November 2017\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403035638/http://archive.financialexpress.com/news/modi-empire-may-be-sold-k-k-modi/612027/1\|archive-date=3 April 2015\|publisher=[[The Financial Express (India)]]}}</ref>

	In June 2011, The Modi Group announced that it was planning to acquire majority control in [[Godfrey Phillips India]] from American tobacco company [[Philip Morris USA\|Philip Morris]]. Both groups had a 36% share in the company until in 2009, Modi Group acquired an additional 11% stake in GPI from Philip Morris, taking its share to 47%. As per the [[Joint Venture]] agreement, Modi Group has the right to take its holdings up to 51% by buying further into Philip Morris' holdings to gain majority control of the company. The deal brought Philip Morris' stake down to 21%.<ref name="TI_062311">{{cite news\|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-06-23/India-business/29693699_1_cigarette-maker-philip-morris-kk-modi\|title=KK Modi eyes 51% in Godfrey Phillips\|last1=Doval\|first1=Pankaj\|date=23 June 2011\|access-date=15 November 2017\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120919213944/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-06-23/India-business/29693699_1_cigarette-maker-philip-morris-kk-modi\|archive-date=19 September 2012\|url-status=dead\|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref>		In June 2011, The Modi Group announced that it was planning to acquire majority control in [[Godfrey Phillips India]] from American tobacco company [[Philip Morris USA\|Philip Morris]]. Both groups had a 36% share in the company until in 2009, Modi Group acquired an additional 11% stake in GPI from Philip Morris, taking its share to 47%. As per the [[Joint Venture]] agreement, Modi Group has the right to take its holdings up to 51% by buying further into Philip Morris' holdings to gain majority control of the company. The deal brought Philip Morris' stake down to 21%.<ref name="TI_062311">{{cite news\|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-06-23/India-business/29693699_1_cigarette-maker-philip-morris-kk-modi\|title=KK Modi eyes 51% in Godfrey Phillips\|last1=Doval\|first1=Pankaj\|date=23 June 2011\|access-date=15 November 2017\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120919213944/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-06-23/India-business/29693699_1_cigarette-maker-philip-morris-kk-modi\|archive-date=19 September 2012\|url-status=dead\|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref>

	[[Krishan Kumar Modi]], former chairman of Modi Group died at the age of 79 on 2 November 2019.<ref>{{cite web \|last1=Th Indian Express \|title=FICCI mourns demise of its former president K K Modi \|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/business/business-others/industrialist-k-k-modi-dead-ficci-6101420/ \|work=[[Indian Express]] \|publisher=The Indian Express}}</ref>		[[Krishan Kumar Modi]], former chairman of Modi Group died at the age of 79 on 2 November 2019.<ref>{{cite web \|last1=Th Indian Express \|title=FICCI mourns demise of its former president K K Modi \|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/business/business-others/industrialist-k-k-modi-dead-ficci-6101420/ \|work=[[Indian Express]] \|date=3 November 2019 \|publisher=The Indian Express}}</ref>

	==Brands==		==Brands==
	The company's brands include Beacon Travels, Ego-Thai, Ego Italian, [[Godfrey Phillips India\|Godfrey Phillips]], Indofil, Modicare, Colorbar, Modi Healthcare, Pan Vilas, and 24 Seven.<ref name="brands" />		The company's brands include Beacon Travels, Ego-Thai, Ego Italian, [[Godfrey Phillips India\|Godfrey Phillips]], Indofil, Modicare, Colorbar, Modi Healthcare, Pan Vilas, Coearth and 24 Seven.<ref name="brands" />

	==References==		==References==
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{{about||other companies|Modi (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox company
| name = Modi Enterprises
| logo = Modi enterprises logo.png
| logo_size = 250px
| type = [[Privately held company|Private]]
| key_people ={{ubl|[[Lalit Modi]] (President & Managing{{wbr}} Director) |[[Samir Modi]] (managing{{wbr}} director)|Ruchir Modi (executive{{wbr}} director)}}
| industry = [[Conglomerate (company)|Conglomerate]]
| founded = {{Start date and age|1933}} in [[Delhi]], India
| founder = [[Gujarmal Modi]]
| brands = {{collapsible list|
* Beacon Travels
* Ego-Thai
* Ego Italian
* [[Godfrey Phillips India|Godfrey Phillips]]
* Indofil
* Modicare
* Modi Healthcare
* Pan Vilas <ref name=brands>[http://modi.com/our-brands.html Modi brands] on Modi website, 5 Jan 2018</ref>
}}
| products = [[Consumer products]], [[multi-level marketing]], [[cigarettes]], [[food]] and [[beverages]], [[fashion]]
| num_employees = 28,000 approximately
| homepage = {{URL|http://www.modi.com}}
}}

'''Modi Enterprises''' is an Indian [[Conglomerate (company)|business conglomerate]] based in [[New Delhi, India]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/kk-modi-group-eyes-500-more-stores/articleshow/57564566.cms|title=KK Modi group eyes 500 more stores|last=Sarkar|first=John|date=10 March 2017|work=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=2018-04-26}}</ref> The US $2.8 billion group, consisting of [[Godfrey Phillips India]], Indofil Industries Ltd., Modicare Limited, has a diversified business portfolio including cigarettes manufacturing, education, [[Agrochemical|agricultural chemicals]], personal care,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/kk-modi-group-plans-rs4-000-cr-business-rejig-in-four-years-117031800007_1.html|title=KK Modi group plans Rs 4,000-cr business rejig in four years|last=Dutta|first=Arnab|date=2017-03-18|work=[[Business Standard]] |access-date=2018-04-26}}</ref> tea and beverages, entertainment, consumer products, [[multi-level marketing]], and gourmet restaurants.<ref name=Lynne/>

== History ==
[[Gujarmal Modi]] (1902–1976), founded the Modi Group, beginning with a small, family-run business,<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.firstpost.com/business/corporate-business/everything-you-wanted-to-know-about-the-modi-business-family-feud-and-more-1982257.html|title=Everything you wanted to know about the Modi business family feud – and more|last=Majumdar|first=Shyamal|date=5 August 2014|website=[[First Post]]|access-date=2018-04-26}}</ref> then expanding from 1933 onwards with companies such as Modi Sugar,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/meerut/Lalit-Modis-uncle-who-owes-over-Rs-400-crore-to-farmers-absconding-claim-cops/articleshow/52270362.cms|title=Lalit Modi's uncle who owes over Rs 400 crore to farmers absconding, claim cops|last=Rana|first=Uday|date=14 May 2016|work=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=2018-04-26}}</ref> Modi Vanaspati Mfr Co., Modi Industries Ltd, Modi Luft and Modi Rubber,<ref name=":1" /> Modi Paints, Modi Oils, Modi Electrodes, Modi Lanterns and Torch works, Tube wells/drilling, Modi Distillery, Modi Steels, Industrial Gases, Modi Spinning and Wvg. Mills Co. Ltd., Modi Yarn Mills, Modi Threads, Modi Soap, and Modi Carpets etc.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Masoodi |first1=Ashwaq |title=Modinagar: The death of an industrial township |url=https://www.livemint.com/Sundayapp/XKCHgEnxcbsNP7m0N075hN/Modinagar-The-death-of-an-industrial-township.html |publisher=[[Livemint]] |date=May 7, 2015}}</ref><ref name=Lynne>{{cite book |author1=Margaret Herdeck |author2=Gita Piramal |author-link2=Gita Piramal |title=India's Industrialists, Volume 1 |date=1985 |publisher=[[Lynne Rienner Publishers]] |isbn=0894104152 |page=264 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xcbBEHHI-90C&q=Modi+Enterprises++Modi+Steels%2C+Industrial+Gases&pg=PA264}}</ref>

By the time Modi's brother Kedar Nath Modi joined the company, the Modi Group was India's seventh largest [[Conglomerate (company)|conglomerate]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Masoodi |first1=Ashwaq |title=Modinagar: The death of an industrial township |url=https://www.livemint.com/Sundayapp/XKCHgEnxcbsNP7m0N075hN/Modinagar-The-death-of-an-industrial-township.html |website=[[Livemint.com|Livemint]] |publisher=Live Mint}}</ref> The company had become the center of the eponymously renamed city of [[Modinagar]]. Modi died in 1976, and KN Modi succeeded him with the help of Modi's five sons and his own three sons who later joined the family business. The founder of the company did not leave a [[Will and testament|will]] and, although the family remained united under KN Modi's leadership, this oversight would later cause a rift that threatened to destroy the company.<ref name=":1" />

[[File:Modi at IPL Players Auction.jpg|150px|thumb|left|[[Lalit Modi]], the President and MD of Modi Enterprises and the Executive Director of [[Godfrey Phillips India]]]]
In April 2010, [[Krishan Kumar Modi]], former chairman of Modi Group, announced that his eldest son [[Lalit Modi]] will succeed him as the head of Modi Group's flagship business Godfrey Phillips India (GPI).<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mukherjee |first1=Shubham |title=Lalit will head family flagship, says father |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Lalit-will-head-family-flagship-says-father/articleshow_new/5861586.cms?from=mdr|work=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref> KK Modi is the father of [[Lalit Modi]], the founder of the [[Indian Premier League]] (IPL).<ref name=Forbes>{{cite web|last=Schwartz|first=Peter|title=The World's Hottest Sports League|url=https://www.forbes.com/2009/08/27/cricket-india-ipl-business-sports-ipl.html|work=[[Forbes]]|access-date=23 January 2014}}</ref><ref name="The Economic Times">{{cite web|last=Mukherjee|first=Shubham|title=Lalit will head family flagship, says father|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/lalit-will-head-family-flagship-says-father/articleshow/5862278.cms|publisher=[[The Economic Times]]|access-date=23 January 2014}}</ref> According to Modi, his children ([[Lalit Modi]], [[Samir Modi]] and [[Charu Modi|Charu Bhartia Modi]]) will have the obligation to appoint his successor, and only by a unanimous vote. Otherwise, the group will be sold off with the profits from the sale shared equally among them.<ref name="FE_042710">{{cite news|url=http://archive.financialexpress.com/news/modi-empire-may-be-sold-k-k-modi/612027/1|title=Modi empire may be sold: K K Modi|date=27 April 2010|access-date=15 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403035638/http://archive.financialexpress.com/news/modi-empire-may-be-sold-k-k-modi/612027/1|archive-date=3 April 2015|publisher=[[The Financial Express (India)]]}}</ref>

In June 2011, The Modi Group announced that it was planning to acquire majority control in [[Godfrey Phillips India]] from American tobacco company [[Philip Morris USA|Philip Morris]]. Both groups had a 36% share in the company until in 2009, Modi Group acquired an additional 11% stake in GPI from Philip Morris, taking its share to 47%. As per the [[Joint Venture]] agreement, Modi Group has the right to take its holdings up to 51% by buying further into Philip Morris' holdings to gain majority control of the company. The deal brought Philip Morris' stake down to 21%.<ref name="TI_062311">{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-06-23/India-business/29693699_1_cigarette-maker-philip-morris-kk-modi|title=KK Modi eyes 51% in Godfrey Phillips|last1=Doval|first1=Pankaj|date=23 June 2011|access-date=15 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120919213944/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-06-23/India-business/29693699_1_cigarette-maker-philip-morris-kk-modi|archive-date=19 September 2012|url-status=dead|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref>

[[Krishan Kumar Modi]], former chairman of Modi Group died at the age of 79 on 2 November 2019.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Th Indian Express |title=FICCI mourns demise of its former president K K Modi |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/business/business-others/industrialist-k-k-modi-dead-ficci-6101420/ |work=[[Indian Express]] |publisher=The Indian Express}}</ref>

==Brands==
The company's brands include Beacon Travels, Ego-Thai, Ego Italian, [[Godfrey Phillips India|Godfrey Phillips]], Indofil, Modicare, Colorbar, Modi Healthcare, Pan Vilas, and 24 Seven.<ref name="brands" />

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Official website|http://www.modi.com/}}
{{Modi Enterprises}}
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