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{{Short description|Indian entrepreneur}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=March 2019}}
{{Infobox person
| honorific_prefix = '''[[Legion of Honour|Chevalier]]'''
| name = Nadir Godrej
| honorific_suffix = [[Legion of Honour|LH]]
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| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1951}}
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| nationality = [[India]]n
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| alma_mater = [[MIT]] <br/> [[Stanford University]] <br/> [[Harvard Business School]]
| occupation = Chairman of [[Godrej Agrovet]]<br/>Managing director of [[Godrej Industries]]
| spouse = Rati Godrej
| relatives = [[Adi Godrej]] (Brother)
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'''Nadir Burjorji Godrej''' (born 1951) is an [[Indian people|Indian]] industrialist and member of the [[Godrej family]]. He currently serves as managing director of [[Godrej Industries]], one of [[India]]'s biggest businesses, and as chairman of [[Godrej Agrovet]].

==Background and personal life==
Godrej was born the younger son of Burjorji Godrej by his wife Jaiben Godrej. Burjorji was the nephew of Ardeshir Godrej, founder of the Godrej group of industries. Since Ardeshir was childless, the vast industrial estate created by Ardeshir was inherited by three nephews. The family belongs to the [[Parsi]] community and follows the ([[Zoroastrian]]) religion. The Godrej family has been settled in [[Mumbai]] for over two centuries. Nadir Godrej earned his [[Bachelor of Science]] in [[Chemical Engineering]] from MIT and his [[Master of Science|Master of Science in Engineering]] from [[Stanford University]]. Then he earned his [[Master of Business Administration|Masters in Business Administration]] from [[Harvard Business School]].

Nadir Godrej has one older brother, [[Adi Godrej]], who is the chairman of the [[Godrej Group]]. He is a first cousin of [[Jamshyd Godrej]], chairman and managing director of [[Godrej & Boyce]], another major family firm.

Nadir Godrej is married to Dr. Rati Godrej. The couple have three sons, namely Burjis (b. 1992), Sohrab (b. 1994) and Hormusji (b. 1996). They live in Mumbai.

==Career==
Godrej currently serves as managing director of [[Godrej Industries]], one of [[India]]'s biggest businesses, and as chairman of [[Godrej Agrovet]]. These are two of the major companies run by his family.

Apart from holding positions of responsibility in his own family's companies, Godrej also sits as an independent director on the boards of several non-group companies. As of 2016, these include [[Mahindra & Mahindra]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mahindra.com/Investors/mahindra-and-mahindra/Governance/Nadir-Godrej |title=Nadir Godrej |publisher=Mahindra.com |date= |accessdate=2013-12-04}}</ref> [[Tata Teleservices]], and [[Taj Hotels]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.tajhotels.com/About-Taj/Investor-Relations/pdf/IHCL-Annual-Report-2011-2012.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=23 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131204075731/http://www.tajhotels.com/about-taj/Investor-Relations/pdf/IHCL-Annual-Report-2011-2012.pdf |archive-date=4 December 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Currently, he is also on the [[Advisory board|Board of Advisors]] of [[I.I.M.U.N.|India's International Movement to Unite Nations (I.I.M.U.N.)]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=I.I.M.U.N. {{!}}{{!}} Board of Advisors|url=https://new.iimun.in/pages/BoA.html|access-date=2021-07-17|website=new.iimun.in}}</ref>

In 2013 he made an undisclosed angel investment in an Indian [[social networking service]], LocalCircles.<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/localcircles-raises-funds-from-nadir-godrej-113032000180_1.html |title=LocalCircles raises funds from Nadir Godrej |publisher=Business Standard |date=2013-03-20 |accessdate=2013-12-04}}</ref>

==Interests==
Godrej speaks six languages, including [[Russian language|Russian]] and [[French language|French]]. He is known for his fondness of poetry and mathematics.<ref>{{cite web|author=Sangitaa Advani |url=http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/xZJAlF25G24S29HcsvF5KK/Rhymes-and-reasons.html |title=Rhymes and reasons |publisher=Livemint |date=2008-04-04 |accessdate=2013-12-04}}</ref> He is also a published [[poet]].<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/business-28865429 |title=Indian breaks into poem |publisher=BBC |date=22 August 2014 |accessdate=}}</ref> Godrej is also a part of the [[Advisory board]] of [[IIMUN]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.iimun.in/index.php/home/advisor_board|title=Advisor Board|last=|first=|date=|website=[[IIMUN]]|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2017-12-10}}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:Businesspeople from Mumbai]]
[[Category:Parsi people from Mumbai]]
[[Category:Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni]]
[[Category:Harvard Business School alumni]]
[[Category:Godrej Group]]
[[Category:Stanford University alumni]]
[[Category:1951 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Godrej family]]

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