new Delhi. At present, India’s richest industrialist Gautam Adani does not need any introduction. The title of the richest person in Asia is in the name of Gautam Adani. Meanwhile, India Today magazine has declared Gautam Adani, the world’s third and India’s richest man, as ‘News Maker of the Year’. Under this, India Today Group’s Editorial Director (Publishing) Raj Chengappa has a special conversation with Gautam Adani. In the conversation, Gautam Adani talked about his personal life including business.
Let us tell you that many questions were asked to Gautam Adani during this interview and when the host asked Gautam Adani that how was the year 2022 for him, why the year 2022 seems special? In response to this question, he listed all his achievements. Gautam Adani said- ‘2022 was special for many reasons. Our Adani Wilmar IPO was successful and with this Adani Wilmar has become the seventh listed company of our group. He said that he works under a plan. First start the company under the business model, then make the company profitable, and then list it in the stock market. This IPO is also the result of that.
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It is worth noting that the year 2022 has been really special for Gautam Adani. Gautam Adani also ventured into cement business this year. About our cement business, he said that we became the second largest cement producer in the country when we bought ACC and Ambuja Cement for about $10.5 billion. This is our largest ever acquisition and also the largest ever M&A transaction in India’s infrastructure and materials business. This is very important for the progress of Adani Group.
This is how Adani started his business
Hailing from Gujarat, Gautam Adani has been a business minded person right from the beginning. Gautam Adani started Adani Exports in 1988 as a commodity export-import company, which was later renamed Adani Enterprises. Adani Exports was established with a capital of just Rs 5 lakh. Adani Enterprises was introduced in the stock market in 1994.
first generation family businessman
Just as the business of the Ambani family started during the time of Dhirubhai Ambani and he became the first businessman of his generation, similarly Gautam Adani is also a first generation businessman. He was born in 1962 to Shanti Lal and Shanta Ben Adani in Tharad, a small town in Gujarat. It was a pure vegetarian Jain Vaishya family. Adani has a total of seven siblings. His father used to do clothes business. On the other hand, if we talk about education, Gautam Adani did his schooling from SCN School in Ahmedabad. His family came to Ahmedabad from Tharad, a small town. He speaks very slowly and comfortably. His mother tongue has been Gujarati, so earlier he did not know English. Let us tell you that Gautam Adani had taken admission in B.Com, but could not complete his studies. At the age of 18, he moved to Mumbai for business. He likes listening to Bollywood music and watching action movies. He prefers Gujarati vegetarian food.