Pranav Adani Biography
Pranav Adani is the director of Adani Enterprises and an Indian businessman. He is a member of the Confederation of Indian Industry’s National Council.
How old is Pranav Adani? – Age
He is 56 years old as of August 10, 2021. He was born in 1965 in India.
Pranav Adani Family – Education
Adani grew up in a Gujarati Jain family. He later earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Boston University. Following that, he enrolled in Harvard Business School’s Owner/President Management Program.
Is Pranav Adani married? – Wife
Adani is married to Namrata, who runs the ‘Abhisar’ non-governmental organization.
How much is Pranav Adani worth?
He has an estimated net worth of $5 billion.
Pranav Adani Career
He was the driving force behind a joint venture with Singapore’s leading agribusiness group, Wilmar International Limited. Fortune, India’s oil brand, is owned by the Adani Wilmar joint venture. The company has over 450 manufacturing plants and a distribution network in over 50 countries, including India, Indonesia, and China.
Adani was appointed as the director of Agro at Adani Enterprises Ltd. He also invested in grain storage technology and agricultural logistics as chairman of Adani Agri Logistics Ltd. State and federal governments are considering adopting this model on a national scale.
Adani Welspun Joint Venture, Adani Group’s Oil and Gas and City Gas Distribution vertical, he is a director. Adani became a director of Adani Gas Limited, India’s largest private city gas distribution company, in August 2009. He is now the organization’s chairman. He has overseen the construction of city gas distribution projects in Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Faridabad, and Khurja. He has business ventures in the real estate industry in Ahmedabad, Mumbai, and Gurgaon. He is working with the Adani Real Estate Company on a 600-acre project in Ahmedabad township. He also oversees the Adani Group’s global coal business. The project will be expanded in Mumbai and Gurgaon in the near future.
Adani was appointed as an additional director of Adani Enterprises in April 2015. He is a member of the National Council on Agriculture and the National Council on Fast Moving Consumer Goods of the Confederation of Indian Industry. In January 2018, he spoke alongside Mamata Banerjee at the Bengal Global Business Summit. Adani Wilmar Limited will invest 750 crores ($108.3 million US) in the state, he said. He spearheaded the listing of Adani Wilmar on the Bombay Stock Exchange and the National Stock Exchange in March 2022.
Pranav launched the ‘Garv Hai’ initiative to promote sports and support Indian athletes competing in international tournaments such as the 2016 Rio Olympics. A few candidates were chosen and assisted from across India. In 2015, the campaign helped Indian shot-putter Inderjeet Singh, the best in Asia at the time, compete in the Asian Championships in China. Others on the list included Khushbir Kaur and Shiva Thapa.
Through Adani Wilmar, Adani introduced the pro kabaddi team the Fortune Giants in 2017. Adani chose kabaddi over cricket to provide opportunities for new sportspeople. In the same year, he announced a fourfold increase in prize money for the season, to 8 crores ($1.15 million US). The Meadows, which is part of the Shantigram, has a football field in the center that is illuminated by floodlights to promote football.
Adani organized the first marathon in Ahmedabad in 2017 to honor the Indian Armed Forces. On November 26, approximately 8,000 people took part in the Adani Ahmedabad Marathon. It was divided into two categories: full (10 km) and a half (10 km) (5 km). The runners included approximately 1,000 members of the Indian Army, Air Force, and Navy. The marathon raised 25 lakhs, and the company contributed another 25 lakhs, for a total of 50 lakhs (approximately $70,000 US) to the Armed Forces of India.
Garv Hai has been re-launched as a long-term incubation program to discover and support athletes in archery, shooting, boxing, wrestling, and athletics for the 2020 Summer Olympics, 2022 Asian Games, and Commonwealth Games.