Gautam Adani is a first generation Indian entrepreneur who is the Chairman and founder of Adani Group. He founded The Adani Group in 1988 and today it is a globally integrated infrastructure player with businesses spanning coal trading, coal mining, oil & gas exploration, ports, multi-modal logistics, power generation, Agri Infrastructure, edible oil & transmission and gas distribution. With business experience of more than 33 years, Gautam Adani is an Indian entrepreneur who has led the Adani group from a modest background to create a $8 billion professionally managed empire in a relatively short period of time. Gautam Adani has a vision of ?Nation Building? by developing assets of national economic significance. This reflects in the choice of businesses the group has entered and developed. In an interview to Outlook he mentioned how India?s infrastructure requirement is huge and hence ports, power plants, transmission lines and mining were the natural choices for the group. He has led from the front to realize his vision of nation building and continues to pursue his passion for developing world class mega infrastructure in India and abroad. 

June 24th, 1962 in Ahmedabad (Age 61)