Portrait of Adi Godrej

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Adi Godrej

Net worth $4.0B

Consumer goods · India

Born
Apr 03, 1942
Age
84
Source
Consumer goods
Residence
Mumbai
Citizenship
India
Marital status
Widowed
Children
3
Education
Bachelor of Arts/Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Master of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Net worth over time

Biography

  • Adi Godrej, patriarch of the storied Godrej clan, controls the Godrej Industries Group with his younger brother, Nadir Godrej.
  • The group consists of four listed companies, Godrej Consumer Products, Godrej Industries, Godrej Properties and Godrej Agrovet.
  • His brother Nadir is chairman of the group, while his son, Pirojsha is vice chairman.
  • In 2024, the siblings and their cousins Jamshyd and Smita Crishna-Godrej divided the family's business empire into two separate business groups
  • The Godrej group was established by lawyer Ardeshir Godrej, who gave up his profession to make locks in 1897.
  • Godrej launched the world's first soap made from vegetable oil in 1918.
  • Godrej aerospace engines were used in India's mission to Mars in 2014.

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