Adi Godrej

$4.03B

as of 10/04/24

About Adi Godrej

Adi Godrej is chairman of the $5.7 billion (revenue) Godrej Group, a 127-year-old consumer-goods giant.

The group was established by lawyer Ardeshir Godrej, who gave up his profession to make locks in 1897.

Key group companies include Godrej Consumer Products, chaired by Adi Godrej's daughter Nisaba, and Godrej Properties, overseen by his son Pirojsha.

The family owns a vast parcel of land in suburban Mumbai that remains its biggest asset.

Personal stats

Citizenship

India

Source of wealth

Consumer goods

Residence

Mumbai, India

Marital status

Widowed

Birth date

04/03/42 (age 82)

Number of children

Education

Bachelor of Arts/Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Master of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Self-made

inherited and growing

Adi Godrej’s fortune is worth

67K

troy ounces of gold

62K

median U.S. household

40K

median U.S. income

0.081%

U.S. credit card volume

0.016%

GDP of the United States

0.012%

United States debt

Net worth history

Annual ranking

Did you know?

Godrej launched the world's first soap made from vegetable oil in 1918.

Net worth over time

Real-time ranking

Financial assets

BSE INDIA | 540743-IN

Godrej Agrovet

BSE INDIA | 532424-IN

Godrej Consumer Products Ltd.

BSE INDIA | 500164-IN

Godrej Industries Ltd.

BSE INDIA | 533150-IN

Godrej Properties Limited