Gautam Shantilal Adani is the founder & chairman of Adani Group. Gautam Adani is a self-made billionaire. With a net worth of $62 billion, Adani is the second richest person in India. His company is involved in logistics, renewables, energy, aerospace, defence & others. Here are some of the unknown & interesting facts about Gautam Adani.
Unknown & Interesting Facts about Gautam Adani :
1. Adani is a school dropout
Gautam Adani left his commerce course from CN Vidyalaya, Ahmedabad. He came to Mumbai & engage himself in the diamond business.
2. Millionaire at the age of 20
When Adani came to Mumbai he started working in the diamond business. He learned the tricks & became a diamond broker. He became a millionaire at the age of 20.
3. Adani was Kidnapped
In 1998, Gautam Adani was in the headline of News Papers due to his fortune. He was kidnapped by Fazlu Rehman an underworld don for a ransom of $1.5 million.
4. Gautam Adani escaped from Death
On 26 November 2008, Gautam Adani was having dinner at Taj Hotel Mumbai. On that day the hotel was attacked by Terrorist. Adani with other guests hid in the basement. Over 160 people were killed by the terrorists. Gautam Adani had said, “I saw death at a distance of just 15 feet.”
5. Owner of the biggest private power producer company in India.
Gautam Adani owns Adani Power Ltd. The company supplies electricity all over India. His company is also the largest solar power producer in India.
This we’re some of the unknown & interesting facts about Gautam Adani.