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{{Short description|Indian businessman}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Adi Burjorji Godrej
| image = ABG 04.jpg
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1942|4|5|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Bombay]], [[Bombay Presidency]], [[British India]]
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| alma_mater = [[St. Xavier's College, Mumbai]] <br/> [[MIT Sloan School of Management]]
| occupation = Chairman of [[Godrej Group]]
| spouse = [[Parmeshwar Godrej|Parmeshwar Adi Godrej]] (died 2016)
| children = [[Nisa Godrej|Nisaba Adi Godrej]] <br> [[Pirojsha Adi Godrej]] <br> [[Tanya Dubash|Tanya Arvind Dubash]]
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'''Adi Burjorji Godrej''' (born 3 April 1942) is an Indian billionaire businessman and head of the [[Godrej family]], chairman of the [[Godrej Group]]. {{As of|November 2025}}, he has an estimated net worth of US$4 billion.<ref name="Forbes profile">{{cite web|title=Forbes profile: Adi Godrej|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/adi-godrej/|website=Forbes|access-date=7 November 2025}}</ref>

==Early life==
Godrej completed his schooling at [[St. Xavier's High School]]<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|title=Home|url=http://xaviers.edu/main/index.php/86-featured?start=3|access-date=2020-10-09|website=xaviers.edu|archive-date=23 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210423104530/https://xaviers.edu/main/index.php/86-featured?start=3|url-status=dead}}</ref> and then [[St. Xavier's College, Mumbai|St. Xavier's College]], [[Mumbai]]<ref name="auto"/> for two years. He earned an undergraduate degree from HL College and an [[MBA]] from the [[MIT Sloan School of Management]], where he was a member of the [[Pi Lambda Phi]] fraternity<ref>Pi Lambda Phi 2010 membership Directory</ref> and a member of [[Tau Beta Pi]].

==Career==
After his return to India, he joined the family business. He modernized the management structure, implemented process improvements and improved the company during the [[License Raj]]. He heads the group alongside his brother, managing director of [[Godrej Industries]] and chairman of [[Godrej Agrovet]], [[Nadir Godrej]], and his cousin, [[Godrej & Boyce]] managing director and chairman, [[Jamshyd Godrej]].

In 2021, he announced plans to step down as chairman of Godrej Industries, the holding company of the [[Godrej Group]]. He would continue as chairman of the Godrej Group and chairman emeritus of GIL.<ref>{{cite news |last1=K |first1=Vijayaraghavan |title=Godrej family looks to divide a $4.1 billion empire |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/company/corporate-trends/godrej-family-looks-to-divide-a-4-1-billion-empire/articleshow/87350226.cms |website=Economic Times |date=29 October 2021 |access-date=January 5, 2023}}</ref>

=== Beyond Godrej ===
He was chairman of the [[Indian School of Business]] from April 2011 to April 2018<ref>{{Cite journal|date=19 January 2018|title=Indian School of Business|url=https://www.isb.edu/news-media/press-releases/harish-manwani-succeed-adi-godrej-chairman-executive-board-indian-school-b|journal=Firstcall Research|access-date=17 March 2015}}</ref> and was president of the [[Confederation of Indian Industry]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2012-04-18/news/31361644_1_adi-godrej-cii-godrej-group|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130719133742/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2012-04-18/news/31361644_1_adi-godrej-cii-godrej-group|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 July 2013|title=CII elects Adi Godrej as new President|website=timesofindia-economictimes|access-date=2016-03-18}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/cii-elects-adi-godrej-as-new-president-112041800159_1.html|title=CII elects Adi Godrej as new President|date=18 April 2012 |access-date=2016-03-18}}</ref> (CII) for the year 2012–13. He has been a member of the dean's advisory council of the [[MIT Sloan School of Management]], and chairman of the board of governors of the [[Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies]].{{citation needed|date=October 2020}}<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sen |first=Meghna |date=13 August 2021 |title=Adi Godrej to step down from Godrej India board, Nadir Godrej to take over as Chairman |url=https://www.livemint.com/companies/news/adi-godrej-to-step-down-from-godrej-india-board-nadir-godrej-to-take-over-as-chairman-11628849768992.html |access-date=8 February 2024 |work=Mint}}</ref>

Twenty-five per cent of the shares of the Godrej holding company are held in trusts that include the Pirojsha Godrej Foundation, the Soonabai Pirojsha Godrej Foundation,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://forbesindia.com/printcontent/36631|title=Forbes India Magazine — The Godrej Foundation: In Charity They Trust|website=forbesindia.com|access-date=2016-03-18}}</ref> and the Godrej Memorial Trust. Through these trusts, the Group supports healthcare, education, and [[environmental sustainability]] initiatives such as The Mangroves,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sunday-guardian.com/investigation/godrej-helps-preserve-mumbai-mangroves|title=Godrej helps preserve Mumbai mangroves|website=www.sunday-guardian.com|access-date=2016-03-18|archive-date=20 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210420032701/http://www.sunday-guardian.com/investigation/godrej-helps-preserve-mumbai-mangroves|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Teach for India]], [[World Wide Fund for Nature|WWF]], and the Godrej Memorial Hospital.

==Personal life==
He was married to socialite and philanthropist [[Parmeshwar Godrej]] until her death in October 2016 and has three children. They live in [[Malabar Hill]], [[South Mumbai]].<ref name="Forbes profile"/>

==References==
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== External links ==
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110928173040/http://www.godrej.com/godrej/GodrejIndustries/gil-mradi.aspx?id=12&menuid=1093 Profile at Godrej Group]

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