->Fayenatic london at 00:49, 18 November 2021

2021-11-18T00:49:50Z

New page

{{short description|Ex-managing director of HDFC Bank}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Aditya Puri
| image = Aditya Puri.jpg
| caption = Aditya Puri
| birth_place = [[Gurdaspur]], [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]
| citizenship = Indian
| occupation = [[Ex- Managing Director|Ex- CEO and MD]]
| organization = [[Carlyle Group]]
| children = [[Amrita Puri]], Amit Puri
| website = {{URL|https://www.carlyle.com/media-room/news-release-archive/top-banker-joins-carlyle-senior-advisor}}
}}

'''Aditya Puri''' is a senior advisor at The Carlyle Group. He was the managing director of [[HDFC Bank]], India's largest private sector bank.<ref name="hdfcbank">{{cite web | url=http://www.hdfcbank.com/aboutus/cg/Profiles_of_Directors.htm#2 |title=Profiles of Directors| publisher=HDFC Bank | accessdate=19 September 2014}}</ref><ref name="ForbesFab50">{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/companies/hdfc-bank/ |title=HDFC Bank on the Forbes Asia's Fab 50 Companies List |work=Forbes |date=28 August 2013 |accessdate=29 November 2013}}</ref> He assumed this position in September 1994, with a vision to create a "World Class Indian Bank".<ref>{{Cite web|title=HDFC tops Forbes' list of best Indian banks, SBI not even in top 10|url=https://www.businesstoday.in/top-story/hdfc-tops-forbes-list-of-best-indian-banks-sbi-not-even-in-top-10/story/336972.html|access-date=27 June 2019|website=businesstoday.in}}</ref> Puri was the longest-serving head of any private bank in the country.<ref name="Forbes">{{cite web|last1=Raghunathan|first1=Anu|title=HDFC Bank's Aditya Puri Has Created India's Most Valuable Bank|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/anuraghunathan/2015/07/22/hdfc-banks-aditya-puri-has-created-indias-most-valuable-bank/|work=Forbes|accessdate=9 December 2016|date=22 July 2015}}</ref> ''[[India Today]]'' ranked him at #24 in India's 50 Most Powerful People of 2017 list.<ref>{{cite news|title=India's 50 powerful people|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/india-today-top-50-powerful-indians-mukesh-ambani-ratan-tata-kumar-mangalam-birla-gautam-adani-anand-mahindra-srk-amitabh-bacchan/1/928939.html|work=[[India Today]]|date=14 April 2017}}</ref>

== Biography ==

Aditya Puri was born in [[Gurdaspur]] District (Punjab) and studied at [[Punjab University, Chandigarh]], gaining a bachelor's degree in Commerce. He qualified as a [[Chartered Accountant]] with the [[Institute of Chartered Accountants of India]].

==Career==
He has worked in the banking sector for 40 years, in India and other countries. He became CEO of [[Citibank]], [[Malaysia]] in 1992. In September 1994 he returned to India as managing director of HDFC Bank.<ref name="hdfcbank"/><ref>{{cite web|last1=Shukla|first1=Saloni|title=Succession plan for HDFC Bank in place, says Aditya Puri|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/banking/finance/banking/succession-plan-for-hdfc-bank-in-place-says-aditya-puri/articleshow/53329277.cms|work=The Economic Times|accessdate=9 December 2016}}</ref>

He presided over HDFC's acquisitions of [[Times Bank]] Limited in 2000 and of [[Centurion Bank of Punjab]] in 2008.<ref name="hdfcbank"/><ref>{{cite web|title=CBoP and Times Bank Amalgamation |url=http://www.hdfcbank.com/aboutus/general/timesbank_amalgamation.htm |publisher=HDFC Bank |accessdate=19 September 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140913165147/http://www.hdfcbank.com/aboutus/general/timesbank_amalgamation.htm |archivedate=13 September 2014 }}</ref>

In August 2019 he was reported to be the most highly paid CEO of any Indian bank with a monthly salary of {{INRConvert|89|l}}.<ref name="Top paid CEOs">{{cite web|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/banking/finance/banking/aditya-puri-remains-top-paid-bank-ceo/articleshow/70651835.cms|title=Aditya Puri remains top-paid bank CEO|work=The Economic Times|date=14 August 2019}}</ref>

He officially stepped down from his position in HDFC Bank on 26 October 2020. Sashidhar Jagdishan took charge as the chief executive officer (CEO) of HDFC Bank from 27 October 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ray|first=Anulekha|date=2020-10-17|title=Meet Sashidhar Jagdishan, new CEO of HDFC Bank who will take charge this month|url=https://www.livemint.com/industry/banking/meet-sashidhar-jagdishan-new-ceo-of-hdfc-bank-who-will-take-charge-this-month-11602938104398.html|access-date=2020-12-22|website=mint|language=en}}</ref> In January 2021, he joined the biopharma company Strides Group as Advisor and will also serve as a Director of its associate company, Stelis Biopharma.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Aditya Puri, former MD of HDFC Bank, joins Strides Group as advisor|url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/companies/aditya-puri-former-md-of-hdfc-bank-joins-strides-group-as-advisor/article33527297.ece|access-date=2021-03-24|website=@businessline|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Former HDFC Bank MD Aditya Puri joins biopharma company Strides as advisor|url=https://www.businesstoday.in/current/economy-politics/former-hdfc-bank-md-aditya-puri-joins-biopharma-company-strides-as-advisor/story/427377.html|access-date=2021-03-24|website=www.businesstoday.in}}</ref>

==Awards and honours==
===2020===
* Induction in Chartered Accountants Hall of Fame [https://www.hdfcbank.com/content/api/contentstream-id/723fb80a-2dde-42a3-9793-7ae1be57c87f/0bb444c3-7ff5-4c2e-aac7-4c2050216afa? ]

===2019===
* QIMPRO Platinum Standard Awards 2019 - National Statesman for Quality in Business [https://www.hdfcbank.com/content/api/contentstream-id/723fb80a-2dde-42a3-9793-7ae1be57c87f/3c5b5f3e-d81d-4bee-a344-627f422ffce3? ]
*"Corporate and Philanthropic leadership Award" by American Indian Foundation<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/american-india-foundation-honours-dell-ceo-hdfc-md-119042600437_1.html|title=American India Foundation honours Dell CEO, HDFC MD|last=IANS|date=26 April 2019|work=Business Standard India|access-date=29 June 2019}}</ref>
*"AIMA - JRD TATA Corporate Leadership Award" by the ''AIMA''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aima.in/conferences-events/awards/aima-jrd-tata-corporate-leadership-award.html|title=Awards AIMA Jrd Tata Corporate Leadership Award | AIMA|website=aima.in|access-date=26 June 2019|archive-date=25 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225202341/https://www.aima.in/conferences-events/awards/aima-jrd-tata-corporate-leadership-award.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===2018===
* Barron's Top 30 Global CEOs<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/markets/stocks/news/hdfc-banks-aditya-puri-features-on-barrons-list-of-top-30-global-ceos/articleshow/64370922.cms?from=mdr|title=HDFC Bank's Aditya Puri features in Barron's list of top 30 global CEOs|last=Verma|first=Swati|date=29 May 2018|work=The Economic Times|access-date=30 June 2019}}</ref>
*Named one of the "Best CEOs in the World" by the ''CEOWORLD magazine''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ceoworld.biz/2020/05/16/best-ceos/|title=Best CEOs in the World For 2020: Most Influential Chief Executives > CEOWORLD magazine|date=16 May 2020}}</ref>

===2016===
*The only Indian to feature in ''Fortune''{{'}}s Businessperson of the Year list.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/business-news/hdfc-bank-s-aditya-puri-only-indian-on-fortune-s-top-bizmen-list/story-V8pzePys9JpQP290rK4IZP.html|title=HDFC Bank's Aditya Puri only Indian on Fortune's top bizmen list|date=18 November 2016|website=Hindustan Times|language=en|access-date=26 March 2020}}</ref><ref name="et-30nov2016">{{Cite web |url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/ajita-rajendra-and-hdfc-bank-md-aditya-puri-make-it-to-fortune-list/articleshow/55702367.cms |title=Ajita Rajendra and HDFC Bank MD Aditya Puri make it to Fortune list |access-date=30 November 2016}}</ref>
*Best CEO: Institutional Investor All-Asia Executive Team ranking 2016<ref name="awards-site">{{Cite web |url=http://www.hdfcbank.com/aboutus/awards/default.htm |title=Awards-HDFC Bank official website |access-date=30 November 2016}}</ref>
*Outstanding Business Leader of the year-CNBC-TV18 India Business Leader Awards (IBLA) 2015-16<ref name="awards-site" />
*FE Lifetime Achievement Award from Financial Express<ref name="awards-site" /><ref>{{cite web|title= Aditya Puri conferred 'Lifetime Achievement Award' by The Financial Express | url=http://www.hdfcbank.com/htdocs/aboutus/News_Room/pdf/Press-Release-Aditya-Puri-conferred-Lifetime-Achievement-Award.pdf|publisher=HDFCBank.com |accessdate=11 September 2016}}</ref>
*Barron's World's Top 30 CEOs<ref name="awards-site" /><ref>{{cite web|title=HDFC Bank MD Aditya Puri once asked a young manager 'bata laddoo kidhar hai' – Anand Mahindra's interesting anecdote at FE Best Banks Awards|url=http://www.financialexpress.com/industry/banking-finance/hdfc-bank-md-aditya-puri-once-asked-a-young-manager-bata-laddoo-kidhar-hai-anand-mahindras-interesting-anecdote-at-fe-best-banks-awards/364902/|work=The Financial Express|accessdate=9 December 2016}}</ref>

===2015===
* Best CEO Award - Business Today<ref name="awards-site" />
* Business Leader of the Year - AIMA Managing India Awards 2015<ref name="awards-site" />
* World's 30 Best CEOs - Barron's<ref name="awards-site" />
* Best CEO- Finance Asia poll on Asia's Best Companies 2015<ref name="awards-site" />

===2013===
* Best Executive in India - Asiamoney<ref name="awards-site" />
* Banker of the Year 2013 - Business Standard<ref name="awards-site" />
* Best CEO - Institutional Investor<ref name="awards-site" />
* Top Achiever - Sunday Standard Best Banker Awards<ref name="awards-site" />
* Best Executive in India - Asia Money 2013Best Banker - FE<ref name="awards-site" />

===2008===
* CNN-IBN Indian Businessman of the Year 2008<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/photogallery/india/cnn-ibn-indian-of-the-year-2008-762261.html|title=CNN-IBN Indian of the Year 2008|date=3 February 2009|website=News18|access-date=1 July 2019}}</ref>

==Personal life==
He is the father of actress [[Amrita Puri]] and son Amit Puri<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/I-survived-because-I-am-headstrong-like-my-father-Amrita-Puri/articleshow/19060945.cms|title=I survived because I am headstrong like my father: Amrita Puri|last=Gupta|first=Priya|work=The Times of India|date=19 March 2013|accessdate=7 May 2018}}</ref>
He is cousin of Bharat Puri MD of [[Pidilite Industries]] and Ex CMD of Cadbury India.

== References ==
{{reflist}}

{{HDFC Group}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Puri, Aditya}}
[[Category:Indian bankers]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Businesspeople from Gurdaspur]]
[[Category:Panjab University alumni]]
[[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]
[[Category:Indian accountants]]
[[Category:HDFC Group]]

Aditya Puri - Revision history

->Fayenatic london at 00:49, 18 November 2021