Personalities: Gautam Adani, Aroon Purie

Gautam Adani

Gautam Adani (born June 24, 1962 in Ahmedabad, India) is an Indian businessman. He is the chairman of the Adani Group, a leading trading and export company of India. On November 16, 2007, Forbes magazine announced that Adani was the 13th richest person in India with a personal wealth of US$6.7 billion, making him the first billionaire from the city of Ahmedabad[1] [2]. Gautam Adani was born on June 24, 1962, to Shantilal and Shantaben Adani. He had seven siblings. Adani's parents had migrated from the town of Tharad in northern Gujarat in search of livelihood. Adani was born in the Seth ni Pol are located in Ratanpol in Ahmedabad. He studied at the Seth C. N. Vidyalya school in Ahmedabad. Adani dropped out of school in class 10 and set out for Mumbai to make a living with only a few hundred rupees with him.
He worked in Mumbai as a diamond sorter at Mahindra Bros. After working there for two years, Adani, 18 at the time, set up his own diamond brokerage outfit at Zaveri Bazaar and made his first lakh.[3]

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Aroon Purie

Aroon Purie is an Indian businessman, and the founder & editor in chief of India Today, a leading newsmagazine of India. He has served as editor of the magazine since founding it in 1975. India Today is printed in several languages other than English. A chartered accountant, Purie first revived Thomson Press. He then set up Living Media to publish India Today, which has redefined magazine journalism in the country. The India Today group which has grown out of the magazine, is one of the largest media conglomerates in India.

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