Aditya Ghosh | |
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| Aditya Ghosh in his Gurugram office in 2024 | |
| Born | Kolkata, West Bengal, India |
| Citizenship | Indian |
| Education | (B.A.) Kirori Mal College (L.L.B.) Faculty of Law, University of Delhi (AMP) Harvard Business School |
| Occupation | Businessman |
| Known for | Former president IndiGo airline Co-Founder of Akasa Air |
Aditya Ghosh is an Indian lawyer-turned-businessman working primarily in the civil aviation and hospitality industries. He was the former president and whole time director of IndiGo from 2008 to 2018. He is the co-founder of Akasa Air with Vinay Dube. [1] [2] [3] Ghosh was also the CEO of OYO Hotel & Homes, South Asia and currently serves as a member of its board. [4] [5] He is a member of the board of management at Ashoka University [6] and a visiting faculty at the university's Department of Entrepreneurship. [7] [8]
Ghosh was born in Kolkata, West Bengal, into a Bengali family, and raised in Delhi. [9] He is a son of an Indian Administrative Service officer. [10] He graduated with an LLB degree from Faculty of Law, University of Delhi [11] and completed his B.A degree from Kirori Mal College of Delhi University. [10]
Ghosh started his career in 1997 by joining J. Sagar Associates, a law firm. He later worked at InterGlobe Enterprises as Group General Counsel followed by IndiGo as the President and whole time director. [12] Under him, IndiGo reached a market capitalisation of 55,000 crore. [13] After ten years, in 2018, he resigned from IndiGo. [14] In the same year on 1 December, he was appointed as the CEO of OYO hotels in India and South Asia. [15]
In 2020, he joined Fabindia as a member of its board of directors. [16] In 2021, he collaborated with his friend Anjan Chatterjee and opened a restaurant named Chourangi in London. [17]
In December 2021 he co-founded Akasa Air along with Vinay Dube. The airline began its operation on 7 August 2022 from Mumbai to Ahmedabad. As of February 2024 the airline has 24 aircraft flying to 19 destinations. Dube holds a 10% stake in the airline. [18]
Aditya Ghosh is married to Manavi Ghosh. [19]