Aditya Puri

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Aditya Puri
Born
Gurdaspur, Punjab
CitizenshipIndian
Occupation Advisor and Director
Organization Carlyle Group and Strides Group
Children Amrita Puri, Amit Puri

Aditya Puri is a senior advisor at The Carlyle Group. He was the managing director of HDFC Bank, India's largest private sector bank. [1] [2] He assumed this position in September 1994. [3] Puri was the longest-serving head of any private bank in the country. [4] India Today ranked him at #24 in India's 50 Most Powerful People of 2017 list. [5]

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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. [1] [6]

He presided over HDFC's acquisitions of Times Bank Limited in 2000 and of Centurion Bank of Punjab in 2010. [1] [7]

In August 2019 he was reported to be the most highly paid CEO of any Indian bank with a monthly salary of ₹89 lakh (US$110,000). [8]

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. [9] 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. [10] [11] He recently joined Deloitte India as a Senior advisor in 4th October 2023.

Awards and honours

2020

2019

2018

2016

2015

2013

2008

Personal life

He is the father of actress Amrita Puri and son Amit Puri. [22] He is cousin of Bharat Puri MD of Pidilite Industries and Ex CMD of Cadbury India.

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