Godrej Group

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Godrej Group
Company type Private
Industry Conglomerate
Founded1897;127 years ago (1897) [1]
Founders
HeadquartersMumbai, Maharashtra, India
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Adi Godrej
(Chairman) [2]
Products [3]
RevenueIncrease2.svg33,000 crore (US$4.0 billion) (2023)
Number of employees
28,000 (2016)
Subsidiaries
Website www.godrej.com OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

Godrej Group is an Indian multinational conglomerate headquartered in Mumbai, India, which is managed and largely owned by the Godrej family. It was founded by Ardeshir Godrej and Pirojsha Burjorji Godrej in 1897, and operates in sectors including real estate, consumer products, industrial engineering, appliances, furniture, security and agricultural products. [4] Its subsidiaries and affiliated companies include Godrej Industries and its subsidiaries Godrej Consumer Products, Godrej Agrovet, and Godrej Properties, as well as the private holding company Godrej & Boyce Mfg. Co. Ltd.

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Timeline

Operations

The Godrej group can be broadly divided into three major holding companies, working independently:

  1. Godrej Industries Ltd
  2. Godrej & Boyce
  3. Godrej Telecommunications

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