Aditya Puri is a senior advisor at The Carlyle Group. He was the managing director of

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, India's largest private sector bank. He assumed this position in September 1994, with a vision to create a "World Class Indian Bank". Puri was the longest-serving head of any private bank in the country. ''

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'' ranked him at #24 in India's 50 Most Powerful People of 2017 list.

Biography

Aditya Puri was born in

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District (Punjab) and studied at

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, gaining a bachelor's degree in Commerce. He qualified as a Chartered Accountant with the

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Career

He has worked in the banking sector for 40 years, in India and other countries. He became CEO of

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in 1992. In September 1994 he returned to India as managing director of HDFC Bank. He presided over HDFC's acquisitions of

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Limited in 2000 and of

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in 2010. In August 2019 he was reported to be the most highly paid CEO of any Indian bank with a monthly salary of . 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. 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.

Awards and honours

2020

* Induction in Chartered Accountants Hall of Fam

2019

* QIMPRO Platinum Standard Awards 2019 - National Statesman for Quality in Busines

*"Corporate and Philanthropic leadership Award" by American Indian Foundation *"AIMA - JRD TATA Corporate Leadership Award" by the ''AIMA''.

2018

* Barron's Top 30 Global CEOs *Named one of the "Best CEOs in the World" by the ''CEOWORLD magazine''.

2016

*The only Indian to feature in ''Fortune''s Businessperson of the Year list. *Best CEO: Institutional Investor All-Asia Executive Team ranking 2016 *Outstanding Business Leader of the year-CNBC-TV18 India Business Leader Awards (IBLA) 2015-16 *FE Lifetime Achievement Award from Financial Express *Barron's World's Top 30 CEOs

2015

* Best CEO Award - Business Today * Business Leader of the Year - AIMA Managing India Awards 2015 * World's 30 Best CEOs - Barron's * Best CEO- Finance Asia poll on Asia's Best Companies 2015

2013

* Best Executive in India - Asiamoney * Banker of the Year 2013 - Business Standard * Best CEO - Institutional Investor * Top Achiever - Sunday Standard Best Banker Awards * Best Executive in India - Asia Money 2013Best Banker - FE

2008

* CNN-IBN Indian Businessman of the Year 2008

Personal life

He is the father of actress

Amrita Puri Amrita Puri (born 20 August 1983) is an Indian actress. She made her film debut with the ensemble romantic comedy-drama ''Aisha'' (2010), which earned her Filmfare nominations for Best Female Debut and Best Supporting Actress. Puri had her ...

and son Amit Puri He is cousin of Bharat Puri MD of Pidilite Industries and Ex CMD of Cadbury India.

References

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