One of India’s most successful industrialists and the world’s 8th richest man Gautam Adani needs no introduction. The man is widely known for establishing the multinational conglomerate Adani Group in 1988, however, very little is known about what motivated him to create something so big.
A book narrating the same, Adani’s journey, his childhood, his motivation, among other aspects of his life is set to hit the book stands in October 2022. Titled ‘Gautam Adani: The Man Who Changed India’, the billionaire’s biography is penned by business journalist RN Bhaskar, who has long followed Adani’s career.
The book is scheduled for an October release from the Penguin Business imprint. The 60-year-old industrialist is at the helm of a business empire that is now India’s largest player in ports and renewable energy. His biography can give answers to questions like – What fuels his motivations and vision? What are those episodes, minor and major, that propelled him to make the choices he did that in turn shaped the world we live in today? Were there challenges in his life and how did he deal with those?
Book’s author Bhaskar shared that he first met Adani 18 years ago, while the Mundra Port was being built. “What I saw then, and what I learnt from my discussions with key Adani group people, was that this port could change the transshipment landscape for the Middle East and India. It could reshape logistics, and even make Mundra the country’s first destination port,” he said.
Bhaskar gave talks in Dubai about how this man could change India’s trade patterns and even wrote a cover story for a publication titled: The man who could change India. 18 years later, I discovered that he actually has, he added.
“I believe there is no book that captures Gautam Adani’s story and phenomenal rise over the past decades in detail. I am delighted that RN Bhaskar has taken up the task to fill the gap, and use years of research, insight and analysis to tell the story of one of the most intriguing business leaders in the country today,” said Milee Ashwarya, publisher, Ebury Publishing and Vintage, PRHI.
