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. 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

Punjab University, Chandigarh Panjab University (PU) is an Indian collegiate public state university located in Chandigarh. Funded through both State and Union governments, it is considered a state university. It traces its origins to the University of the Punjab in Lahor ...

, 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

. He presided over HDFC's acquisitions of Times Bank Limited in 2000 and of

Centurion Bank of Punjab The Centurion Bank of Punjab (formerly ''Centurion Bank'' and ''Bank of Punjab'') was an Indian private sector bank that offered retail and corporate banking services. It had 403 branches across India and employed over 5,000 people. The bank wa ...

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

on 26 October 2020. Sashidhar Jagdishan took charge as the chief executive officer (CEO) of

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. He recently joined Deloitte India as a Senior advisor in 4 October 2023.

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 who mainly works in Hindi films and web shows. She made her acting debut with the romantic comedy-drama ''Aisha'' (2010), which earned her the Stardust Award for Breakthrough Performance ...

and son Amit Puri. He is cousin of Bharat Puri MD of

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and Ex CMD of Cadbury India.

References

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