Some are names you might need seen and heard, whereas others are but to have the highlight shine on them. On this ET Particular, we invite you to satisfy the successors.
AMBANI
In September of 2023, Mukesh Ambani of Reliance Industries formally introduced his three kids onto the board of his retail-to-refining conglomerate. Welcoming his 33-year-old twins, Isha and Akash, together with 30-year-old Anant, Ambani had then said, “The mixture of the seasoned experience of senior leaders and the contemporary ambition of the brand new technology will result in new and thrilling milestones in Reliance’s journey.”
After finishing his research, Akash Ambani joined Reliance Jio in 2014. He’s concerned with Mumbai Indians within the IPL and performed a key position in securing a $5.7-billion funding from Meta in Jio Platforms in 2020. At Jio, he spearheads the push into rising tech like AI, Blockchain and the IoT. He’s intently concerned within the improvement of merchandise and all digital companies functions.
Isha Ambani is helming the corporate’s retail, e-commerce and luxurious verticals. She has been driving Reliance Retail into new classes and codecs corresponding to Trend, Magnificence, ecommerce, and FMCG, other than forging partnerships with main worldwide manufacturers. She graduated from Yale College with a double main in Psychology and South Asian Research and holds an MBA from Stanford.
In the meantime, Anant Ambani is targeted on the growth of the vitality and supplies companies of Reliance Industries and its international operations in renewable and inexperienced vitality. A graduate of Brown College, he’s captivated with animal welfare and is at the moment driving a welfare initiative named Vantara, and serves on the board of Reliance Basis, the philanthropic arm of RIL. TATA
The subsequent technology of the Tatas comprising Tata Sons chairman Noel Tata’s three kids — Neville, Leah and Maya — made a quiet entry into the $104.5-billion Tata Group a number of years again. A senior official near the Tata’s mentioned that Noel needed posed to all areas of enterprise and study the ropes.
Neville Tata, 32, is now the pinnacle of Star Bazaar, the hypermarket unit of Trent, which homes Tata Group’s retail companies. An alumnus of the Bayes Enterprise College, UK, Neville grew to become a part of Trent in 2016, heading packaged meals and drinks earlier than managing Zudio, a runaway success.
Maya Tata, 36, is with Tata Digital and was concerned within the launch of the Tata Neu app. She began her profession at Tata Alternatives Fund, a distinguished PE fund inside Tata Capital, engaged on portfolio administration and investor relations. At present, she additionally serves on the board of the Tata Medical Centre Belief.
Leah Tata, 39, Noel’s eldest daughter, is a vice-president at Indian Resorts and at the moment handles the Gateway model. She holds a level in Advertising from IE Enterprise College in Madrid, Spain. She managed the Taj Mahal Palace Lodge in Mumbai, having begun her profession as an assistant gross sales supervisor at Taj Resorts Resorts & Palaces.
GODREJ
In Might final yr, there was an possession realignment within the Godrej Group, and it’s now divided into Godrej Enterprises Group (GEG) and Godrej Industries Group (GIG).
Godrej Enterprises Group (GEG) Nyrika Holkar, 42, ED and future managing director candidate at Godrej & Boyce, labored her means up by means of areas corresponding to digital technique, model administration, authorized affairs, and specialised in M&A at AZB & Companions.
Jamshyd Godrej’s daughter studied legislation on the College of London and leads the authorized and company advisory features for all 14 group firms.
Godrej Industries Group (GIG) Pirojsha Godrej, 44, the son of Adi Godrej, is the manager vicechairperson of GIG and can succeed Nadir Godrej because the chairperson in August 2026. He earned his spurs at Godrej Properties and was instrumental in taking the corporate public in 2010, elevating $100 million. He was appointed CEO of Godrej Properties in 2012.
BAJAJ
The Bajaj Group has completed away with the chairman’s place and has been working by means of consensus through a household council, which incorporates Rahul Bajaj’s sons Rajiv and Sanjiv, his cousins Shekhar and Niraj, and the latter’s son Nirav.
The just lately deceased Madhur Bajaj was additionally part of this sixmember council. Rishabnayan Bajaj, 27, is the son of Rajiv Bajaj, MD and CEO, Bajaj Auto, joined the corporate final yr as divisional supervisor (product technique – EV). He’s an engineer from Loughborough College, UK, and has typically been seen accompanying his father at main firm occasions.
In August final yr, the Bajaj Group introduced an entry into the healthcare sector, with Nirav Bajaj, 33, head of company technique at Mukand, a Bajaj Group firm, overseeing the challenge. Nirav is the son of Niraj Bajaj and did his engineering at Brunel College of London, and is an MBA from Harvard. Sanjiv Bajaj’s kids will possible transfer into roles within the firm as soon as they end their training.
ADANI
Gautam Adani, 62, is more likely to shift management to his scions within the subsequent 8-10 years. Although the following technology is working at totally different companies, the Adani heirs preserve a low profile.
Vinod Adani’s (Gautam’s elder brother) son Pranav Adani, 45, has been overseeing communications and all consumer-facing companies. He started his profession in 1999 with Adani Wilmar and spearheads Adani Realty. He’s main the group’s most bold challenge so far: The redevelopment of Dharavi, one in all Asia’s largest slums. He’s an alumnus of Boston College and Harvard Enterprise College.
Gautam Adani’s son Karan Adani, 37, rose by means of the ranks and have become the CEO of Adani Ports SEZ in 2016. Below him, the corporate expanded from 4 to 12 ports and elevated its cargo dealing with capability 10X to 500 million metric tonnes. He has additionally performed a task in rising the group’s cement enterprise and has a bachelor’s diploma from Purdue College, US. J
Jeet Adani, 26, Gautam Adani’s youthful son is a director at Adani airports. He joined the Group in 2019 after attending the College of Pennsylvania’s College of Engineering and Utilized Sciences. He began his profession within the group CFO’s workplace, coping with strategic finance, capital markets and threat & governance coverage.
Sagar Adani, 30, son of Rajesh Adani (youthful brother of Gautam Adani) joined the group in 2015 after graduating in Economics from Brown College, US. He’s credited with constructing the photo voltaic and wind portfolio of Adani Inexperienced Power and at the moment oversees organisation constructing in addition to all strategic and monetary issues on the firm.
BIRLA
Final yr, the 2 older Birla scions joined the boards of the group’s flagship firms, Grasim Industries and Aditya Birla Trend and Retail. They have been additionally appointed as administrators on the board of Aditya Birla Administration Company, the apex physique answerable for offering strategic course to the Aditya Birla Group’s companies.
The elder daughter of chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla, the 29-year-old Ananya Birla based her first firm, Svatantra Microfin, on the age of 17. It’s now the second-largest MFI with an AUM of greater than Rs 16,000 crore and has a workforce energy of 19,500. The corporate attracted the biggest PE funding deal within the microfinance sector of Rs 1,930 crore.
Earlier than coming into enterprise, Aryaman Vikram Birla, 27, was knowledgeable cricketer. He’s intently concerned with a number of of the group’s companies together with style and retail, actual property, paints and style D2C platform — TMRW. He additionally runs the group’s hospitality enterprise with marquee manufacturers like Yauatcha, Hakkasan, Nara Thai and Ode. He additionally runs the Group’s VC fund — Aditya Birla Ventures.
