<Tr> <Th> Parent (s) </Th> <Td> Shantilal and Shanta Adani </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Relatives </Th> <Td> Vinod Adani (brother) </Td> </Tr> <P> Gautam Shantilal Adani (born 24 June 1962) is an Indian billionaire businessman who is the chairman and founder of Adani Group . According to Forbes, his net worth is estimated to be $8.81 billion as of September 2017 . He founded the Adani Group in 1988, which now deals in businesses spanning coal trading, coal mining, oil & gas exploration, ports, logistics, power generation, agriculture, edible oils, transmission and gas distribution . </P> <P> Gautam Adani was born into a Gujarati Jain Bania family on 24 June 1962, in Ahmedabad . He is the son of Shantilal and Shanta Adani and has seven siblings . His parents had migrated from the town of Tharad in the northern part of Gujarat . He did his schooling at the Sheth Chimanlal Nagindas Vidyalaya school in Ahmedabad . He started a bachelor's degree in commerce at Gujarat University, but dropped out after the second year . </P>

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