Aditya Puri


Aditya Puri is the Managing Director of HDFC Bank, India's largest private sector bank. He assumed this position in September 1994, with a vision to create a "World Class Indian Bank". Puri is the longest-serving head of any private bank in the country. India Today magazine ranked him #24th in India's 50 Most Powerful People of 2017 list.

Biography

Aditya Puri was born in Gurdaspur District and studied at Punjab University, Chandigarh, gaining a bachelor's degree in Commerce. He qualified as a Chartered Accountant with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.

Career

He has worked in the banking sector for 40 years, in India and other countries. He became CEO of Citibank, Malaysia in 1992. In September 1994 he returned to India as Managing Director of HDFC Bank.
He presided over HDFC's acquisitions of Times Bank Limited in 2000 and of Centurion Bank of Punjab in 2008.
In August 2019 he was reported to be the most highly paid CEO of any Indian bank with a monthly salary of.

Awards and honours

2020

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