Gautam Adani was born in Ahmedabad, India on 24 June 1962 in a Jain family that makes Adani’s religion, Jainism.
Later on, he enrolled at Gujarat University for a bachelor’s degree in commerce but is said to have dropped out after the second year.
Gautam Adani’s education was mostly done in Gujarat. He did schooling from Sheth Chimanlal Nagindas Vidyalaya school in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
His father, Shantilal Adani, is a textile merchant and his mother is Shantaben Adani He also has 7 siblings. Their family had moved from the town of Tharad located in the northern part of Gujarat.
Gautam Adani made his first million at the age of 20 Though he was born into a family that ran a textiles business yet he was interested to go to Mumbai to join the diamond business. He worked with Mahindra Brothers as a diamond sorter for around 2-3 years then he set up his own diamond brokerage and earned his first million.