Anand Piramal

Some Lesser Known Facts About Anand Piramal

• Anand was born to a Marwari billionaire business tycoon father, who is the Chairman of Piramal Group & Shriram Group, and a Gujarati doctor and Padma Shri awardee mother.

  

• His uncle Dilip Piramal is the chairman of ‘VIP Industries.’

  

• During the first year of his college in 2004, he founded ‘DIA (Dreaming of an Indian Awakening),’ an NGO to help the poor in Rajasthan.

• Before joining the family business, he founded ‘Piramal eSwasthya’ in 2008, which was integrated into ‘Piramal Swasthya’ services in 2011 that aims to democratize healthcare.

  

• In the summer of 2010, he was confused on whether to pursue his career as a consultant or an entrepreneur. During that period, it was Mukesh Ambani who advised him to become an entrepreneur.

• The Piramals and the Ambanis have been family friends since the 1980s.

• After returning to India in 2011, he joined ‘Piramal Group’ as an Executive Director.

  

• He is responsible for managing the real estate entity, ‘Piramal Realty’ that carries out both the commercial and residential projects development in prime areas of Mumbai.

  

• He is the youngest President of the Indian Merchant Chamber – Youth Wing.

• He played a big role in the acquisition of prime land parcels across Mumbai and forming a team for various projects.

• In 2015, he raised $434 million from ‘Goldman Sachs’ and ‘Warburg Pincus’ for the growth of the ‘Piramal Group’ that is considered as one of the biggest private equity investments in the real estate in India.

• In May 2018, he proposed to Isha at a temple in Maharashtra’s Mahabaleshwar, which she instantly accepted.

  

• He is an avid dog lover and owns German Shepherd dogs.

  

• On 12 December 2018, Anand Piramal tied the knot with Isha Ambani. The marriage held at the Ambanis residence Antilla is considered one of the most expensive weddings in history that cost around US$ 100 million.