Abhay Vakil

Abhay Arvind Vakil (born 1951) is an Indian billionaire businessman, and a non-executive director of Asian Paints Ltd,[2] India's largest paint company. Vakil is among the 100 richest Indians.[3]

Abhay Vakil
Born1951 (age 69–70)
Mumbai, India
EducationUniversity of Mumbai
Syracuse University
OccupationNon-executive director, Asian Paints Ltd
Net worthUS$4.6 billion (February 2021) [1]
Children3

Early life

Vakil was born in 1951 in Mumbai. His father Arvind Vakil was one of the co-founders of Asian Paints Ltd. Vakil completed his bachelor of science at the University of Mumbai, and another BS from Syracuse University in the United States.[4] Abhay joined his family business Asian Paints in 1974.[5]

Associations

Abhay served as managing director of Asian Paints and Hitech Plast. He is also chairman of Resins and Plastics, Non Executive Director of Asian Paints, Non Executive Director of Resins and Plastics Additional & Non-Executive Director at Asian Paints, Director of Asteroids Trading and Investments, Nehal Trading and Investments, Jalaj Trading and Investments, and Unnati Trading and Investments.[6]

Family

Vakil is married, with three children, and lives in Mumbai.[1] His son Vivek Vakil works for the business.[7]

References
  1. "Forbes profile: Abhay Vakil & family". Forbes. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  2. "Asian Paints appoints Abhay Vakil as additional director". Money Control. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
  3. "India's 100 Richest People — Abhay Vakil". Forbes. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
  4. "Abhay Vakil". Reuters. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
  5. "In Flying Colours". Business World. Archived from the original on 18 August 2014. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
  6. "Abhay A. Vakil". Bloomberg. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
  7. "Asian Paints" (PDF). BSE India. Retrieved 5 March 2015.



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