Jeet Adani marries Diva Shah in a simple ceremony; Gautam Adani pledges ₹10,000 cr for social causes

Without extravagance or global icons gracing the event, Adani Group Chairman Gautam Adani's son Jeet Adani married Diva Shah, the daughter of diamond trader Jaimin Shah, in a traditional ceremony at the Belvedere Club in Ahmedabad’s Adani Shantigram township on Friday.

One of the richest businessmen in the world chose to mark the occasion with a ₹10,000 crore "wedding gift" fund, which will be used for various social causes. Adani’s list of causes for the sizeable donation has been shaped by his social philosophy of "Seva Sadhana Haim Seva Prarthna Hai, Aur Seva Hi Paramatma Hai ("Service is discipline, service is prayer, and service itself is the supreme divine), a statement says.

The larger part of his donation is expected to go into funding massive infrastructure initiatives in healthcare, education and skill development. These initiatives will focus on giving all sections of society access to a network of affordable world-class hospitals and medical colleges, affordable top-tier K-12 schools and advanced global skill academies with assured employability.

According to family insiders, the wedding was a "simple affair", with the usual religious rituals followed by a traditional Gujarati ceremony attended only by "close relatives and friends", and no politicians, business leaders, diplomats, bureaucrats, film stars, entertainers and other celebrities were invited to the wedding ceremony.

During his Maha Kumbh visit to Prayagraj on January 21, 2025, when asked by media if his son’s wedding would be a “Maha Kumbh of celebrities”, Adani had said that his son Jeet's marriage would happen in a "simple and traditional way.”

Jeet Adani currently serves as Director at Adani Airports, managing six international airports and overseeing the building of a seventh in Navi Mumbai. Jeet is an alumnus of the University of Pennsylvania's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.

Two days before the wedding, billionaire Gautam Adani had announced ‘Mangal Seva’, a program to support newly married women with disabilities. To begin with, every year, 500 such women will be provided financial assistance of Rs 10 lakh each. Jeet Adani met 21 newly married 'divyang' (disabled) women and their husbands to launch this initiative.

Gautam Adani, the founder and chairman of the Adani Group, is one of the world’s leading business tycoons, with a portfolio spanning energy, infrastructure, logistics, aerospace, and real estate. As per Bloomberg Billionaire Index, Gautam Adani's net worth is estimated at $71.3 billion, ranking as the 21st richest person globally.