Hasit Dani is an Indian businessman and entrepreneur. He is a second generation descendant of the Dani family, one of the founding families of Asian Paints Limited. He is a board member of Asian Paints.
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Wiki/Biography
Hasit Ashwin Dani was born in Mumbai.
Family
He belongs to a Hindu Jain family. His grandfather was a resident of Kapadvanj, a historical town in Kheda district of Gujarat.
parents and siblings
His father, Ashwin Dani (1944–2023), was the non-executive chairman of Asian Paints Limited. He died after a brief illness on 28 September 2023.
His mother’s name is Ina Dani. She is a keen yoga practitioner and follower of yoga teacher BKS Iyengar. She taught yoga to pregnant women at the Iyengar Yoga Centre, which the husband-wife established in 1998 in their residential building, Home Villa. He has also served as the Managing Trustee of Guruji Iyengar’s Light on Yoga Research Trust (LOYRT).
He has two brothers, Jalaj Dani and Malav Dani. Jalaj Dani is a businessman, investor and philanthropist who was the public face of Asian Paints for nearly two decades, during which he handled the human resources, supply chain and chemicals portfolio at the company. In 2017, he resigned from his leadership roles at Asian Paints and became its co-promoter. He is the Chairman of Adverb Technologies and IIM Trichy and an Independent Director of HDFC and Havells.
Malav Dani is an Indian businessman and entrepreneur. He is a non-executive director and chairman of the CSR committee at Asian Paints. He is also the managing director of Hitech Corporation Limited, a BSE-listed plastics and packaging company.
wife and children
His wife’s name is Shubhalakshmi Hasit Dani. Together, they have a daughter, Ishwara Hasit Dani.
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livelihood
He is a board member of Asian Paints. In 1995, he became a director of Dani Holding and Trading Company, Dani Finance and Investments Company and Dani Capital and Investments Company. He has been a whole-time Director of Gujarat Organics Private Limited since 27 May 2000. On August 28, 2010, he took up the position of director of Hash Holding and Trading Company.
property and properties
In 2021, he along with his wife Shubhalakshmi Hasit Dani purchased a ₹95 crore duplex apartment, House No. 102, on the eighth and ninth floors, located on Carmichael Road, South Mumbai. The size of the apartment is 6,374 square feet. The deal was registered on December 30, 2020, a day before the deadline to register properties with 2 percent stamp duty in Maharashtra ended. Dani bought the apartment from Hydra Trading, another company of Asian Paints Promoter Group.
Facts/General Knowledge
- He is a trustee of the Param-Arth Charitable Trust.
- As on 28 September 2023, the net worth of Hasit Dani’s father Ashwin Dani was $ 7.8 billion. With a net worth of $1310 million, he was ranked #49 on Forbes India’s 2013 list of the 100 richest Indians.
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