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HDFC Bank Limited is an Indian banking and financial services company, headquartered in Mumbai.It is India's largest private sector bank by assets and the world's tenth-largest bank by market capitalization as of May 2024 [9] [10]
Hasmukh Thakordas Parekh (10 March 1911 – 18 November 1994) was an Indian financial entrepreneur, writer and philanthropist. He played a role in the development of Industrial Credit & Investment Corporation of India, now ICICI Bank, founded the Housing Development Finance Corporation, and in 1992 was awarded the Padma Bhushan for his contribution to the finance industry in India. [2]
Parekh has worked at Ernst & Young, Grindlays Bank, and Chase Manhattan Bank as its assistant representative for South Asia. He joined Housing Development Finance Corporation (HDFC) in 1978. HDFC was founded by his uncle, Hasmukhbhai Parekh. [6]
He presided over HDFC's acquisitions of Times Bank Limited in 2000 and of Centurion Bank of Punjab in 2010. [1] [7] In August 2019 he was reported to be the most highly paid CEO of any Indian bank with a monthly salary of ₹ 89 lakh (US$110,000). [8] He officially stepped down from his position in HDFC Bank on 26 October 2020.
He is the founder and chairman of retail chain DMart. Damani is referred to as the "retail king" of India. [6] [7] His estimated net worth is US$23.7 billion as of August 2024, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, and $22 billion according to Forbes. [8] [9]
HDFC holds 26.14% of shares in HDFC Bank. HDFC Bank sources home loans for HDFC for a fee. [22] The key business areas of HDFC Bank are wholesale and retail banking and treasury operations. As of April 2023, its market capitalisation was ₹ 941,386 crore (US$110 billion), making it India's third largest publicly traded company. [23]
Atanu Chakraborty (born 5 April 1960) the chairperson of HDFC Bank.He was appointed by the Reserve Bank of India in April 2021. [2] [3] He is a retired 1985 batch officer of the Indian Administrative Service and Gujarat cadre, and served as Economic Affairs Secretary of India until his retirement in April 2020.
HDFC may refer to: Housing Development Finance Corporation, an Indian mortgage company; HDFC Bank, an Indian financial services company; HDFC Life, a joint venture of Housing Development Finance Corporation and Standard Life plc; HDFC Bank of Sri Lanka, a Sri Lankan specialised housing bank