Hasit Dani is an Indian businessman and entrepreneur. He is the second generation of the Danny family, one of the founding families of Asian Paints Limited. He is a board member of Asian Paints.
Wiki/Biography
Hasit Ashwin Dani was born on Wednesday, June 14, 1972, in Mumbai (51 years old; as of 2023). His zodiac sign is Gemini.
family
He belongs to a Hindu Jain family. His grandfather came from Kapadvanj, a historic 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 on September 28, 2023 after a brief illness.
His mother’s name was Ina Denney. She is an enthusiastic yoga practitioner and a loyal follower of yoga teacher BKS Iyengar. She taught yoga to pregnant women at the Iyengar Yoga Center, which the couple established in 1998 in their residential building, Home Villa. She also serves as the Managing Trustee of the Guruji Iyengar Yoga Research Foundation (LOYRT).
He has two brothers: Jalaj Dani and Malav Dani. Jalaj Dani is a businessman, investor and philanthropist who has been the public face of Asian Paints for about two decades, during which time he was responsible for the company’s human resources, supply chain and chemicals portfolio. In 2017, he resigned from the leadership position of Asian Paints and became a co-founder of the company. He is the Chairman of Addverb 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 Corporate Social Responsibility Committee of 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 Shubhlaxmi Hasit Dani. They had a daughter named Ishwara Hasit Dani.
Signature/Autograph
Profession
He is a member of the Board of Directors of Asian Paints. In 1995, he became a director of Denny Holdings and Trading, Denny Financial and Investments, and Denny Capital and Investments. He has been serving as a whole-time director of Gujarat Organics Private Limited since May 27, 2000. On August 28, 2010, he served as a director of Haish Holding And Trading Company.
Assets and property
In 2021, he and his wife Shubhlaxmi Hasit Dani purchased a Rs 95-crore duplex apartment No. 102 on Carmichael Road in south Mumbai. of Carmichael Road. The apartment measures 6,374 square feet. The transaction was registered on December 30, 2020, one day before the closing date for property registration in Maharashtra, and the stamp duty was 2%. Danny purchased the apartment from Hydra Trading, another promoter group company of Asian Paints.
Facts/Trivia
- He is a trustee of Param-arth Charitable Trust.
- As of September 28, 2023, Ashwin Dani, the father of Hasit Dani, has a net worth of $7.8 billion. He was ranked 49th on Forbes India’s 2013 list of the 100 richest Indians with a net worth of $1.31 billion.
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Source: HIS Education