Pirojsha Godrej Managing Director & CEO - Godrej Properties

Pirojsha graduated from the Wharton School of Business in 2002 and completed his Masters in International Affairs from Columbia University in 2004. He worked with Godrej Properties Limited (GPL) from 2004 to 2006 during which time he was responsible for directing the company’s expansion strategy, which saw the company increase its operations from two cities to 10 cities between 2004 and 2008.  He went on to complete an MBA from Columbia Business School in 2008 before re-joining GPL as Executive Director.   Prior to joining Godrej Properties, Pirojsha served as the additional private secretary to the Minister of State for External Affairs in New Delhi and worked as an intern in the New York Senate Office of Hillary Clinton.   In 2010, Pirojsha led the initial public offering of the company through which Godrej Properties raised US$ 100 million. He has led the company through a phase of rapid growth through which the company has established itself as one of India's leading and fastest growing real estate developers.     In 2013, Pirojsha was selected as the 'Real Estate Person of the Year' and the ‘Person of the Year’ at the GIREM (Global Initiative for Restructuring Environment and Management) Award. In 2014, he received the Best People CEO Award from the National Human Resource Development Network.  In 2015, the Economic Times selected him in their list of 40 of the most impactful business leaders under 40 years of age.  He was also listed by GQ magazine as one of the 50 most influential young Indians.     In 2013, GPL received an award from former President of India, APJ Abdul Kalam for being one of the companies in India from across sectors to have driven the green building movement.  The Clinton Foundation has partnered with Godrej Properties for its large township project, Godrej Garden City, which was selected as one of two projects in India and seventeen from around the world to work with the Clinton Climate Initiative towards the goal of creating a Climate Positive Development.   He has traveled to over 70 countries in six continents and his interests include cricket, food, politics, chess and rare-book collecting.     Under Pirojsha’s leadership, Godrej Properties has been at the forefront of the sustainable development movement.