Aditya Khanna

Aditya Khanna (born 8 December 1971) is an Indian entrepreneur, financier and philanthropist.

In his career, Khanna has founded and invested in businesses in a diverse range of industries.

Aditya Khanna was born on 8 December 1971 in Delhi, India.

Khanna is the youngest son and youngest child of businessman, Vipin Khanna and Naginder Khanna.

His mother, Naginder was the daughter of Maharaja Bhupinder Singh of Patiala.

Khanna's three elder siblings are Vinita, Navin and Arvind.

Khanna attended school at Millfield in Somerset, England, where he was head boy.

He attended university at Richmond, The American International University in London.

Khanna started his career by joining his father, Vipin and his Dynamic Sales Service International (DSSI) group of companies.

Khanna was the managing director of DSSI and was based in DSSI's London, England, office.

Khanna was also a director of DSSI Exports.

He was a Non-Resident Indian (NRI) based in London, England 1983 to 2020, and became a resident in India in 2020.

During his early career, Khanna was linked to controversial allegations, however, the allegations against him were not proven, and he was cleared of all accusations.

Khanna is also involved with various non-governmental organizations (NGOs), which includes being on the advisory board of the United Nations’ UNAIDS Health Innovation Exchange (HIEx).

In 1995, Khanna co-founded Tamarind Collection, a restaurant group, in London, England, and was involved with the company until 2016.

In 1995, he and Vipin founded Tamarind, a restaurant in London that became part of the Tamarind Collection, their restaurant group.

He was involved in the Tamarind Collection from its founding in 1995 to 2016.

In 1996, he was involved in DSSI's trading and marketing of agricultural commodities and fertilizers.

In 1999, Khanna and Vipin were one of the bidders for Haryana Breweries Limited (HBL), during the company's privatisation by the Haryana Government and the Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation (HSIIDC).

Khanna eventually became the vice chairman of DSSI Global, and led DSSI's international operations from the company's London office.

In 2000, he was one of the founding investors of the Quintessentially Group, a British concierge company.

In 2001, Khanna co-founded Pipal Research, a knowledge process outsourcing company, which was sold to CRISIL in 2010.

Tamarind is an Indian restaurant in Mayfair and in 2001, became the first Indian restaurant in the United Kingdom to receive a Michelin star.

Khanna and Vipin opened a second restaurant as well, named Imli.

From 2005 to 2019, Khanna founded and owned Yog Capital, an investment bank and investment company.

In 2005, Khanna and Vipin founded FiNoble Advisors, which was an investment bank.

FiNoble Advisors had offices in New Delhi, London and New York City, and advised Indian companies that were searching for acquisitions in Europe and the United States.

In 2006, he co-sponsored TransTech Services Partners Inc, a Nasdaq Stock Market listed special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) which acquired a steel manufacturer in 2009.

He was also one of the original co-owners of Punjab Kings, an Indian Premier League cricket team founded in 2008.

Khanna is noted for his influential connections.

The Tamarind Collection acquired Zaika, an Indian restaurant in Kensington, in 2013.

During his time as vice chairman of DSSI, Khanna in 2017, led a high-level corporate delegation that met with Amarinder Singh, who was the Chief Minister of Punjab at the time and was visiting London.

The delegation met with Singh to discuss Hera Group, an Italian utilities company, and their interest in starting an industrial waste conversion project, that would convert Punjab's industrial waste into energy and therefore help the state to lower pollution levels.

Khanna and Amarinder Singh are also first cousins.

The two are related through Khanna's mother, Naginder, who was Amarinder Singh's paternal aunt.

Khanna and Vipin also started businesses together.

Imli was a restaurant in Soho, which was rebranded as Tamarind Kitchen in 2017.

In 2020, he co-founded Faarms, an Indian technology company, which merged with Connect India E-Commerce Services in 2024 to form Bharat Supply.

In 2023, Khanna invested in Ethiopotash, a company which mines sulphate of potash in Ethiopia.

Earlier in his career, Khanna was involved with various businesses.