| G. V. K. Reddy | |
| Birth Name: | Gunupati Venkata Krishna Reddy |
| Birth Date: | 22 March 1937 |
| Birth Place: | Kothur, Madras Presidency, British India |
| Spouse: | Indira Reddy |
| Children: | Shalini Bhupal, G. V. Sanjay Reddy |
| Nationality: | Indian |
| Occupation: | Founder, Chairman & MD of GVK Group |
| Awards: | Padma Bhushan (2010) |
Gunupati Venkata Krishna Reddy (born 22 March 1937) is a philanthropist and entrepreneur. He is the founder and chairman of the GVK Group, a business conglomerate with a predominant focus on infrastructure development.[1]
Reddy also heads GVK EMRI, the corporate social responsibility initiatives of the GVK Group.[2] This is an emergency response services provider under a Public-Private Partnership model spread across 15 states and two Union Territories of India. In 2009, he was elected as the Chairman of 108 Ambulance for Andhra Pradesh.[3]
As the President of the All India Senior Tennis Association and a tennis player himself,[4] Reddy has been a keen supporter of budding sporting talent. He has led the GVK Group to sponsor many young tennis players including Sania Mirza and Pranjala Yadlapalli.[5]
G. V. K. Reddy was born on 22 March 1937 in Kothur Village of Nellore District in Andhra Pradesh.[6] Reddy did his basic schooling from his village, early college from Nellore and graduated from Hyderabad. He later completed the Owner/President Management (OPM) Program from Harvard Business School, USA.[7] GV Krishna Reddy is married to Indira Reddy, and has a daughter, Shalini Bhupal, and a son GV Sanjay Reddy.
Reddy began his career at the age of 21 by taking over his family construction business.[8] The starting business was contracting major irrigation projects including bridges, dams, and irrigation canals. His first project included construction of a canal and under the tunnel at Nagarjuna Sagar Right Canal at Adigoppula and Chamarajapuram.[9] Apart from airports, roads, and power, the GVK Group has a presence in the hospitality and life sciences sectors.
One of the milestone achievements for Reddy was winning the Jegurupadu Combined Cycle Power Plant in Andhra Pradesh for GVK Group in 1990. This helped the business scale up, form international collaborations and win national recognition in its upcoming projects. Before the Jegurupadu Power Plant, he had also led to group to hospitality projects in Hyderabad.[10]
The philanthropic focus of Reddy is driven by the GVK Foundation which formed to serve the underprivileged. The various endeavors of this foundation now extends to urban improvement initiatives and promoting sports talent.[11]
Under his leadership, the GVK Group has focused on environment preservation with the setting up of Deer Park which is spread over 6 hectares at the Jegurupada Power Plant and Botanical Gardens in Mumbai. The group has also adapted environment friendly practices in its constructed plants such as Jegurupada Power Plant, Goindwal Sahib Thermal Power Project, Punjab and waste management in airports.
GVK-EMRI's hospital offered free covid treatment after becoming operational on 7 June 2021.[12] GVK Reddy contributed Rs 1 crore for the construction of Ram Mandir.[13]