GFG Alliance

GFG Alliance

GFG Alliance was established in 1950 and is owned by Sanjeev Gupta and his family. Sanjeev founded the predecessor trading business in 1992 and consolidated the industrial holdings under the GFG umbrella in 2019. The family office sits alongside the operating companies and manages investments in financial services and property. The office allocates across private equity, private credit, infrastructure, natural resources, real estate and secondaries. Positions include direct ownership of steel and aluminium plants, mining assets and energy projects. Confirmed holdings encompass Jahama Highland Estates in Scotland and multiple residential properties in London, Sydney and Dubai. Deployment spans Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, North America and Oceania through both buyout and growth transactions. The group reports approximately 16,500 employees and 200 industrial sites worldwide. Sanjeev and Nicola Gupta reside in Dubai. Adjacent vehicles include the GFG Foundation, which runs skills programmes for young people in the UK and other operating regions. In 2021 the collapse of financier Greensill Capital prompted a global debt settlement with creditors. Ownership remains with the Gupta family and its inter-generational mandate separates operating control from the family-office investment book. This structure allows continued ownership of legacy industrial assets while maintaining a parallel vehicle for financial and property holdings.