Irfan Razack founded the Prestige Group in 1986 in Bengaluru. Today, the company has a vast footprint of over many million square feet of real estate development in the residential, commercial, retail, leisure, and hospitality sectors.
With over 48 years of varied experience, his keen business acumen and foresight, rooted in ethical business principles and practices, have seen Prestige Group become a real estate icon.
He has been awarded with the Fellowship of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (FRICS) in 2013, as well as the ‘Real Estate Professional of the Year’ at the Real Estate Excellence Awards 2008.
Razack has also won the Best Developer Award in 2009-10 by the Karnataka State Town Planning Department, Commercial Master Builder Award – 2010 by Construction Source India, and the ‘Entrepreneur Extraordinaire Award’ by the Builders Association of India and Confederation of Real Estate Developers Associations of India (CREDAI) – 2010. He was also recognised as ‘Best CEO in Real Estate’ by India Today Group in 2022 among his many other accolades.
Apart from his business interests, he is known for supporting philanthropic causes and actively supports many CSR initiatives. A thought leader, he has been part of several cutting-edge property developments.
The company also has an extensive hospitality footprint with Angsana Oasis Spa & Resort, Conrad Bengaluru, Golfshire Club, an 18-hole Championship Golf Course, JW Marriott Bengaluru Prestige Golfshire, Oakwood Premier Prestige, Sheraton Grand, a hotel & convention center at Whitefield and a Twenty Four Hotel at Prestige Tech Park. He also served as Chairman of CREDAI (National) for two years between 2015 and 2017.
At present, the Group has 45 ongoing projects with a total developable area of 65 million square feet across segments and is planning 52 projects spanning 88 million square feet and holds a land bank of over 375 acres as of March 2022.
