Lalit Modi is the Chairman and Commissioner of the Indian Premier League (IPL) Cricket Association, and Vice President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India and Punjab Cricket Association. He is credited with the creation, idea and success of the IPL. He is the scion of Modi Enterprises, the industrial conglomerate founded in 1933, it has interests in agro-chemicals, tobacco, tea and beverages, education, entertainment and Real estate. He also sits on the board of Godfrey Philips, one of India's tobacco companies.