His connect with the co-operative sector started when Amit Shah was elected as the youngest president of the ADC Bank, winning the election in the mid-nineties at the age of 36. Shah had out-manoeuvred Ghanshyam Amin, the elder brother of Narhari Amin, a close confidant of former chief minister Chimanbhai Patel, who was at the helm of affairs at ADC Bank. Shah managed to turn around the bleeding bank.
