Shiv nadar
India
Shiv Nadar was born in Tamil Nadu, India in the year 1945. From a young age he was very bright and got accepted to admission at the Town Higher Secondary School. From then on he went to Town High School and then received his pre-University degree at The American College. After graduating from there he went on to study at the PSG College of Technology in Coimbatore, India where he received his degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering. His bright career was just about to begin as he landed a job at an engineering group, although his tenure there wouldn’t last long as he made the decision to start his own business with several of his trusted friends.
The company they started together went on to see a lot of success. They began creating calculators and then selling them off to the Indian market with their company they called Microcomp. After they started making a lot of money, Nadar would go on to create his own business called HCL Technologies. This business is where Nadar has acquired the majority of his wealth as he is the sole owner, rather than having to share ownership with his friends like he did at Microcomp.
Since his time of being a billionaire he has gone on to focus on spending his money in the education and medical departments. Early on in 1996 he founded the SSN College of Engineering which is an engineering institution located in India. Nadar has gone on to receive several governor awards for his charitable contributions and recently returned to Town Higher Secondary School to make a large donation of money and new computers to benefit the young students.
#4 – Pallonji Mistry (Net Worth: $14.7 Billion)
Pallonji Mistry was born in 1929 and when he was only a few years old his father purchased 18.4% shares of the law firm Tata Sons. The law firm would go on to belong to Tata Group, the largest conglomerate group in all of India. Since his father has sadly passed, the shares passed on to Pallonji, thus making him the largest shareholder of the largest conglomerate group which helps contribute to his multi-billion dollar fortune.
Outside of being a large shareholder, Mistry also owns Shapoorji Pallonji Group, the largest business conglomerate in India which oversees lots of construction and real estate. The company itself is known for building a lot of Mumbai’s largest banks, including: Reserve Bank of India, Hong Kong Bank and Gridlay’s Bank. The group also helped pay for repairs after terrorists attempted to destroy the Taj Matal in 2008 and just recently began an affordable homes program.
Even though Pallonji still lives in Mumbai, he currently has citizenship in Ireland after meeting and eventually marrying an Irish woman named Patsy Dubash. One thing they have in common is their love for horses so the two now operate a 10,000 square foot stud farm in India where they breed horses for racing purposes.
#3 – Azim Premji (Net Worth: $16.5 Billion)
India
Azim Premji was born in 1945 to father Mohamed Premji. In the same year that Azim was born, his loving father created a business that manufactured vegetable products in India. Azim wasn’t all that interested in the business as he was more interested in engineering. As he got older he moved to the United States to attend Stanford University. It was here that he earned a Bachelor’s of Science in Electrical Engineering degree. Right after his education ended, Azim’s father tragically passed away due to health problems. Azim returned home and rather than continuing in the field of his choice he continued manufacturing vegetable products at his father’s company. When he took over he started to expand the business by also manufacturing soap and hydraulic cylinders.
After about 20 years in the vegetable business he began to recognize how important technology was becoming. He decided to re-brand his father’s company by giving it a new name (Wipro) and started manufacturing microcomputers instead. With the help of the United States company Sentinel Computer Corporation, Azim ditched the vegetable oil and soap business and begun selling computer hardware. It proved to be a massive success as Wipro is considered one of the fastest growing businesses in India’s history.
These days Azim is still with Wipro but has also become a very generous person. He has a net worth of more than $15 billion and has joined other famous billionaires like Bill Gates in pledging to give away the majority of their money to people who are in need of assistance.
#2 – Dilip Shanghvi (Net Worth: $17.5 Billion)
India
Dilip Shanghvi was born in 1955 in the small town of Amreli which is located in the state of Gujarat. He spent quite a long time going to several schools to earn his education, including J. J. Ajmera High School and Bhawanipur Education Society College. Afterwards he would attend the University of Calcutta where he would earn a Bachelor of Commerce degree.
Straight out of school Dilip joined his father in Kolkata to help him in his drug company. I don’t mean illegal drugs like cocaine but rather medical drugs. He would continue helping his father out for many years until he saved up enough money to run his own company. Dilip realized that he would make more money manufacturing his own drugs and selling them, rather than just selling other people’s drugs. So he opened up his own company called Sun Pharmaceutical. It quickly went on to become a very successful business avenue, with Dilip earning the majority of his wealth due to its success. To this day it is the largest drug company in all of India.
Since opening Sun Pharmaceuticals, Dilip has earned lots of money and has been able to acquire other drug companies. He owns one in the United States called Caraco Pharma and another one in Israel called Taro Pharma. Both of these companies have gone from doing poor financially to making a complete turnaround thanks in large part to Dilip acquiring them.
#1 – Mukesh Ambani (Net Worth: $22.3 Billion)
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Not only is Mukesh the richest man in India but he is also the richest man in all of Asia. Born in Yemen in 1957 to parents Dhirubhai and Kokilaben Ambani, Mukesh would early on be interested in studying chemicals. After he graduated from high school he went on to study at the Institute of Chemical Technology where he earned his Bachelor of Engineering degree in Chemical Engineering. After receiving his degree he went on to study abroad in the United States where he got accepted to Stanford University. He had enrolled for a Master of Business Administration degree but ended up dropping out instead to return to India and help his father start up his own business.
The year was 1980 and Dhirubhai Amani, Mukesh’s father, had applied for a license from the government to set up his own polyester manufacturing plant. The government accepted his proposal so together they got into the polyester and petrochemical business and set up their own plant. Originally their company was called Reliance Infocomm Limited but these days it is better known as Reliance Communications Limited. It is now considered one of the most valuable companies in India’s history. The plant now mainly deals with petrochemicals in the oil and gas sector. Because Reliance is so successful and Mukesh is such a good business man, he has gone on to receive multiple awards from organizations all around the world.
India
Shiv Nadar was born in Tamil Nadu, India in the year 1945. From a young age he was very bright and got accepted to admission at the Town Higher Secondary School. From then on he went to Town High School and then received his pre-University degree at The American College. After graduating from there he went on to study at the PSG College of Technology in Coimbatore, India where he received his degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering. His bright career was just about to begin as he landed a job at an engineering group, although his tenure there wouldn’t last long as he made the decision to start his own business with several of his trusted friends.
The company they started together went on to see a lot of success. They began creating calculators and then selling them off to the Indian market with their company they called Microcomp. After they started making a lot of money, Nadar would go on to create his own business called HCL Technologies. This business is where Nadar has acquired the majority of his wealth as he is the sole owner, rather than having to share ownership with his friends like he did at Microcomp.
Since his time of being a billionaire he has gone on to focus on spending his money in the education and medical departments. Early on in 1996 he founded the SSN College of Engineering which is an engineering institution located in India. Nadar has gone on to receive several governor awards for his charitable contributions and recently returned to Town Higher Secondary School to make a large donation of money and new computers to benefit the young students.
#4 – Pallonji Mistry (Net Worth: $14.7 Billion)
Pallonji Mistry was born in 1929 and when he was only a few years old his father purchased 18.4% shares of the law firm Tata Sons. The law firm would go on to belong to Tata Group, the largest conglomerate group in all of India. Since his father has sadly passed, the shares passed on to Pallonji, thus making him the largest shareholder of the largest conglomerate group which helps contribute to his multi-billion dollar fortune.
Outside of being a large shareholder, Mistry also owns Shapoorji Pallonji Group, the largest business conglomerate in India which oversees lots of construction and real estate. The company itself is known for building a lot of Mumbai’s largest banks, including: Reserve Bank of India, Hong Kong Bank and Gridlay’s Bank. The group also helped pay for repairs after terrorists attempted to destroy the Taj Matal in 2008 and just recently began an affordable homes program.
Even though Pallonji still lives in Mumbai, he currently has citizenship in Ireland after meeting and eventually marrying an Irish woman named Patsy Dubash. One thing they have in common is their love for horses so the two now operate a 10,000 square foot stud farm in India where they breed horses for racing purposes.
#3 – Azim Premji (Net Worth: $16.5 Billion)
India
Azim Premji was born in 1945 to father Mohamed Premji. In the same year that Azim was born, his loving father created a business that manufactured vegetable products in India. Azim wasn’t all that interested in the business as he was more interested in engineering. As he got older he moved to the United States to attend Stanford University. It was here that he earned a Bachelor’s of Science in Electrical Engineering degree. Right after his education ended, Azim’s father tragically passed away due to health problems. Azim returned home and rather than continuing in the field of his choice he continued manufacturing vegetable products at his father’s company. When he took over he started to expand the business by also manufacturing soap and hydraulic cylinders.
After about 20 years in the vegetable business he began to recognize how important technology was becoming. He decided to re-brand his father’s company by giving it a new name (Wipro) and started manufacturing microcomputers instead. With the help of the United States company Sentinel Computer Corporation, Azim ditched the vegetable oil and soap business and begun selling computer hardware. It proved to be a massive success as Wipro is considered one of the fastest growing businesses in India’s history.
These days Azim is still with Wipro but has also become a very generous person. He has a net worth of more than $15 billion and has joined other famous billionaires like Bill Gates in pledging to give away the majority of their money to people who are in need of assistance.
#2 – Dilip Shanghvi (Net Worth: $17.5 Billion)
India
Dilip Shanghvi was born in 1955 in the small town of Amreli which is located in the state of Gujarat. He spent quite a long time going to several schools to earn his education, including J. J. Ajmera High School and Bhawanipur Education Society College. Afterwards he would attend the University of Calcutta where he would earn a Bachelor of Commerce degree.
Straight out of school Dilip joined his father in Kolkata to help him in his drug company. I don’t mean illegal drugs like cocaine but rather medical drugs. He would continue helping his father out for many years until he saved up enough money to run his own company. Dilip realized that he would make more money manufacturing his own drugs and selling them, rather than just selling other people’s drugs. So he opened up his own company called Sun Pharmaceutical. It quickly went on to become a very successful business avenue, with Dilip earning the majority of his wealth due to its success. To this day it is the largest drug company in all of India.
Since opening Sun Pharmaceuticals, Dilip has earned lots of money and has been able to acquire other drug companies. He owns one in the United States called Caraco Pharma and another one in Israel called Taro Pharma. Both of these companies have gone from doing poor financially to making a complete turnaround thanks in large part to Dilip acquiring them.
#1 – Mukesh Ambani (Net Worth: $22.3 Billion)
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Not only is Mukesh the richest man in India but he is also the richest man in all of Asia. Born in Yemen in 1957 to parents Dhirubhai and Kokilaben Ambani, Mukesh would early on be interested in studying chemicals. After he graduated from high school he went on to study at the Institute of Chemical Technology where he earned his Bachelor of Engineering degree in Chemical Engineering. After receiving his degree he went on to study abroad in the United States where he got accepted to Stanford University. He had enrolled for a Master of Business Administration degree but ended up dropping out instead to return to India and help his father start up his own business.
The year was 1980 and Dhirubhai Amani, Mukesh’s father, had applied for a license from the government to set up his own polyester manufacturing plant. The government accepted his proposal so together they got into the polyester and petrochemical business and set up their own plant. Originally their company was called Reliance Infocomm Limited but these days it is better known as Reliance Communications Limited. It is now considered one of the most valuable companies in India’s history. The plant now mainly deals with petrochemicals in the oil and gas sector. Because Reliance is so successful and Mukesh is such a good business man, he has gone on to receive multiple awards from organizations all around the world.
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