Azim Premji

Net worth–$21.5 billion

He is the second richest person in India, who is the chairman of the wipro. he used to run the
family business The company, which was earlier called Western Indian Vegetable Products at the
time, dealt in hydrogenated oil manufacturing but Azim Premji later diversified the company to
bakery fats, ethnic ingredient based toiletries, hair care soaps, baby toiletries, lighting products,
and hydraulic cylinders.

In the 1980s, as a young entrepreneur, he saw the importance of the emerging IT field, took
advantage of the vacuum left behind by the expulsion of IBM from India, changed his old
company name to Wipro and entered the high-technology sector by manufacturing
minicomputers under technological collaboration with an American company Sentinel Computer
Corporation.
 Akhila Srinivasan
Net worth-$13.3 billion

She is one of the most famous women entrepreneurs. Akhila Srinivasan is the M.D of
the Shriram Investments Ltd. she was also listed in the Forbes’ list of Asia top 6 most
powerful women and is one of the top 50 entrepreneur of India. She runs charitable
trust Shriram Foundation which help the orphanage and several rural schools.
 Kumar Mangalam Birla
Net worth– $12 billion

Kumar Mangalam Birla top 50 entrepreneur of India

He is the chairperson of the Aditya Birla group and is one of the top 50 entrepreneurs
of India who has its business presence in more than 30 countries. His company deals in
cement, aluminium and telecom services. He inherited the business empire from his
father and when to create India’s largest telecom firm Vodafone Idea.
 Gautam Adani
Net worth- $11.9 billion

He didn’t go to college and now he is one of the most successful entrepreneur in India
. Gautam adani is the head of the Adani Group of companies. He is also credited with
running India’s largest private port known as Adani Ports and SEZ or more commonly
the Mundra port.
 Cyrus S. Poonawalla
Net worth-$8.1 billion

He is the Founder of Serum Institute of India which is the fifth biggest

vaccine maker in the world. He has revolutinized the medicine .Cyrus
was awarded the Padma Shri for his contribution to the field of
medicine, by the Indian government in 2005.
 Kushal Pal Singh
Net worth– $6.5 billion

The Real-estate tycoon Kushal Pal Singh is the CEO of the DLF Universal. He was born in
Bulandshar, Uttar Pradesh and even serve in the military before he was into the real
estate business. DLF is one of the most famous and trusted real estate company.

Kushal Pal Singh Singh’s personal wealth is estimated to be approx $6.1 billion as per
the 50 richest in Asia in Forbes list 2017. His autobiography was launched in the year
2011, named ‘Whatever the Odds: The Incredible Story Behind DLF universe. He is one
of the top 50 entrepreneur of India who has inspire many visionary ideas. He has been
honoured with awards like Padma Bhushan in 2010.
 Nusli Wadia
Net worth–$6.5 billion
Nusli wadia is the chairman of the wadia group, who run some of the
well known brand in india which includes include Britannia Industries,
home textiles company Bombay Dyeing and budget airline GoAir. His
company Britannia has a turnover of more than of $1.5 billion
according to Bloomberg. He is one of the top 50 entrepreneur of India
who has a close relation with Pakistan . AS he is the grandson of the
Pakistan founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah.
 Rahul Bajaj
Net worth–$5.3 billion
He is one of the Successful businessman, and chairperson of
the Bajaj Group. He was awarded India’s third highest civilian
award Padma Bhushan in 2001. Known for his outspokeness
and making shear business decision he is one of top 50
entrepreneur of India who had a stint in politics as a member
of Rajya Sabha.
 Karsanbhai Patel
Net worth – $4.9 billion
He is one of the top 50 entrepreneurs of India and is the man
behind the famous Nirma detergent. Dr Karsanbhai Patel
founded the Nirma domestic detergent segment in 1969. He
started selling Nirma from the backyard of his house and
went on to create a company of having a turnover of more
than $600 million.
 Desh Bandhu Gupta
Net worth–$4.7 billion
He was the chemistry professor in rajasthan who then moved to
Mumbai to work for a multinational pharmaceutical firm. His eagerness
to make big dipped him into his wife’s savings to buy a tiny vitamin
company in 1968 and started focusing on making drugs to treat
tuberculosis. The pharma company he founded, Lupin ltd is of the
largest generic firm in India
 Ajay Piramal
Net worth-$4.3 billion
He is the chairman of the Piramal Group of Industries. Piramal Group has tremendous power in
the Pharma Industry, financial services, real estate, healthcare analytics and glass packaging.
Piramal started out in his family’s textile business at age 22 in 1977 but went on to build a
pharma empire through its innovative ideas.
This company is having a presence in more than 30 countries worldwide. Piramal also finances
the Piramal Foundation.
He honoured with awards like Business Leader of the Year Award, 2018, CNBC Asia’s India
Business Leader of the Year Award, 2018 etc
 Anil Agarwal
Net worth–$4.3 billion
He is the founder and chairman of the famous natural resource
company called Vedanta. Anil Agarwal was born in Patna, India in a
middle-class family and his father used to runs an aluminium conductor
making company. He ambition to make it big bring him to Mumbai from
where he started trading in scrap metal and then started mining natural
resources and now he is the top 50 entrepreneur of India.
 Micky Jagtiani
Net worth–$3.7 billion
He is the founder and chairman of the landmark group. A
Dubai based Indian retail business which deals in the baby
product. His company has expanded to across the world with
having more than 2,300 stores spread across 22 countries in
the Middle East, Africa and India.
 Pawan Munjal
Net worth- $3.2 billion

Pawan Munjal is the son of late Brijmohan Lall Munjal, founder of Hero
Group MotoCorp. He’s company Hero is the world’s largest producer of
2-wheelers by volume having sold more than 85 million units to date. As
a mechanical engineer he uses his knowledge to excel in the two
wheeler market and is now one of the successful entrepreneur of India.
 Indu Jain
Net worth–$3.1 billion
She is the Chairperson of the famous Times Group which has
many front-line daily newspapers in India. She controls the
power house of the media and her daily newspaper is the
world’s largest by circulation. she even runs the famous
financial newspaper The Economic Times. she is one of the
most successful women entrepreneur of India.
 Adi Godrej
Net worth- $2.9 billion
He is the chairman of the Godrej group and he is not only one of the top 50
entrepreneurs of India but also the second richest Parsi in India. Adi Godrej’s company
mainly deals with consumer products and has a turnover of more than $8 billion.
Apart from Godrej, he has been president of several Indian trade and associations.
Along with all, he is also involved with philanthropic activities. They are the major
supporter of world wildlife fund. 25% share of his company are held in trusts and
foundation.
He has been honoured with lots of awards including Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of
the Year, 2012, The Entrepreneur of the Year-Asia Pacific Entrepreneurship Awards,
2010 etc
 Shashi And Ravi Ruia
Net worth – $2.8 billion
The Ruia brothers are founder of the Essar Group which
operate in the steel, oil and gas, power, shipping,
communications and minerals in over five continents. The
brothers were named as one of the richest Indians with a
combined net worth of $7 billion in 2012.
 Kiran Mazumdar Shaw
Net worth–$2.8 billion
She is the richest women in India and the founder of India’s
largest bio-pharmaceutical Biocon. She started Biocon India in
1978 in the garage of her rented house in Bengaluru with just
a small capital of Rs. 10,000. She also found it difficult to
recruit people to work for her start-up. Her first employee
was a retired garage mechanic.
 Grandhi Mallikarjuna Rao
Net worth – $2.6 billion
He is the Founder and chairman of the GMR group. Grandhi
M. rao ‘s company is a major infrastructure company who
have a global presence in about 7 countries. Even the busiest
Delhi airport is made by them. He has inspired many and hold
a mechanical engineering degree.He is one of the most
successful entrepreneur of India.
 N.R. Narayana Murthy
Net worth- $2.4 billion
He is the co- founder of Infosys. Born in a middle-class family,
with no family business background. He launched Infosys in
1981 together with six other like-minded partners on a capital
of Rs 10,000 borrowed from his wife. Although he is rich and
successful entrepreneur of India, but he still leads a simple
life and flies in economy class till date.
 Mallika Srinivasan
Net worth–$2.3 Billion
And again a women in the list is the Prominent
women entrepreneur of India from chennai. She is
the chairman and CEO of the Tractors and Farm
Equipment Limited. And her company has revenues of
INR 96 billion all thanks to her entrepreneur skill.
 Harish Manwani
Net worth-$1.04 Million
He is the COO of the British FMCG producer Unilever and also
the director of the Whirlpool, Qualcomm and Tata
Sons. Manwani is best known as aggressive, transparent and
innovative person who always “thinks outside the box and
don’t hesitate to take calculated risks.
 P C Mustafa
Net worth-$10 million
He is one of the most inspiring entrepreneurs who started a company with just Rs
25000 which went up to have a turn over of more than 350 crores. He id one of the
top 50 entrepreneur of India who have helped This is the people from rural India to be
employable.
Today, fresh idli and dosa batter made by P C Mustafa’s company ID Fresh reaches
homes in Bengaluru, Chennai, Pune, Mumbai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Mangaluru and even
Dubai.
Today, He produces around 50,000 kg in our plant. The total investment must be
around Rs 4 crore (Rs 40 million) and our revenue is Rs 100 crore (Rs 1 billion).
 Priya Paul
Net worth–$10 million
She is one of the most famous businesswomen in India and a
successful women entrepreneur, chairman and the Owner of
the Apeejay Group. She is known for the expansion and
successful business like Apeejay Surrendra Park Hotels.
 Kavin Bharti Mittal
Net worth-$14 million
He is the founder and CEO of Hike Messenger which is the sixth largest
messaging app in the world. Within 3 year his messaging app grown to
become the largest Indian internet company by user with a over 100
million users. With his innovative ideas he is now one of the top
50 young entrepreneur of India.
 Mahesh Gupta
Net worth-$40 million
He is the chairman of the Kent RO systems. He is known for revolutionizing the water purification industry in
India. His first invention was in the field of petroleum conservation instrument where he earned fame and
half a dozen patents to his credit. He is one of the top 50 entrepreneur of India who has made it name from
his ability to solve the world problem.
The idea of establishing the KENT RO SYSTEM came in the year 1998 when jaundice gripped his son in a
posh colony of South Delhi.
Knowing that jaundice is a water-borne disease, Gupta researched and analyzed all the available water
purifier in the market.and came up with an idea.
The Idea turned into success. And now he is one of the successful entrepreneur of India . He started from
scratch with an investment of about 1 lac and with four-member team.
Today Kent has grown 40% market share in RO mineral and has turnover of more than 500 crore .
 Deep Kalra
Net worth- $100 million
He is the Founder and Group CEO of online travel
company MakeMyTrip. The idea of MakeMyTrip came
when in the year 2000 he was trying to sell his wife’s
car online and then realize the power of the internet.
 Bhavish Aggarwal
Net worth-$430 million
He is the CEO and co- founder of the ola cabs. His company ola provide
budget rides to its user. The idea of Ola Cabs came when Bhavish
Aggarwal was on a tour of Himachal pradesh with his friends. He took a
taxi for it, but at the middle of the trip, the taxi driver asking him to pay
extra money from him. If they refuse to pay extra money to him, the taxi
driver would not took him to his destination. Thanks to that silly driver
Bhavish Aggarwal is now one of the top 50 entrepreneur of India.
 Dr. Pratap Reddy
Net worth–$500 million
He is the Founder of the Apollo Hospitals Group. He is
one of the first person to Introduce corporate hospital
in India. His company Apollo Hospitals Enterprise is
among Asia’s largest healthcare provider.
 Ramesh Agarwal
Net worth–$795 million
He is the owner of the famous media group called
Dainik Bhaskar. He competes with the market leader
Times of India, and by launching DNA, an English
newspaper in partnership with Zee Group’s, he was
able to win over its competitor and now he is one of
the top 50 entrepreneur of India.
 Ratan Tata
Net worth–$830 million
This man don’t need any introduction he is the most famous
business personality of all time. he is the chairman of the
TATA group Under his leadership the company’s revenue
increased by 40% and its profit by 50%.. He is known for his
charity work and is loved by many in India.
 Jyoti Naik
Net worth- $1 billion
Jyoti naik president of President of the Lijjat Pappad
association. She is inspiration for many and is one of the top
women entrepreneur in India who have made a household
name. she started Lijjat Pappad in year 1959,which now
boasts revenue of over $150 million and employees over
42,000. It is headquartered in Mumbai and has 67 branches in
India.
 Analjit Singh
Net worth-$1 billion
He is the Founder of the Health Insurance company Max Healthcare. He
is the youngest son of Bhai Mohan Singh, founder of pharma firm
Ranbaxy Laboratories. He is also a non-executive chairman of Vodafone
India. Like his father, he is also a very talent and successful entrepreneur
of India.
In 2011 he honoured with Padma Bhushan and in 2015 honoured with
Doctorate by Amity University, Noida.
 Sachin Bansal
Net worth- $ 1 billion
He is the co-founder of the Flipkart and is one of the most
Inspiring entrepreneur of India who have revolutionize the e-
commerce industry in India. Before launching Flipkart he was
working in Amazon Web Services as a Senior Software
Engineer. In 2007, Bansal quit Amazon to start his own
venture.
 Sridhar Vembu
Net worth- $1.1 billion
He is the CEO of the Zoho Corp earlier know as AdventNet. He was born in the middle-class family in
Chennai which has no background in business. His company AdventNet has grown to become a software
company from serving network equipment vendors to be an online applications provider.
He is one of the few entrepreneurs of India who manages to not only sustain its company but also make it
profitable without the outside capital. He has worked as the wireless systems engineer at Qualcomm, Inc.
where he was fortunate to work with some of the leading minds in wireless communications. He is one of
the top 50 entrepreneur of India who went from rage to riches.

Sridhar Vembu’s company Zoho competes with some of the big MNCs around the world with some core
products of Microsoft, Google, and Salesforce.com. Vembu shuns outside capital, but if Zoho were to be
valued, it might be well over $1 billion.
 Venugopal Dhoot
Net worth- $1.19 billion
He is the founder and chairman of the videocon. His company
have now recently started making smartphones and is even
working on the 4G. His company is in turmoil but is recovering
thanks to his visionary ideas.
 Arjun Malhotra
Net worth- $1.2 billion
He is the Co-founder of the HCL Technologies. Arjun malhotra
is known be ahead of his time and is a true visionary. He’s
company known as Microcomp Limited, which sold digital
calculators. Microcomp created a joint sector company
named Hindustan Computers Limited and began
manufacturing mini and microcomputers.
 V. G. Siddhartha
Net worth-$1.2 billion
He is the founder of the famous coffee shop
cafe coffee day. His company cafe coffee day is
the largest chain of coffee shop in India. His first
outlet was started in banglore in 1996.
 Dr. Kallam Satish Reddy
Net worth – $1.39 billion
He is the business executive and the chairman of Dr. Reddy’s Labs. and is
one the successful entrepreneur of India. He along with his brother in
law G.V Prasad chairs the $2.2 billion revenues from his company. Dr.
Kallam Satish Reddy holds a B.S degree in chemical engineering from the
Osmania University and is also the chief of national safety council of
India.
 Malvinder Singh Mohan
Net worth –$1.4 billion
He is one of the richest Indians and was the former CEO of
Ranbaxy Laboratories. His company deals in the healthcare
industry. He inherited their family’s 33.5% stake in Ranbaxy
and since then have been of the successful entrepreneur in
the healthcare industry.
 Bhargav Sri Prakash
Net worth-$1.5 billion
He is the founder and CEO of the Friendslearn. He is
not only the successful entrepreneur but also a
sportsman and is professional tennis player and junior
national champion from India.His company address
education and health issues.
 Anand Mahindra
Net worth– $1.7 billion
A Mumbai based businessman who is a Managing Director of the
famous Mahindra and Mahindra Group. Anand Mahindra is the man of
vision who have excel in every industry from aerospace to farm and in
automobiles.

He also supports women education and runs Nanhi Kali, a non-

government organisation that supports education for underprivileged
girls in India.
 Rajan Raheja
Net worth-$2 billion
Rajan raheja runs a lot of successful company such as
Excide and Hathway Cable & Datacom. He is one of
the most successful entrepreneur of India. Rajan is
also the owner of the famous outlook magzine.
 Ramesh Babu
Net worth- $2 billion
A billionaire barber who was born in a poor family who is now one of the top 50 entrepreneurs of India and
is an inspiration for many. At an early age of 7, he lost his father leaving behind a barbershop. Bangalore
resident Ramesh Babu, has a really fascinating successful entrepreneur story . He is an ordinary
businessman, with extraordinary wealth. He is a billionaire and owns a rent-a-car fleet of 67 alternative cars.

At the moment his fleet consists of around 200 cars, vans, and mini-buses, including imported vehicles—a
Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost, Mercedes C, E and S class and BMW 5, 6 and 7 series. He has a wide range of
imported Mercedes vans and Toyota mini-buses.

Amazingly, Ramesh charges Rs 75000 a day for the Rolls and his usual clients are some big corporate
company and visiting Bollywood and Tollywood stars.
 Vijay Shekhar Sharma
Net worth-$2.1 billion
He is the founder of the famous mobile payments company
Paytm. He was also ranked as India’s youngest billionaire in
2017 by Forbes. In 1997, while in college, he started the
website indiasite.net, and sold it two years later for $1 million.
He is one of the top youngest entrepreneur of India.
 Nandan Nilekani
Net worth–$2.1 billion
He is the co-founder of tech giant Infosys and was former
Chairman of Infosys and now the chief of UIDAI which is
issuing Aadhar card. He is always in news when it comes to
new technology innovation in India. His vision one protecting
Aadhar is praised by many.