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THE TOP 10 ENTREPRENEURS IN
INDIA
PREPARED BY:-
DEEPAK GAUR
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1. Lakshmi Mittal
Company Name Mittal Steel
Designation Chairman & Chief Executive
Net Worth: $ 20.0 billion
Born in a remote village, he got his start when his
family moved to Calcutta and opened a smallsteel mill.
He has a personal stake of 87.4 percent in the $22
billion (2004 sales) Mittal Steel. A double-digit
drop in U.S and European steel prices led to a
64% fall in third-quarter profits; the past 9
months down only 13%. He recently bought Ukraine's largest steelmaker
in a televised auction.
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2. Azim Premji
Company Name Wipro Technologies
Designation - Chairman
Net Worth: $ 11.0 billion
One of the pioneers of the Indian outsourcing
phenomenon, Premji got his major break in 1978when IBM pulled out of India.
He runs technology service giant, Wipro, which has
been on a buying spree, picking up firms like
Finnish telecom software outfit, Saraware, and
Portuguese retail software group Enabler.
He owns 82% of New York-listed Wipro, India'sthird-largest software exporter. His clients include
Nokia, Microsoft and Prudential.
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3. Mukesh Ambani
Company Name Reliance Industries Ltd.
Designation Chairman & MD
Net Worth: $ 7.0 billion
Mukesh maintains control of $16 billion (sales)
Reliance Industries, the petrochemicals majorwhose stock is up more than 40% since the
announcement.
Mukesh Ambanis Reliance Group is talking to
French retail major, Carrefour, and other global
players to acquire a controlling stake and reach
out to international consumers with its basket ofIndian food produce.
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4. Anil Ambani
Company Name Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani
Group
Designation - Chairman
Net Worth: $ 5.5 billion
Anil is Chairman of Reliance Capital and Reliance
Communication and Chairman and Managing Director ofReliance Energy.
Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Enterprises Group, an offshoot of
the Reliance empire, with interests in telecom, energy and
financial services.
His personal stake in Reliance Communication is 66%. He
was chosen as the CEO
of the Year at the prestigious PlattsGlobal Energy Awards for 2004.
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5. Kushal Pal Singh
Company Name DLF Ltd.
Designation - CEO
Net Worth: $ 5.0 billion
Former army officer turned property baron, Kushal Pal
Singh joined his father-in-law's company, Delhi Land &
Finance in 1971.
Today the DLF group, run by son Rajiv, with daughter
Pia overseeing retail projects, is India's biggest real estate
developer.
The DLF Group has already developed over 35 million
sq. ft. of projects across its three key businesses of
residential, commercial and retail.
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6. Sunil Mittal
Company Name Bharati Group
Designation Chairman & MD
Net Worth: $ 4.9 billion
Sunil Mittal, Founder, Chairman and Managing Directorof Bharati Group can be labeled as the most ambitious
telecom entrepreneur in India. His rise from a small bicycle business with borrowed
capital to the CMD of Bharati Group was ridden withhurdles.
In 1995, Bharati Cellular Limited was formed to offercellular services under the brand name AirTel. In 10years, he has built the Bharti Group into India's largest
mobile phone operator, with 14 million customers.Vodafone bought a 10% stake in Bharti Televenture, his
joint venture with Singtel, for $1.5 billion in October.
The group is now partnering with Axa in a newinsurance venture.
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7. Kumar Birla
Company Name AV Birla Group
Designation - Chairman
Net Worth: $ 4.4 billion
Kumar Mangalam Birla, Chairman of AV Birla Group, is
scaling up his international operations.
He is the fourth-generation head of $7.6 billion (sales)
Aditya Birla Group, a commodities powerhouse named
after his late father.
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8. Tulsi Tanti
Company Name Suzlon Energy Ltd.
Designation - Chairman
Net Worth: $ 3.7 billion
Tulsi Tanti is the Chairman of Suzlon Energy Ltd., which
deals in wind energy.
He is one of those first time entrepreneurs who saw
potential in an inchoate idea, ventured into it, and made it
big.
In 1990 Tulsi Tanti invested in two windmills and realized
its huge potential. Faced with escalating power costs, this
former textile producer moved into wind energy a decade
ago, eventually building Asia's largest wind farm and theworlds sixth largest wind energy company.
In October he listed Suzlon Energy, in which he and his
three siblings own 70%. The company is expanding into
the U.S., China and Australia.
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9. Pallonji Mistry
Company Name - Shapoorji Pallonji Group
Designation - Chairman
Net Worth: $ 3.3 billion
Pallonji Shapoorji Mistry, often described as
being media shy, is a construction tycoon. Hisemployees call him the man with no faults while
his friends call him humble.
This secretive construction magnate is the
biggest shareholder in Tata Sons, a holding
company that has a big stake in India's largest
software company, Tata Consultancy Services. Today Pallonji owns 18.35% stake of Tata Sons,
while Ratan Tata himself owns less than a
percent.
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10. Narayana Murthy
Company Name Infosys Technologies
Designation Chairman & Chief Mentor
Net Worth: $1.6 billion
In 1999, Infoys became the first Indian company
to be listed on NASDAQ. By 2006 the companyemployed over 50,000 people and had a turn
over of two billion dollars.
He is the Indian businessman, software
engineer and the founder of Infosys
Technologies, a consulting and IT services
company based in India. He is currently the non-executive Chairman and Chief Mentor of
Infosys. He was the CEO of the company for 21years, from 1981 to 2002.