Billionaires
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Sleepwell: From Licence Raj to a brand to reckon with
Mattress maker Sheela Foam's high growth in an underpenetrated market has pushed Rahul Gautam, the chairman and managing director, up the rankings of the Forbes Billionaire's list
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Nirmal Minda: Steady hand at the steering wheel
Financial discipline and rapid growth has been a potent combination for Minda Industries. And at $2.4 billion, its chairman, Nirmal Minda, is among India's richest auto component billionaires
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Romesh Wadhwani: Building up, and giving away
At 74, the Indian-American entrepreneur and philanthropist wants to continue pursuing his passion of building tech companies, and giving back to society
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Dasari Uday Kumar Reddy—the billionaire founder who swears by his 4 am regime
In bed usually at 8 pm, and up at 4 am daily, two hours in the gym, and a non-existent social life—Reddy's steadfast focus and determination to build a business, has led Tanla Platforms to become a success story that processes over 169 billion messages per year and has a market share of 40 percent in the category
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The untold story of how Ravi Modi built Vedant Fashions—the makers of Manyavar—into a $3.5 billion behemoth
The reclusive billionaire believes in destiny, modest living, and wealth beyond money. Here's how Modi, the latest and one of the youngest billionaires in India, built Manyavar and other Vedant Fashion brands ground up
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Cementing a sustainable future
Even as the third largest cement company in the country, Shree Cement, continues to grow, three generations of the billionaire Bangur family are also working towards a greener way of doing things
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Biocon's high-risk, high-rewards biosimilars strategy unpacked
Founder-chairperson Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw believes the company's biggest acquisition will be a game changer for Biocon over the next decade
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Entrepreneur at 49, billionaire at 58: How Falguni Nayar built success with Nykaa
Investment banker Falguni Nayar launched beauty and fashion ecommerce platform Nykaa from her father's office when she was 49. Almost a decade later, after her IPO was oversubscribed nearly 82.5 times, India's richest self-made woman billionaire says she is only getting started
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Wealth builds wealth: The 2021 Forbes India Rich List in numbers
India's 100 richest added over $325 billion to their cumulative wealth in the second year of the pandemic, taking the grand total to $775 billion. Mukesh Ambani remained the reigning king—ranked No 1 since 2008. Meet the dropouts, richest women, the youngest and the oldest billionaires
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Rakesh Jhunjhunwala: The incorrigible India optimist
Billionaire investor, often known as the Big Bull, on his best trading year and why India's best is yet to come
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Cleaner chemistry: Ashok Boob, and turning entrepreneur at 54
By focusing on a differentiated manufacturing process Ashok Boob's Clean Science and Technology has grown rapidly and has a long runway ahead