List of Indian entrepreneurs
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n entrepreneurs and businesspeople.
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India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n entrepreneurs and businesspeople.
- A. M. Murugappa Chettiar, founder of the Murugappa GroupMurugappa GroupThe Murugappa Group is conglomerate company headquartered in Chennai, India, with a valuation of Rs. 17,051 crores . It is a market leader in diverse areas of business including Engineering, Abrasives, Finance, General insurance, Bicycles, Sugar, Farm Inputs, Fertilizers, Plantations, Bio-products...
- Abhishek Kumar, founder of A- Stealth technology
- Aditya JhaAditya JhaAditya Jha, LL.D is a celebrated Indo-Canadian entrepreneur, philanthropist and social activist with active involvement in Canadian public affairs. His business portfolio consists of several start-ups and turn-arounds...
, Canadian entrepreneur, philanthropist and philosopher; Active in Canadian public affairs - Anant KopparAnant KopparAnant Koppar is a technocrat businessman from Karnataka, India. He was the Founder President of Kshema Technologies, one of India's first venture capital funded software services companies. He has currently started a new company called KTwo Technology Solutions, an Indian Origin Global Products...
, founder, and former president, of Kshema Technologies - Anant Tripathi, founder, and CEO, of Maffick Consultancy Services (www.maffickcs.com)
- Brijmohan Lall MunjalBrijmohan Lall MunjalDr. Brijmohan Lall Munjal is an Indian businessman and the founder of The Hero MotoCorp which owns Hero Honda Motors in India and is one of the richest people in India.-Early life:...
(1923- ), founder of The Hero Group, which owns Hero MotorsHero MotorsHero Motors is a moped and scooter manufacturer based in Delhi, India. It is a part of multinational company Hero Group, which also owns Hero Honda Motors Ltd and Hero Cycles, among others. Hero Motors was started in the 1960s to manufacture 50cc two stroke mopeds but gradually diversified into... - Capt. G. R. Gopinath, founder of Air DeccanAir DeccanKingfisher Red, known formerly as Simplifly Deccan and prior to that as Air Deccan, is a low-cost brand run by Kingfisher Airlines. It is headquartered in Mumbai, India....
, vice-chairman of Kingfisher Red - Dhirubhai AmbaniDhirubhai AmbaniDhirajlal Hirachand Ambani also known as Dhirubhai, was an Indian-Gujarati business magnate and entrepreneur who founded Reliance Industries, a petrochemicals, communications, power, and textiles conglomerate and the only privately owned Indian company in the Fortune 500. Ambani took his company...
(1933–2002), founder of Reliance IndustriesReliance IndustriesReliance Industries Limited is an Indian conglomerate company headquartered at Mumbai, India. The company operates through three business segments: petrochemicals, refining, and oil and gas, other segment of the company includes textile, retail business, special economic zone development and... - G. Kuppuswamy Naidu, founder of Lakshmi MillsLakshmi MillsLakshmi Mills Company is a major textile yarn and cloth manufacturer in Coimbatore, India. The company was established by G.Kuppuswamy Naidu in 1910....
- Ghanshyam Das BirlaGhanshyam Das BirlaGhanshyam Das "G.D." Birla was an Indian businessman and member of the influential Birla Family.Birla's grandfather Shiv Narayana Birla wanted to diversify from the traditional marwari business of lending money against pawned items. He left Pilani, his hometown in Rajasthan with a modest capital...
(1894–1983), prominent member of the Birla familyBirla familyThe Birla family is one of the foremost business houses in India. The fore-father of the Birla family is Shiv Narain Birla, a member of the Marwari community from Pilani, in the westerly state of Rajasthan. He moved to Bombay around 1857 to establish a trading house. His son, Baldeodas Birla moved... - Imran Iliyas Momin, Founder & Executive Director of Nimble Resources Pvt. Ltd.
- J. C. Mahindra, co-founder of the Mahindra GroupMahindra GroupThe Mahindra Group is an Indian multinational conglomerate company headquartered at Mahindra Towers in Mumbai, India, with operations in over 100 countries across the globe...
- J.R.D. Tata, founder of Air IndiaAir IndiaAir India is the flag carrier airline of India. It is part of the government of India owned Air India Limited . The airline operates a fleet of Airbus and Boeing aircraft serving Asia, Australia, Europe and North America. Its corporate office is located at the Air India Building at Nariman...
and Chairman of the Tata GroupTata GroupTata Group is an Indian multinational conglomerate company headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. Tata Group is one of the largest companies in India by market capitalization and revenue. It has interests in communications and information technology, engineering, materials, services, energy,...
for 52 years. - Jamsetji TataJamsetji TataJamsetji Nusserwanji Tata was an Indian entrepreneur and industrialist, prominent for his pioneering work in Indian industry. He was born to a Parsi family in Navsari, Gujarat, India....
(1839–1904), pioneering Indian industrialist, founder of the Tata GroupTata GroupTata Group is an Indian multinational conglomerate company headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. Tata Group is one of the largest companies in India by market capitalization and revenue. It has interests in communications and information technology, engineering, materials, services, energy,...
of companies - K. C. Mahindra, co-founder of the Mahindra GroupMahindra GroupThe Mahindra Group is an Indian multinational conglomerate company headquartered at Mahindra Towers in Mumbai, India, with operations in over 100 countries across the globe...
- Karsanbhai PatelKarsanbhai PatelDr. Karsanbhai Khodidas Patel is an Indian industrialist, founder of the Rs. 2500 crore Nirma group with major interests in detergents, soaps and cosmetics. In 2005 Forbes listed his net worth as USD $640 million. He has interests in education, and founded a leading engineering college, the...
(1945- ), founder of the Nirma GroupNirmaNirma is a group of companies based in the city of Ahmedabad in western India that manufactures products ranging from cosmetics, soaps, detergents, salt, soda ash, LAB and Injectibles. Karsanbhai Patel, a well known entrepreneur and philanthropist of Gujarat, started Nirma as a one-man operation.... - Kasturbhai LalbhaiKasturbhai LalbhaiKasturbhai Lalbhai was an Indian industrialist. He was widely perceived as a nationalist businessman akin to G. D. Birla.- Early life :...
(1894–1980), textile baron, founder of Arvind MillsArvind MillsArvind Mills, the flagship company of the Lalbhai Group, is one of India's leading composite manufacturer of textiles. Its headquarters is in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. It manufactures a range of cotton shirting, denim, knits and bottomweights fabrics. It is India's largest denim manufacturer ... - Kiran Mazumdar-ShawKiran Mazumdar-ShawKiran Mazumdar-Shaw' is an Indian entrepreneur. She is the Chairman & Managing Director of Biocon Limited a biotechnology company based in Bangalore , India.- Profile :Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw was born on March 23, 1953 in Bangalore, India...
(1953- ), founder of BioconBioconBiocon Limited is a global biopharmaceutical company with products and research services ranging from pre-clinical to clinical development through to commercialization. Within biopharmaceuticals, the Company manufactures generic active pharmaceutical ingredients like Statins and...
, the first biotechnologyBiotechnologyBiotechnology is a field of applied biology that involves the use of living organisms and bioprocesses in engineering, technology, medicine and other fields requiring bioproducts. Biotechnology also utilizes these products for manufacturing purpose...
company in India - N. R. Narayana MurthyN. R. Narayana MurthyNagavara Ramarao Narayana Murthy , better known as N. R. Narayana Murthy, is an Indian industrialist and software engineer. He and six other engineers founded Infosys in 1981. Mr. Murthy served as CEO from 1981 to 2002. From 2002 to 2011, he served as Chairman...
(1946- ), co-founder of Infosys Technologies - Raj AnandRaj AnandRaj Anand is a Brighton-based web entrepreneur. Raj Anand is one of eighteen Young Entrepreneurs in Europe profiled by BusinessWeek in 2007. He is also the ambassador for campaign. Raj was the founder and operations director at social network service provider and author of...
(1982-), founder of the Kwiqq and winner of Business Week Europe's Young Entrepreneur 2007 - Ramji Raghavan (1958- ), Social Entrepreneur, founder of Agastya International FoundationAgastya International FoundationAgastya International Foundation is a Bangalore-based education trust that seeks to transform and stimulate the thinking of rural children and teachers...
- Sabeer BhatiaSabeer BhatiaSabeer Bhatia is an Indian American entrepreneur who co-founded the Hotmail email service and Jaxtr.- Background :...
(1968- ), co-founder of HotmailHotmailWindows Live Hotmail, formerly known as MSN Hotmail and commonly referred to simply as Hotmail, is a free web-based email service operated by Microsoft as part of its Windows Live group. It was founded by Sabeer Bhatia and Jack Smith and launched in July 1996 as "HoTMaiL". It was one of the first... - Sam PitrodaSam PitrodaSatyanarayan Gangaram Pitroda popularly known as Sam Pitroda is an inventor, entrepreneur and policymaker. Currently Advisor to the Prime Minister of India on Public Information Infrastructure & Innovations, he is also widely considered to have been responsible for India’s communications revolution...
(1942- ), inventor, entrepreneur, policymaker - Subhash ChandraSubhash ChandraSubhash Chandra is a onetime rice exporter-turned media baron and Chairman of Essel Group, that launched India's satellite television revolution. The Zee chairman dropped out after standard 12. His pioneering channel Zee TV competes with, among others, Sony Entertainment Television and STAR Plus...
(1950- ), chairman of the Essel GroupEssel GroupEssel Group is a media conglomerate company headed by Subhash Chandra based in Mumbai, Maharashtra .The companies under the group are:*Media** Zee Entertainment Enterprises** Zee News** DNA *Technology** Dish TV...
, launched Zee TVZee TVZee TV is an India-based satellite television channel owned by Zee Entertainment Enterprises based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, which broadcasts various programmes in Hindi and other regional languages of India. Broadcasting is also present in various nations of South Asia, Europe, the Middle East,...
, the first HindiHindiStandard Hindi, or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi, also known as Manak Hindi , High Hindi, Nagari Hindi, and Literary Hindi, is a standardized and sanskritized register of the Hindustani language derived from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi...
satellite television channelSatellite televisionSatellite television is television programming delivered by the means of communications satellite and received by an outdoor antenna, usually a parabolic mirror generally referred to as a satellite dish, and as far as household usage is concerned, a satellite receiver either in the form of an... - Suhas Gopinath (1986- ), notable for founding Globals Inc., an Information TechnologyInformation technologyInformation technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...
(IT) company, at age 14 - Sunil MittalSunil MittalSunil Bharti Mittal , Punjabi: ਸੁਨੀਲ ਭਾਰਤੀ ਮਿੱਤਲ, born 23 October 1957) is an Indian telecom mogul, philanthropist and the founder, chairman and Group CEO of Bharti Enterprises...
(1957- ), chairman and managing director of Bharti EnterprisesBharti EnterprisesBharti Enterprises is an Indian business conglomerate headquartered in New Delhi, India, operating primarily across India and in some other countries like Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Jersey, Guernsey and Seychelles with expanding operations across Africa in Burkina Faso, Chad, Congo Brazzaville,... - T. V. Sundaram IyengarT. V. Sundaram IyengarT. V. Sundaram Iyengar Thirukurungudi Venkagaruswamy, was an industrialist, the founder of TV Sundaram Iyengar and Sons group of companies, one of India's largest industrial conglomerates. With his humble beginning as a lawyer, he grew into one of the most successful industrialists of his time....
(1877–1955), founder of the TVS GroupTVS groupTVS Group is an Indian diversified industrial conglomerate with its principal headquarters located in Chennai and Madurai. Almost all holdings of the group are private... - Urvesh VasaniUrvesh VasaniUrvesh Vasani is an Indian entrepreneur, best known for being one of the youngest CEOs of the world. Having founded the Six Inch Nails Group at the age of 13 with his first venture Six Inch Nails Records in August 2009, the Six Inch Nails brand grew rapidly with the launch of other ventures such...
(1995- ), best known for founding Six Inch Nails Group at age 13. - Venkat RanganVenkat RanganP. Venkat Rangan is an academician and entrepreneur. He is the current vice chancellor of Amrita University. A pioneer of research in Multimedia Systems, he was the founder and director of the Multimedia Laboratory at the University of California, San Diego, where he served as a Professor of...
, Founder of Yodlee.com and Vice Chancellor of Amrita University - Vijay MallyaVijay MallyaVijay Mallya is an Indian liquor and airline baron. The son of industrialist Vittal Mallya, he is the chairman of the United Breweries Group and Kingfisher Airlines. His United Spirits is world's second largest liquor maker, by volume...
(b. 1955), chairman of the United Breweries Group and Kingfisher AirlinesKingfisher AirlinesKingfisher Airlines is an airline group based in India. Its head office is Kingfisher House in Vile Parle , Mumbai. Kingfisher Airlines, through its parent company United Breweries Group, has a 50% stake in low-cost carrier Kingfisher Red....
, member of the upper house of the Indian ParliamentMembers of Rajya SabhaRajya Sabha is the upper house of the Indian Parliament. Membership is limited to 250 members, 12 of whom are chosen by the President of India for their expertise in specific fields of art, literature, science, and social services. These members are known as nominated members...
, and owner of several sports franchises and teams {Bangalore Royal Challengers} - Vishal GondalVishal GondalVishal Gondal, is an India investor and entrepreneur. He is the founder and CEO of Indiagames, a global computer games developer and publisher in India. He was featured among the top 40 Indian entrepreneurs by Business Today in 2001....
(b. 1976), founder of Indiagames - Vivin Varghese Meleadan (b. 1988), co-founder of MVS Info TechMVS Info TechMVS Infotech is an IT infrastructure services company based in Cochin, India. It have operations in America, Europe, and India. Established in the 2005, as part of the MVS GROUP . Its services in sectors like IT solution providing in the areas of IT Infrastructure Management, Web Hosting, ...
- Prasad & Praveen (b.2010), Founders of P2 Web Solutions