Top 10 Famous Successful Entrepreneurs in India

1. Mukesh Ambani

Mukesh Ambani has become a household name today. This one of India’s richest entrepreneur is the holder of Reliance Industry group. He is the owner of a large number of industries today. His assets alone worth $ 21 billion. The major industries run by him are oil and gas.

2. Lakshmi Mittal

Lakshmi mittal is ranked as the second richest entrepreneur in India. He is the owner of the largest steel company in India and at present is residing in London. The total asset of Lakshmi Mittal is $16 billion. He has funded to 377-foot-tall Mittal Arcel or Mittal Orbit which is made out of recycled steel. It is UK’s tallest sculpture.

3. Azim Premji

Azim Premji is the Chairman of Wipro. His assets worth $12.2 billion. He deals with Information Technology. He has been making investments overseas and also in bio-refineries for energy, bio-plastics, battery and other such products. Today, Wipro Technologies is the largest independent R&D service provider.

4. Pallonji Mistry

Pallonji Mistry is the holder of Shapoorji Pallonji group and has now split up his responsibilities with his younger son Cyrus. Cyrus is considered to replace Indian business legend Ratan Tata as the chairman of Tata sons when Tata retires. However, the prime source of Pallonji group is diversified.

5. Dilip Shanghvi

Dilip Shanghvi comes number fifth in the list. He is the founder of Sun Pharmaceutical Industry – one of the expensive drug makers in the country. The group has an asset of $9.2 million from the major source of Pharmaceuticals as present.

6. Adi Godrej

Adi Godrej is famous with consumer goods and real estate in India. His total asset is $9 billion. Adi godrej’s son Prijosha is the chief executive of Godrej properties and daughter Nisabha is the head list of consumer products. Adi is the president of Confederation of Indian industry at present.

7. Savitri Jindal

Savitri Jindal is known for her steel and power plants. Her asset at present is $8.2 billion. The JSW steel is run by her son Sajjan. She resides in Hisar Delhi. The Jindal group is founded by Savitri’s husband and she the chairman.

8. Shashi and Ravi Ruia

Essar group brothers Ruia has been successfully operating around 25 countries. The major source is Diversified though. The total assets of Ruia brothers are $ 8.1 billion. They have spent $18 billion in steel and oil refineries. Shashi and Ravi Ruia are residing in Mumbai and Delhi respectively as of today.

9. Hinduja Brothers

Hinduja Brothers are known for their flagship brand, Ashok Leyland, a commercial vehicle mart in India. They are also skilled in defense, energy, petroleum, media and technology. The total asset of Hinduja brother is $8 billion and their major source is diversified too. The brother at present resides in London, Geneva and Mumbai.

10. Kumar Mangalam Birla

Aditya Birla today has revenue of $40 billion but has a dream of reaching $65 billion by 2015. The Birla group has also acquired Canadian pulp mill Terrace bay of $ 110 million. However, the total asset of Birla is $7.8 billion. The group mainly source in commodities. Kumar Mangalam Birla is residing in Mumbai at present.