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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


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


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



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


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


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



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.



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



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.

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