1. John Purdue (1802)

Indian Businessman

American industrialist from Lafayette, Indiana, who was the primary and original benefactor of Purdue University. He requested that Purdue university be located in Battle Ground and that his named was...

2. Jamsetji Tata (1839)

Indian Businessman

Indian tycoon who founded the Tata Group conglomerate, which made everything from energy to chemicals to drinks.

3. Ratan Tata (1937)

Indian Businessman

Chairman of the Tata Group conglomerate, which manufactured and sold everything from cars to hotels.

4. Azim Premji (1945)

Indian Businessman

Indian business tycoon in the software industry who lead Wipro Limited for over four decades, making it one of the most profitable companies in all of India. He is also...

5. Subrata Roy (1948)

Indian Businessman

Indian businessman, founder, and Chairman of Sahara India Pariwar. He was also the owner of Pune Warriors India and London's Grosvenor House.

6. Subir Raha (1948)

Indian Businessman

Former Director of Indian Oil Corporation and ex-Chairman of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation. He was also a SCOPE Award winner.

7. Nandan Nilekani (1955)

Indian Businessman

Co-founder of Indian information technology company Infosys and member of the Indian National Congress. He also headed the Indian governments technology committee, TAGUP.

8. Vijay Mallya (1955)

Indian Businessman

Indian politician who began his second term as a member of parliament in 2010. He is an independent candidate from the state Karnataka, where he was raised.

9. Neeraj Roy (1967)

Indian Businessman

The Managing Director and CEO of Hungama Digital Media Entertainment, one of South Asia’s largest digital entertainment companies.

10. Rakesh Jhunjhunwala (1960)

Indian Businessman

Investor, trader, and chartered accountant known for his work with the asset management firm Rare Enterprises.

11. Siddharth Roy Kapur (1974)

Indian Businessman

Best known as a director of The Walt Disney Company of India, this businessman and movie producer worked on such films as Chennai Express, Grandmaster, and the cult drama Rang...

12. Nikhil Nanda (1974)

Indian Businessman

Nikhil Nanda is the Managing Director of Escorts Limited an engineering company that manufactures agricultural machinery construction & material handling equipment railway equipment and auto components. Escorts Limited was founded...

13. Sijoy Varghese (1971)

Indian Businessman

Sijoy Varghese is an Indian Ad Film Director Producer Event Director Screenwriter and Actor.

14. Devraj Sanyal (1975)

Indian Businessman

Devraj Sanyal is Managing Director of Universal Music & EMI Music forthe South Asia region since 2011. As MD ofUMGI & EMI South Asia based in the company’s headquarters in...

15. Subrah Iyar (Unknow)

Indian Businessman

Subrah S. Iyar is a leading technocrat entrepreneur and Web conferencing pioneer of Indian origin. He is the founder and CEO of WebEx which has recently merged with Cisco Systems.

16. R. N. Shetty (1928)

Indian Businessman

Dr. Rama Nagappa Shetty is an Indian entrepreneur philanthropist and an educationist.

17. Currimbhoy Ebrahim (1840)

Indian Businessman

Sir Currimbhoy Ebrahim 1st Baronet was an Indian Muslim businessman of the Gujarati Khoja Ismaili faith based in Bombay credited with founding E. Pabaney & Co whose prominent shipowning family...

18. Ghanshyam Das Birla (1894)

Indian Businessman

Ghanshyam Das G. D. Birla was an Indian businessman and member of the influential Birla Family.

19. Amba Prasad (1860)

Indian Businessman

Rai Bahadur Amba Prasad was an Indian businessman and philanthropist.

20. A. Vellayan (1953)

Indian Businessman

A. Vellayan is a member of the Murugappa family and the Executive Chairman of the Murugappa Group based in Chennai India. He is the Chairman of Coromandel International Limited and...

21. Irfan Razack (1953)

Indian Businessman

Irfan Razack is an Indian entrepreneur from Bangalore. He is the Managing Director of Prestige Group one of the reputed property developers in India and The Chairman and Co-Founder of...

22. Ritu Nanda (Unknow)

Indian Businessman

Ritu Nanda currently the Chief Executive Officer of Escolife is a prominent Indian entrepreneur associated chiefly with the life insurance business. She has more than 55000 clients and is the...

23. Dinesh Keskar (Unknow)

Indian Businessman

Dr. Dinesh Keskar is President of Boeing India and VP of Boeing International Trading. In his role he is responsible for marketing all types of aircraft owned by Boeing...

24. Samir Jain (1954)

Indian Businessman

Samir Jain belongs to the Sahu Jain family and is the current Vice-Chairman of India's largest media group Bennett Coleman & Co. Ltd. parent company of The Times of India...

25. Byrraju Ramalinga Raju (1954)

Indian Businessman

Ramalinga Raju was the former chairman of Satyam Computer Services which he founded in 1987 and chaired till 7 January 2009 stepping down admitting to embezzlement of financial figures of...

26. Subhash Chandra (1950)

Indian Businessman

Subhash Chandra is an Indian media mogul who is chairman of Essel Group an Indian conglomerate. He launched the country's first satellite television channel Zee TV in 1992 and later...

27. K. V. L. Narayan Rao (1954)

Indian Businessman

K. V. L. Narayan Rao is executive vice-chairperson of Indian TV network NDTV and the president of News Broadcasters Association

28. Ashok Kheny (1950)

Indian Businessman

Ashok Kheny is an MLA from Bidar South and the Managing Director of Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprises which is best known for the construction of Bangalore–Mysore Infrastructure Corridor project. He...

29. Grandhi Mallikarjuna Rao (1950)

Indian Businessman

Grandhi Mallikarjuna Rao is a mechanical engineer and the founder chairman of GMR Group a global infrastructure developer and operator based in India. Started in 1978 GMR Group is now...

30. Sajjan Jindal (1959)

Indian Businessman

Sajjan Jindal is an Indian businessman. He is the Chairman Managing Director of JSW Steel a part of the JSW Group of companies having interests in Mining Energy Ports Infrastructure...

31. Robert Chandran (1950)

Indian Businessman

Robert Viswanathan Chandran was an Indian-born Singaporean business executive and the founder and CEO of the Chemoil company. Chandran was born in 1950 in Mumbai India. He unsuccessfully applied to...

32. Mallika Srinivasan (Unknow)

Indian Businessman

Mallika Srinivasan is a thought leader and a strategist recognized for entrepreneurship commitment to excellence and contribution to Indian agriculture machinery business and academia. She is presently the Chairman and...

33. K.C. Ramamurthy (1952)

Indian Businessman

K. C. Ramamurthy I. P. S is the Chairman of CMR Group of Institutions and the retired Inspector General of Police Bangalore. He was also the Registrar of Bangalore University...

34. P K Mukherjee (1955)

Indian Businessman

Prasun Kumar Mukherjee is the Executive Director of Sesa Sterlite Limited a subsidiary of Vedanta Resources plc.

35. Arjun Shekhar (1965)

Indian Businessman

Arjun Shekhar is an Indian entrepreneur and writer. An XLRI alumni he is the founder of the Vyaktitva. He is also the writer of the books A Flawed God and...

36. Gautam Singhania (1965)

Indian Businessman

Gautam Hari Singhania is an Indian businessman. He is the Chairman & Managing Director of the Raymond Group.

37. Parag Saxena (1955)

Indian Businessman

Parag Saxena is the Founding General Partner and CEO of New Silk Route. Saxena earned a B. Tech from the Indian Institute of Technology an M. S. in Chemical Engineering...

38. Manish Makhija (1968)

Indian Businessman

39. Mir Imran (1956)

Indian Businessman

Mir A. Imran is an Indian entrepreneur and venture capitalist. Imran has formed 19 companies since the early 80s and holds over 140 patents. Born and raised in India the...

40. Gautam Thapar (1960)

Indian Businessman

Gautam Thapar is an Indian businessman and founder of the Avantha Group. He received the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award for Manufacturing in 2008.

41. Kameshwar Singh (1907)

Indian Businessman

Maharaja Sir Kameshwar Singh Bahadur K. C. I. E. LL. D. D. Litt. the Maharaja of Darbhanga was the Zamindar of Darbhanga Raj from 1929 - 1952 when zamindari...

42. Nimmagadda Prasad (1961)

Indian Businessman

Nimmagadda Prasad is an Indian industrialist from Andhra Pradesh India known for his ventures in the Pharmaceutical and Television industries and is involved in philanthropic activities through Nimmagadda Foundation. Along...

43. Deepali Pant Joshi (1957)

Indian Businessman

Dr. Deepali Pant Joshi is a writer on economic subjects and the executive director of the Reserve Bank of India. Prior to this appointment Joshi was the RBI Regional Director...

44. Samir Modi (1969)

Indian Businessman

Samir Modi is an Indian entrepreneur and the youngest son of Krishan Kumar and Bina Modi. Samir plays a crucial role in Modi Enterprises the US $2. 8 billion worth...

45. Rajesh Saraiya (1969)

Indian Businessman

Rajesh Saraiya is an industrialist who is one of India's first Dalit millionaire

46. Vic Gundotra (1968)

Indian Businessman

Vivek Vic Gundotra is an India-born businessperson who served as the Senior Vice President Social for Google until 24th April 2014. Prior to joining Google he was a general manager...

47. P. Rajagopal (businessman) (Unknow)

Indian Businessman

P. Rajagopal is the founder of Saravana Bhavan chain of restaurants. He is the son of a farmer who plied onion wholesale trade. He was born in a small village...

48. Vineet Bajpai (1977)

Indian Businessman

Vineet Bajpai is the Founder and Group CEO of Magnon Solutions and Magnon International an independent digital and interactive media agency headquartered at New Delhi India with offices in Noida...

49. Santhosh George Kulangara (1971)

Indian Businessman

Santhosh George Kulangara an Indian travel documentary host from Kottayam Kerala. He is the son of V. J George Kulangara the founder of Labour India magazine. He is the first...

50. Ashok Sawhny (1937)

Indian Businessman

Ashok Sawhny is bilingual Indian poet film producer and businessman. He is founder and President of Monarch International an international trading company with offices in several countries.