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Chinnakannan Sivasankaran (சின்னகண்ணன் சிவசங்கரன்)
Chinnakannan Sivasankaran, known as C Sivasankaran, is an Indian entrepreneur who built Aircel into a national telecom brand and sold it to Malaysia's Maxis for $1.08 billion in 2005.
Desh Bandhu Gupta
Desh Bandhu Gupta (देश बंधु गुप्ता) was an Indian pharmaceutical entrepreneur who founded Lupin in Mumbai in 1968, building it into one of the world's largest generic drug makers.
Devita Saraf
Devita Saraf is an Indian businesswoman who founded Vu Televisions in 2006 at age 24, serving as chairperson and CEO of the self-funded premium TV brand competing with Sony, Samsung, and LG.
Dhirubhai Ambani
Dhirubhai Ambani, born Dhirajlal Hirachand Ambani, was an Indian industrialist who founded Reliance Industries in 1958 and built it into India's largest private company and first private Fortune 500 firm.
Dhruv Madhok
Dhruv Madhok is an Indian entrepreneur who co-founded Arata, a New Delhi-based plant-based hair care brand, in 2018 with Dhruv Bhasin, serving over 1.5 million customers annually.
Eris Lifesciences
Eris Lifesciences is an Ahmedabad-based Indian pharmaceutical company founded in 2007 by Amit Bakshi, selling branded formulations for chronic therapies and ranking 20th in the Indian Pharmaceutical Market.
G. R. Gopinath
G. R. Gopinath, also known as Captain G. R. Gopinath, is an Indian entrepreneur and retired army captain who founded Air Deccan, India's first low-cost airline, in 2003.
G.C. Surana
G.C. Surana, born Ghewar Chand Surana, was an Indian pharmaceutical entrepreneur who founded Micro Labs Limited in Madras (Chennai) in 1973 after working as an accountant in Bangalore.
G.L. Mirchandani
G.L. Mirchandani, full name Gulu L. Mirchandani, is an Indian first-generation entrepreneur who co-founded MIRC Electronics in 1981, the Mumbai company behind the Onida television brand, and led it as Chairman until 2025.
Ganga Bhishen Agarwal
Ganga Bhishen Agarwal, nicknamed Haldiram, was an Indian snack-food entrepreneur from Bikaner, Rajasthan, who refined Bikaneri bhujia from moth lentil flour and built the family trade into Haldiram's, one of India's largest snack businesses.
Ghazal Alagh
Ghazal Alagh is an Indian entrepreneur who co-founded Honasa Consumer, the company behind Mamaearth, with her husband Varun in 2016, serving as Chief Innovation Officer as it became India's first unicorn of 2022.
Girdhari Lal Bawri
Girdhari Lal Bawri is an Indian pharmaceutical entrepreneur who co-founded Macleods Pharmaceuticals, a Mumbai-based generics maker, in 1986, serves as its chairman, and whose family Forbes valued at $6.3 billion in 2025.
Girdhari T. Jaisinghani
Girdhari T. Jaisinghani is an Indian businessman and promoter of Polycab India, the Mumbai-based manufacturer that is India's largest wire and cable maker by revenue.
Govind Dholakia (ગોવિંદભાઈ લાલજીભાઈ ઢોલકિયા)
Govind Dholakia (ગોવિંદભાઈ લાલજીભાઈ ઢોલકિયા) is an Indian diamond entrepreneur, founder of Surat's Shree Ramkrishna Exports, and a BJP member of the Rajya Sabha from Gujarat.
Gurbax Singh
Gurbax Singh was an Indian businessman who co-founded Ranbaxy in Amritsar, Punjab, in 1937, a drug distribution firm whose name merges his with Ranbir Singh's.
H. T. Parekh
H. T. Parekh, born Hasmukh Thakordas Parekh, was an Indian banker who founded the Housing Development Finance Corporation (HDFC) in Mumbai in 1977 and chaired it until his death in 1994.
Habil Khorakiwala
Habil Khorakiwala is an Indian pharmaceutical entrepreneur who founded Wockhardt in 1967 and serves as its executive chairman, later producing India's first homegrown new antibiotic.
Hari Bhartia
Hari Bhartia is an Indian entrepreneur who co-founded the Jubilant Bhartia Group with his brother Shyam, and co-chairs Jubilant FoodWorks, Domino's Pizza's franchisee for India and neighboring markets.
Hasmukh Chudgar
Hasmukh Chudgar is a low-profile Indian pharmaceutical entrepreneur who founded Intas Pharmaceuticals in Ahmedabad around 1977, a Forbes billionaire whose family still controls the unlisted generics maker.
Hetero Group of Companies
Hetero Group of Companies is an Indian pharmaceutical group founded in 1993 by Dr. B. Partha Saradhi Reddy in Hyderabad, a leading maker of generic anti-retroviral drugs.
Hitesh Doshi
Hitesh Chimanlal Doshi is an Indian businessman who founded Waaree Energies, India's largest solar panel manufacturer, starting with a ₹5,000 loan in 1985; its 2024 IPO made the Doshi brothers billionaires.
Inder T. Jaisinghani
Inder T. Jaisinghani is an Indian business executive who leads Polycab India, the country's largest wires and cables maker, which he built from his family's Mumbai electrical store.
Indravadan A. Modi
Indravadan A. Modi (1926–2012), known as the "Medicine Man of India," was an Indian pharmaceutical industrialist who co-founded Cadila Pharmaceuticals in Ahmedabad in 1951 and championed the Indian Patents Act, 1970.
Irfan Razack
Irfan Razack, born 1953, is an Indian real estate developer who co-founded Bengaluru's Prestige Group with his father and brothers in 1986 and serves as its Chairman and Managing Director.
J.B. Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals
J.B. Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals, known as JB Pharma or JBCPL, is an Indian pharmaceutical company founded by J.B. Mody in 1976, known for brands like Metrogyl, Rantac, and Cilacar.
Jasbir Singh (business executive)
Jasbir Singh is an Indian business executive, Chairman and CEO of Amber Enterprises India since 2017, India's largest room air conditioner manufacturer, named EY Entrepreneur Of The Year 2025.
Jaswantiben Jamnadas Popat
Jaswantiben Jamnadas Popat is an Indian businesswoman who was one of seven women who founded the Lijjat Papad co-operative in Mumbai in 1959, and received the Padma Shri in 2021.
Jinnahbhai Poonja (જિન્નાભાઈ પૂંજા)
Jinnahbhai Poonja (જિન્નાભાઈ પૂંજા) was a Gujarati merchant, born around 1850 in Paneli, Kathiawar, who built a Karachi trading business and was the father of Muhammad Ali Jinnah.
Jyotindra Bhagwanlal Mody
Jyotindra Bhagwanlal Mody, known as J.B. Mody, was an Indian pharmaceutical entrepreneur who founded J.B. Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals in 1976, maker of Metrogyl and Rantac.
K V Kamath
K V Kamath, also known as Kundapur Vaman Kamath, is an Indian banker who led ICICI from 1996 to 2009, transforming it into India's largest private-sector bank.