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Paper Boat
Paper Boat, also known as Paper Boat Drinks, is an Indian beverage brand launched in 2013 by Hector Beverages, selling preservative-free traditional drinks like aam panna and jaljeera.
Parvatiben Ramdas Thodani
Parvatiben Ramdas Thodani was an Indian cooperative founder, one of seven women who started the Lijjat Papad cooperative in Mumbai in 1959 with a borrowed Rs 80.
Parvinder Singh
Parvinder Singh (1943–1999) was an Indian pharmaceutical executive who led Ranbaxy Laboratories from 1982 and grew it into India's largest home-grown drug multinational before dying of cancer in 1999.
Pawan Jain
Pawan Jain is an Indian logistics entrepreneur who entered transport in 1975 with INR 5,000 and founded Safexpress, a B2B express distribution company in Gurugram, in 1997.
Pradeep Kumar Kheruka
Pradeep Kumar Kheruka is an Indian businessman who chairs Borosil Limited and Borosil Renewables, India's first and largest solar glass maker, and won the EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2022 award.
Prakash Chauhan
Prakash Chauhan is an Indian beverage entrepreneur who leads Parle Agro, maker of Frooti, Appy, and Bailley, and co-created Thums Up, Limca, and Maaza before their 1993 sale to Coca-Cola.
Priya Hiranandani-Vandrevala
Priya Hiranandani-Vandrevala is an Indian chartered accountant and entrepreneur who founded the BPO firm Zenta, co-founded Hirco Plc in 2006, and won a landmark arbitration against her father, Niranjan Hiranandani.
Puru Gupta
Puru Gupta is an Indian entrepreneur who co-founded and leads as CEO True Elements, a Pune-based healthy breakfast brand that Marico acquired a majority stake in during 2022.
R. C. Bhargava
R. C. Bhargava is an Indian former IAS officer who joined Maruti Udyog as its third employee in 1981 and has been chairman of Maruti Suzuki since 2007.
Rahul Bhatia
Rahul Bhatia, born 1960 in Nainital, is an Indian businessman who founded InterGlobe Enterprises in 1989 and cofounded IndiGo, India's largest airline, with Rakesh Gangwal in 2006.
Raj Kumar Lohia
Raj Kumar Lohia (born 1954) is an Indian industrialist who founded Lohia Corp in Kanpur in 1981, a leading maker of machinery for plastic woven fabric and technical textiles.
Rajat Jadhav
Rajat Jadhav is an Indian entrepreneur who co-founded Bold Care, a Mumbai-based direct-to-consumer sexual health and wellness company launched in 2019, and serves as its chief executive officer.
Rajeev Juneja
Rajeev Juneja is an Indian pharmaceutical executive who co-founded Mankind Pharma with his brother Ramesh in 1991 and leads its branded generics and consumer-health businesses as Vice Chairman and Managing Director.
Rajendra Agarwal
Rajendra Agarwal was an Indian physician and pharmaceutical founder who established Macleods Pharmaceuticals in Mumbai in 1986 with his two older brothers, building it into a major supplier of anti-TB medicines.
Ramalinga Raju (బైర్రాజు రామలింగ రాజు)
B. Ramalinga Raju is the Indian businessman who founded Satyam Computer Services in 1987, built it into India's fourth-largest software exporter, and confessed in 2009 to India's largest corporate fraud.
Ramanbhai Patel
Ramanbhai B. Patel (1925–2001) was an Indian pharmaceutical entrepreneur who co-founded Cadila Laboratories in Ahmedabad with Indravadan A. Modi in 1952, building the business that became Zydus Cadila.
Ramesh T. Jaisinghani
Ramesh T. Jaisinghani is an Indian businessman who co-founded Polycab India, one of four brothers who turned a family electrical shop into India's largest wires and cables company by revenue.
Ravi Mantha
Ravi Mantha (Ravi Kanth Mantha) is a London- and Mumbai-based former Fidelity fund manager who co-founded Bollant Industries, an eco-friendly packaging firm employing people with disabilities, and wrote The Baby Elephant Diet.
Ravi Modi
Ravi Modi (born 1977) is an Indian first-generation entrepreneur who founded Vedant Fashions, the company behind Manyavar, India's leading men's ethnic celebration wear brand.
Raymond Group
Raymond Group is an Indian textiles and apparel group founded in 1925, best known for worsted suiting fabric and branded retail, led by the Singhania family.
Renee Cosmetics
Renee Cosmetics is an Indian direct-to-consumer color cosmetics brand co-founded in Ahmedabad in 2019 by former television actor Aashka Goradia Goble with the founders of Beardo.
Riddhima Kapoor Sahni (रिद्धिमा कपूर साहनी)
Riddhima Kapoor Sahni (रिद्धिमा कपूर साहनी) is a Delhi-based Indian jewelry designer and entrepreneur, daughter of Rishi and Neetu Kapoor, who made her film debut at 45 in 2026.
Rony Banerjee
Rony Banerjee is an Indian business executive who led VSL Ventures, Vikram Solar's engineering and distribution arm in Kolkata, before moving to the listed parent in 2025.
Rubal Jain
Rubal Jain is an Indian logistics executive and Managing Director of Safexpress, a leading B2B logistics firm he joined in 2006, leading it alongside his father Pawan Jain.
Sachin Bansal (सचिन बंसल)
Sachin Bansal (सचिन बंसल) is an Indian technology entrepreneur and investor who co-founded Flipkart in 2007, sold his stake to Walmart in 2018 for roughly $1 billion, and founded Bengaluru financial-services group Navi.
Safexpress
Safexpress is a family-controlled Indian logistics and supply chain company founded by Pawan Jain in 1996, focused on B2B surface express distribution, third-party logistics, and warehousing.
Sameer Mehta
Sameer Mehta is an Indian business executive who co-founded boAt, the Mumbai-based audio and wearables brand, serving as chief executive until 2025 before becoming an executive director.
Samprada Singh
Samprada Singh (1925–2019) was an Indian pharmaceutical entrepreneur who founded Alkem Laboratories in 1973, building it into one of India's largest drug makers; he led it until his death in 2019.
Sarthak Chugh
Sarthak Chugh is an Indian footwear entrepreneur in Delhi who co-founded the women's footwear brand Shoetopia and founded its sister venture HVNLY By Shoetopia in July 2025.
Satish Ramanlal Mehta
Satish Ramanlal Mehta is an Indian pharmaceutical entrepreneur who founded Emcure Pharmaceuticals in Pune in 1981 and has led it as Managing Director and CEO since.