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N. Vaghul
Narayanan Vaghul (1936–2024) was an Indian banker who, as chairman of ICICI from 1985 and of ICICI Bank until 2009, built India's second-biggest bank and founded credit agency CRISIL.
PRS Oberoi
Prithvi Raj Singh Oberoi, known as Biki, was an Indian hotelier who led EIH Limited, the Oberoi Group flagship, and received the Padma Vibhushan in 2008.
Rajesh R. Mandawewala
Rajesh R. Mandawewala is an Indian businessman and qualified chartered accountant who serves as Executive Vice Chairman of Welspun World, holding company of the Mumbai-based Welspun Group.
RD Tata
RD Tata (1856–1926) was an Indian businessman and founding director of Tata & Sons who helped complete Tata Steel and was the father of JRD Tata.
Religare Enterprises
Religare Enterprises is a New Delhi-based financial services holding company, founded in 1984, whose largest business is Care Health Insurance; the Burman family has been its promoter since 2025.
RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group
The RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group, also known as the RPSG Group, is an Indian conglomerate headquartered in Kolkata, created in 2011 when Rama Prasad Goenka's businesses were divided between his sons.
S. K. Burman
S. K. Burman, or Sourindra Mohan Burman, was a 19th-century Calcutta physician and Ayurveda practitioner who founded Dabur in 1884 to make Ayurvedic medicines; the name came from "Daktar Burman".
Samina Hamied
Samina Hamied is an Indian business executive and third-generation member of the family that founded Cipla, its Executive Vice-Chairperson from 2016 to 2024, now founder of AYRA Ventures.
Shikha Sharma
Shikha Sharma is an Indian banker who was managing director and CEO of ICICI Prudential Life from 2000 to 2009 and of Axis Bank from 2009 to 2018.
Sorabji Pochkhanawala
Sir Sorabji Pochkhanawala (1881–1937) was a Parsi banker in Bombay who founded the Central Bank of India in 1911, the first Indian commercial bank wholly owned and managed by Indians.
Southern Roadways
Southern Roadways (Southern Roadways Private Ltd.) was a Madurai-based road freight and parcel carrier of the TVS group, founded in 1946 by T.V. Sundaram Iyengar.
Sundaram Industries
Sundaram Industries is an Indian manufacturer of rubber products, solid tires, and defense solutions, founded in 1943 by T V Sundram Iyengar and part of the TVS Mobility Group.
T. K. Gajjar
T. K. Gajjar, full name Tribhuvandas Kalyandas Gajjar (1863–1920), was an Indian chemist and industrialist, Western India's first industrial chemist and the founder of Alembic Chemical Works in Baroda.
T. S. Srinivasan
T. S. Srinivasan (1922–1979) was an Indian industrialist of the TVS Group, youngest son of founder T. V. Sundram Iyengar, who built its auto-components base and two-wheeler business.
T. V. Sundaram Iyengar
T. V. Sundaram Iyengar, full name Thirukkurungudi Vengaram Sundaram Iyengar, was an Indian businessman of Madurai, Tamil Nadu, who started a bus service in 1911 and founded the enterprise that grew into the TVS Group.
T. V. Sundram Iyengar & Sons
T. V. Sundram Iyengar & Sons (TVS & Sons) is an Indian automobile dealership and distribution company founded in 1911 in Madurai, seed of the TVS Group.
Torrent Group
The Torrent Group is an Ahmedabad-based Indian business house founded by U. N. Mehta, built around Torrent Pharmaceuticals, a branded drug maker, and Torrent Power, a utility serving Gujarat cities.
Tube Investments of India
Tube Investments of India (TII) is a Chennai-based engineering company of the Murugappa Group, founded in 1949, that makes steel tubes, industrial chains, and bicycles, and controls CG Power.
TVS Group
The TVS Group, also known as T.V. Sundaram Iyengar and Sons, is an Indian automotive conglomerate founded in Madurai in 1911 by T. V. Sundram Iyengar.
UltraTech Cement
UltraTech Cement is an Indian cement manufacturer controlled by the Aditya Birla group through Grasim Industries, which acquired Larsen & Toubro's cement business in 2004 and made it India's largest.
Uttambhai Nathalal Mehta
Uttambhai Nathalal Mehta, known as U.N. Mehta (1924–1998), was an Indian businessman who founded the Torrent Group, an Ahmedabad-based conglomerate spanning pharmaceuticals and electric power.
Vellayan Subbiah
Vellayan Subbiah is an Indian executive of the Murugappa Group who chairs Cholamandalam Finance and CG Power, named EY World Entrepreneur of the Year 2024.
Vir S. Advani
Vir S. Advani is an Indian business executive who serves as Chairman and Managing Director of Blue Star Limited, the air conditioning company founded by his grandfather Mohan T Advani in 1943.
Wadia Group
The Wadia Group is a Mumbai-based Parsi family conglomerate founded in 1736, best known for Britannia Industries and Bombay Dyeing and chaired by Nusli Wadia.
Yusuf Hamied
Yusuf K. Hamied, born 1936 in Vilnius, is an Indian pharmaceutical businessman who led Cipla and offered AIDS drugs at $350 per patient per year in 2001.
Zia Mody
Zia Mody is an Indian corporate attorney, co-founder and managing partner of AZB & Partners, ranked No. 1 in Fortune India's most powerful women in business in 2018 and 2019.