Most Famous Indian Business People

47 Indian Business People in view out of 47

Business 47
India 3,791
Lakshmi Mittal
Lakshmi Mittal Indian Business Born 1950
#23,231
Verghese Kurien
Verghese Kurien Indian Entrepreneur 1921 – 2012
#39,151
Subrata Roy
Subrata Roy Indian Business Born 1948
#165,248
Vineet Nayar
Vineet Nayar Indian Manager Born 1962
#186,411
LK
Lakshmi Kant Jha Indian Bank 1913 – 1988
#191,686
Ruchir Sharma
Ruchir Sharma Indian Investor
#275,701
Alagappa Chettiar
Alagappa Chettiar Indian Business 1909 – 1957
#331,005
SJ
Sanjay Jha Indian Business Born 1963
#431,339
Shiv Nadar
Shiv Nadar Indian Business Born 1945
#457,143
Natarajan Chandrasekaran
Natarajan Chandrasekaran Indian Chief Executive Born 1963
#599,917
Mathunny Mathews
Mathunny Mathews Indian Business Born 1936
#730,414
Balkrishna
Balkrishna Indian Business Born 1972
#791,049
Harish Hande
Harish Hande Indian Business
#791,772
OP
Om Prakash Munjal Indian Business 1928 – 2015
#807,525
M. A. Yusuff Ali
M. A. Yusuff Ali Indian Business Born 1955
#815,662
Muhammad Ahmad Said Khan Chhatari
Muhammad Ahmad Said Khan Chhatari Indian Executive 1888 – 1982
#876,490
Joe Madiath
Joe Madiath Indian Business Born 1950
#888,959
VG
V. G. Siddhartha Indian Business Died 2019
#896,786
Azad Moopen
Azad Moopen Indian Business Born 1953
#919,544
Richard Levett
Richard Levett Indian Business Died 1711
#966,629
SS
Sahu Shanti Prasad Jain Indian Entrepreneur 1911 – 1977
#991,892
B. V. Raju
B. V. Raju Indian Industrialist 1920 – 2002
#1,027,575
P. N. C. Menon
P. N. C. Menon Indian Business Born 1948
#1,047,190
R. N. Shetty
R. N. Shetty Indian Entrepreneur Born 1928
#1,049,294
BP
Baburaoji Parkhe Indian Entrepreneur 1912 – 1997
#1,158,439
RB
Rohit Bansal Indian Entrepreneur
#1,177,217
H. Vasanthakumar
H. Vasanthakumar Indian Entrepreneur 1950 – 2020
#1,179,448
SA
Sheetal Amte Indian Entrepreneur
#1,224,666
RG
R. G. Chandramogan Indian Entrepreneur
#1,334,446
NB
Narendra Bansal Indian Business Born 1963
#1,406,216
VA
Vemuri Anjaneya Sarma Indian Merchant 1917 – 2003
#1,410,727
SM
Sabu M Jacob Indian Business
#1,416,914
Srini Raju
Srini Raju Indian Entrepreneur Born 1961
#1,428,332
MO
Motilal Oswal Indian Business
#1,459,520
A. Sivasailam
A. Sivasailam Indian Business 1934 – 2011
#1,525,178
JR
Jagmal Raja Chauhan Indian Industrialist 1887 – 1974
#1,534,684
Shrikant Joshi
Shrikant Joshi Indian Chief Executive Born 1958
#1,577,593
KR
Khora Ramji Chawda Indian Bank 1860 – 1923
#1,649,458
JV
Jairam Valjee Chouhan Indian Business 1892 – 1956
#1,699,563
MG
M George Muthoot Indian Business 1911 – 1993
#1,754,218
Chinnaswami Rajam
Chinnaswami Rajam Indian Business 1882 – 1955
#1,776,634
SN
S. N. Balakrishnan Indian Executive
#2,020,652
U. N. Mehta
U. N. Mehta Indian Business 1923 – 1998
#2,070,220
KN
Karthik Naralasetty Indian Entrepreneur Born 1989
#2,209,232
RG
Rohtas Goel Indian Business Born 1962
#2,271,259
BS
B. Shivaraman Indian Industrialist 1924 – 2002
#2,353,588
DS
Devi Sahai Jindal Indian Industrialist
#2,395,204

By the numbers

Inside India Business People

47 notable people in this slice of the dataset.

Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous india business people born in each.

Notable Births by Decade

Notable births among India Business People peaked in the 1920s with 6 people.

What India Business People Are Known For

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Business are India Business People's biggest group — 51% of all notables (24).

India Business People over-index on business — 97.1× the global rate.

  1. Business24
  2. Entrepreneur10
  3. Industrialist4
  4. Bank2
  5. Chief Executive2
  6. Executive2
  7. Manager1
  8. Investor1
  1. Business2497.1×
  2. Entrepreneur1059.7×

City Hot Spots

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