Tatas, Birlas, Ambanis 10 Industrialists Who Shaped India Inc

JRD Tata Over five decades, JRD steered Tata Group's expansion across sectors like chemicals, automobiles, tea, and IT

Ghanshyam Das Birla A Gandhian entrepreneur born in 1894, who pioneered India's first jute mill in 1919 and expanded into textiles, aluminium, fertilisers, cement, and more

Dhirubhai Ambani Founded Reliance Commercial Corporation in 1958, expanded into petrochemicals and built the world's largest grassroots refinery

Rahul Bajaj He took charge of Bajaj Group in 1972 and propelled Bajaj Auto's growth, introducing popular models like Chetak and Bajaj Super

Rama Prasad Goenka A takeover specialist, established RPG Enterprises. His savvy acquisitions in the 1980s, including CEAT, KEC, Searle India, and more.

R C Bhargava After 25 years as IAS, he joined Maruti in 1981 as its marketing director. Under his guidance, Suzuki formed a JV with the government

Yusuf Hamied Cipla's chairman, transformed India's pharmaceutical industry. His efforts led to India's 1972 patent law change, enabling generic production of patented medicines

Hinduja Brothers Founded in 1914 by Parmanand Hinduja in Pakistan, the Hinduja family expanded globally. Their diversified investments include Ashok Leyland and IndusInd Bank stakes

NR Narayana Murthy Known as the father of India's IT sector, co-founded Infosys in 1981. He pioneered the Global Delivery Model, making India a software back-office leader

Azim Hashim Premji Taking over in 1966, Premji diversified Wipro into software, making it a global IT giant. Under his leadership, Wipro's market cap reached around $35 billion.