Entrepreneurs

Sam Pitroda

Telecom engineer and inventor credited with India’s telecom revolution

Born 1942

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

Founder of Biocon and pioneer of Indian biotechnology

Born 1953

Garima Arora

Chef; first Indian woman to earn a Michelin star

Shiv Nadar

Founder of HCL and one of India’s leading philanthropists

Born 1945

Nandan Nilekani

Infosys co-founder and architect of Aadhaar

Born 1955

N. R. Narayana Murthy

Founder of Infosys and pioneer of India’s IT services industry

Born 1946

Gautam Adani

Founder and chairman of the Adani Group

Born 1962

Dhirubhai Ambani

Founder of Reliance Industries

1932 – 2002