Richest Man in Pune
Like Bangalore and Gurugram, Pune is home to a sizable IT cluster. Pune is the second-biggest city in Maharashtra after Mumbai. Apart from its renown in the IT sector, Pune is a well-known centre for the automotive and pharmaceutical industries.
Here is the List of the Richest Man in Pune:
9. Cyrus Poonawalla
Chairman – Serum Institute of India
Net Worth – $ 21.7 Billion (170000 Cr)
Industry – Pharma
He is the son of Soli Poonawala, who was a horse breeder. Poonawalla founded the Serum Institute of India in 1966 and built it to the largest vaccine manufacturer (by doses) in the world. Serum produces over 1.5 billion doses annually of a range of vaccines, including for measles, polio and flu.
8. Bajaj Family
Chairman – Bajaj Group
Net Worth – $ 14.6 Billion (120000 Cr)
Industry – Auto & Finance
Bajaj Group is an Indian multinational conglomerate founded by Jamnalal Bajaj in Mumbai in 1926.The group comprises 40 companies and its flagship company Bajaj Auto is ranked as the world’s fourth largest two- and three-wheeler manufacturer. The group has involvement in various industries that include automobiles (2- and 3-wheelers), home appliances, lighting, iron and steel, insurance, travel and finance. Bajaj immensely benefited from license Raj due to their affiliation to Ruling dynasty.
7. Abhay Firodia
Chairman – Force Motors, Jaya Hind Industries
Net Worth – $ 3 Billion (24000 Cr)
Industry – Automobiles
Abhay Firodia is chairman of Force Motors, maker of vans, pickup trucks, SUVs and tractors and privately held auto parts firm Jayahind Industries. The company, earlier known as Bajaj Tempo when it was a joint venture with the Bajaj clan, is run by his son Prasan since 2009.
6. Baba Kalyani
Chairman – Bharat Forge, Kalyani Group
Net Worth – $ 2.5 Billion (20000 Cr)
Industry – Engineering
Babasaheb Neelkanth Kalyani is an Indian billionaire businessman who served as the chairman and managing director of Bharat Forge, the Flagship company of the Kalyani Group and the world’s second-largest forgings manufacturer after ThyssenKrupp of Germany.
5. Anu Aga
Chairman – Thermax
Net Worth – $ 1.9 Billion (15000 Cr)
Industry – Engineering
Anu Aga (born 3 August 1942) is an Indian billionaire businesswoman and social worker who led Thermax, an energy and environment engineering business, as its chairperson from 1996 to 2004. She was among the eight richest Indian women, and in 2007 was part of 40 richest Indians by net worth according to Forbes magazine.
4. Ashok Boob & family
Chairman – Clean Science and Technology
Net Worth – $ 1.9 Billion (15000 Cr)
Industry – Specialty chemicals
Ashok Boob runs specialty chemicals maker Clean Science and Technology, a company he founded with his family in 2003. Its chemicals are used in everything from infant food formulas to cosmetics and cereals. It also makes pharma intermediaries which are used in cough syrups and anti-retrovirals. Boob shares his fortune with his younger brother Krishnakumar and nephew Siddharth Sikchi, who are executive directors and help him run the company.
3. Sagar Chordia & family
Chairman – Panchshil Realty
Net Worth – $ 400 Million (3,830 Cr)
Industry – Real Estate
Dynamic and well-connected brothers Atul (pictured) and Sagar Chordia founded Panchshil Realty which has built some of Pune city’s most recent landmarks including a JW Marriott Hotel and a World Trade Center. Upcoming projects: a luxury residential condo designed by Philippe Starck, a Ritz-Carlton Hotel and India’s first Trump Tower. Atul, who has an eye for design, got start as property broker and set up Panchshil in 2002; his brother joined a year later. The duo are building a Bulgari Hotel in the Maldives in their first overseas venture.
2. Rajesh Anirudha Patil & Family
Chairman – Kolte-Patil Developers
Net Worth – $ 120 Million (1000 Cr)
Industry – Real Estate
Rajesh Anirudha Patil presently is Chairman & Joint Managing Director at this company and Chairman & Managing Director at Kolte-Patil Integrated Townships Ltd., a subsidiary of Kolte-Patil Developers Ltd.). He is also on the board of Kolte-Patil I-Ven Townships (Pune) Ltd.
1.Milind Kolte
Chairman – Kolte-Patil Developers
Net Worth – $ 110 Million (900 Cr)
Industry – Real Estate
Mr Milind Kolte holds a degree in Law from the University of Amravati and a degree in Commerce from University of Nagpur. He has a total experience of more than 30 years in Real Estate industry for legal matters, operations, procurement, liaisoning and planning of construction activity.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Who is the richest person in Pune?
Cyrus Poonawalla is the richest in Pune. Cyrus Poonawalla is the owner of Serum Institute of India which produces drugs and has interests in Pharma.
How many Billionaires live in Pune?
There are currently 6 billionaires in dollar terms who live in Pune.
