Nov 1, 2023, 11:04 AM IST

Successful businessmen who helped build modern India

Riddhima Kanetkar

Dhirubhai Ambani was an Indian businessman who founded Reliance Industries in 1958

Ghanshyam Das Birla was an Indian businessman and member of the Birla Family

Ardeshir Burjorji Sorabji Godrej was an Indian businessman. He co-founded the Godrej Brothers Company, the precursor of the Godrej Group

Govindram Seksaria was an Indian industrialist of the Seksaria family. He is known as the Cotton King of India

Bhai Mohan Singh was a former vice president of the New Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) and was awarded the Padma Shri for his contribution to civic matters

Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata was an Indian pioneer industrialist who founded the Tata Group, India's biggest conglomerate company

Kailash Chandra Mahindra, known as KC Mahindra, was an Indian industrialist, who co-founded Mahindra & Mohammed in 1945 which was later renamed as Mahindra & Mahindra