At 74, the Indian-American entrepreneur and philanthropist wants to continue pursuing his passion of building tech companies, and giving back to society
Romesh Wadhwani was born 10 days after India gained Independence in August 1947. He had to leave behind his place of birth, Karachi, now in Pakistan, during Partition, and arrive in Delhi as a refugee, where his family started life afresh. Wadhwani was diagnosed with polio when he was two, a condition he has had to deal with all his life. These challenges have made me even more resilient, says Wadhwani, who, at 74, is one of the world’s richest billionaires. The chairman of SymphonyAI, an enterprise artificial intelligence (AI) firm, and ConcertAI, an AI firm focussed on health care and life sciences, is now worth $4.2 billlion (₹32,000 crore), according to the 2022 Forbes World’s Billionaires List. Wadhwani, who is also the founder of private investment company SAIGroup, has built over 40 companies in his 50-year entrepreneurial journey.
(This story appears in the 06 May, 2022 issue of Forbes India. To visit our Archives, click here.)