Prestige Constructions’ Irfan Razack combines grandiose plans and a conservative philosophy to run a winning business
Name: Irfan Razack
Age: 58
Profile: CEO of Bangalore-based Prestige Constructions, a company promoted by his family
Rich List Rank: 87
Wealth: $550 million
Did You Know?: The Razack family got into the real estate business while looking to buy property to avoid being taxed after the sale of their family home in the 1980s.
It was 4:20 p.m. on an October evening in 2008, in Bangalore’s Whitefield suburb, when Irfan Razack’s world almost came crashing down.
(This story appears in the 18 November, 2011 issue of Forbes India. To visit our Archives, click here.)