Lists
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Vineeta Singh: Sugar Cosmetics, and the passion for the impossible
Sugar cosmetics is Singh's third startup, and one that she is determined to make ubiquitous in Indian women's makeup kits
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Soumya Rajan: The financial advisor of the rich
Waterfield Advisors' Rajan identified a market niche and gap in the wealth advisory business catering to family businesses and UNHIs. Her two goals: Being a global firm, and helping women with money
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How we found the superwomen of Forbes India W-Power 2021
The list strives to feature women who have taken charge, coped with crises and scripted success. It is my no means exhaustive but it is representative of women from diverse fields like business and science, entertainment to social impact and sports
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Wealth builds wealth: The 2021 Forbes India Rich List in numbers
India's 100 richest added over $325 billion to their cumulative wealth in the second year of the pandemic, taking the grand total to $775 billion. Mukesh Ambani remained the reigning king—ranked No 1 since 2008. Meet the dropouts, richest women, the youngest and the oldest billionaires
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Rakesh Jhunjhunwala: The incorrigible India optimist
Billionaire investor, often known as the Big Bull, on his best trading year and why India's best is yet to come
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Cleaner chemistry: Ashok Boob, and turning entrepreneur at 54
By focusing on a differentiated manufacturing process Ashok Boob's Clean Science and Technology has grown rapidly and has a long runway ahead
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How Arvind Lal built a single lab into India's most valuable diagnostic services powerhouse
Lal wanted to be a fighter pilot in the navy but destiny had other plans. Today, with Lal PathLabs, he is at the forefront of a health tech revolution seventy years after his father started the company as a single private diagnostic lab in New Delhi
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From Lohar chawl to Sewri, to $3.6 billion net worth: Inder Jaisinghani's journey to the Forbes India Rich List
Like every other business, Polycab India's Jaisinghanis battled the Covid-19 storm but despite that Inder became one of the six newcomers on the list in a turbulent year. A look at how the family is future proofing the business
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India's 100 richest: There's a party at the top
India's richest business families saw gains in wealth in the past year. The cheer is likely to continue with a gradual normalisation of demand and spending, and a sustained economic revival in sight
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Clean Science's Ashok Boob debuts on India Rich List
Instead of thinking about retiring at 54, Ashok Boob set up Clean Science and Technology to work on cleaner and catalytic technologies to make specialty chemicals, a booming sector in India. It propelled him to the 100 richest Indians club. Find out how in our cover story
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Polycab India's Inder Jaisinghani makes his debut on Forbes India Rich List
Even after a major hit due to Covid-19 last year, Polycab India maintained market leadership in its wires and cables business, and has now embarked on a multiyear transformational journey with an aim to cross Rs 200 billion in sales by FY26