Ratan Tata,
Gautam Adani, Anand Mahindra: Here's how Indian billionaires looked when they
were young

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Indian businessmen Ratan Tata, Gautam Adani, Mukesh Ambani, Azim Premji, Anand Mahindra have shaped the landscape of Indian industry, leaving an indelible mark on their respective domains.

Indian billionaires

Image source: Instagram/ Ratan Tata

Take a journey through time as we uncover rare photographs of Ratan Tata, Gautam Adani, Mukesh Ambani, Azim Premji, Anand Mahindra, and Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, providing a unique glimpse into the lives of these remarkable individuals.

A journey through time

Image source: Instagram/ Ratan Tata

Tata Group is undoubtedly the largest conglomerate of India. Ratan Tata played an important role in Tata Group’s growth. He was the chairman of Tata Group for more than two decades. The revered leader is 85 years of age now.

Ratan Tata

Mukesh Ambani is one of the most successful Indian businessmen in the country and is the richest Indian at present. It was in 1981 that Mukesh Ambani joined his father and started helping him in his business that has now grown it into a huge conglomerate.

Mukesh Ambani

The founder and chairman of Adani Group, Gautam Adani was born in a family of a small textile merchant in Ahmedabad. The billionaire is among the richest Indians. Gautam Adani’s wife Priti Adani who mainly handles Adani Foundation shared a black and white photo of a young Gautam Adani on his 60th birthday.

Gautam Adani

Image source: Twitter/ Priti Adani

One of the most popular Indian businessmen, especially on social media, is Mahindra Group Chairman Anand Mahindra. Sometime back, Anand Mahindra himself shared a photo from his younger days (year -1972) when he was 17-years-old, and used to hitchhike from Bombay (Mumbai) to Poona (Pune).

Anand Mahindra

Image source: Twitter/ Anand Mahindra

The former chairman of Wipro, Azim Premji, also known as the Czar of the Indian IT industry, is known for his generous philanthropic activities. In 2021, Azim Premji’s son Rishad Premji took to Twitter and posted a photo of his father from his younger days. Azim Premji almost looked like an 80s movie hero in the throwback picture

Azim Premji

Image source: Twitter/ Rishad Premji

The founder and chairman of Biocon, Kiran Mazumdar Shaw is one of the richest women in India. The self-made billionaire was just 25 years old when she founded her company in 1978 in the garage of her rented house.

Kiran Mazumdar Shaw

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Aditya Birla Group chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla was not even 30 when he took over the family business in 1995. While Kumar Mangalam himself was 28 when he took the reins, the average age of his employees was more than double his own.

Kumar Mangalam Birla

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