Family Business  

Rafique Malik transformed his father's small shoe shop into Metro Brands, India's largest footwear retailer. This is his inspiring success story.

Saurabh Gadgil transformed the 192-year-old family business, PN Gadgil Jewellers, into a billion-dollar company, with Salman Khan and Madhuri Dixit as brand ambassadors.

From Ambanis to Birlas, here are the top 7 most valuable business families in India as per the 2024 Barclays Private Clients Hurun India Most Valuable Family Businesses. 

Kannav Thukral worked for three years at a company while also assisting his father in the family business. Eventually, he left his business to fully commit to the business. Realizing the potential in his business idea, he decided to establish a factory in Sonipat, Haryana, and began manufacturing feature phones.

Kuldip Singh Dhingra and Gurbachan Singh Dhingra are examples of hard work and resilience. They believed in their business ventures, and from a few shops in Amritsar, it has now transformed into a global billion-dollar empire, Berger Paints. 

Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant's pre-wedding celebrations created a lot of buzz. Ambani is a powerful family in India and has many ties with other business families like Mittals, Kotharis, and Piramal. 

After the demise of Cyrus Mistry, Rohiqa Mistry inherited her husband’s stake in the family business and achieved the billionaire status. Presently, her net worth is estimated to be around USD 9.3 billion which is equivalent to Rs 7.72,03,71,75,000.

Neeraj Chopra was operating his family business in Hong Kong since he was 18. Due to some circumstances, he returned to India in 2012. Neeraj launched a new business in India. He began importing power banks and distributing them nationwide. He worked on a new idea and started repairing and selling old mobile phones. He sold around 100 mobiles in the first month and gradually the sales increased to 20 to 25 thousand mobiles each month. Neeraj Chopra’s company is now valued at more than Rs 50 crore.

Subhash Chandra is a politician, and the Chairman of Essel Group. In the year 1992, along with Li Ka Shing, he started India's first Hindi language cable channel ‘Zee TV’. In the year 2005, he launched a newspaper - DNA (Daily News and Analysis) with Dainik Bhaskar Group.