List of Indian entrepreneurs
This is an incomplete list of Indian entrepreneurs and businesspeople.
- Aditya Jha, Canadian entrepreneur, philanthropist and philosopher; Active in Canadian public affairs
- Anant Koppar, founder, and former president, of Kshema Technologies
- Brijmohan Lall Munjal (1923- ), founder of The Hero Group, which owns Hero Motors
- Capt. G. R. Gopinath, founder of Air Deccan, vice-chairman of Kingfisher Red
- Dhirubhai Ambani (1933–2002), founder of Reliance Industries
- G. Kuppuswamy Naidu, founder of Lakshmi Mills
- Ghanshyam Das Birla (1894–1983), prominent member of the Birla family
- Imran Iliyas Momin, Founder & Executive Director of Nimble Resources Pvt. Ltd.
- J. C. Mahindra, co-founder of the Mahindra Group
- J.R.D. Tata, founder of Air India and Chairman of the Tata Group for 52 years.
- Jamsetji Tata (1839–1904), pioneering Indian industrialist, founder of the Tata Group of companies
- K. C. Mahindra, co-founder of the Mahindra Group
- K.M. Mammen Mappillai, founder of Madras Rubber Factory (MRF)
- Karsanbhai Patel (1945- ), founder of the Nirma Group
- Kasturbhai Lalbhai (1894–1980), textile baron, founder of Arvind Mills
- Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw (1953- ), founder of Biocon, the first biotechnology company in India
- N. R. Narayana Murthy (1946- ), co-founder of Infosys Technologies
- Raj Anand (1982-), founder of the Kwiqq and winner of Business Week Europe's Young Entrepreneur 2007
- Ramjibhai Kamani (1888-1966), founder of Kamani Engineering Corporation, India's first electric power transmission company.
- Ramji Raghavan (1958- ), Social Entrepreneur, founder of Agastya International Foundation
- Rashesh Shah (1963- ), Founder, CEO & Chairman, Edelweiss Financial Services, India's leading finanicial services company
- Sabeer Bhatia (1968- ), co-founder of Hotmail
- Sam Pitroda (1942- ), inventor, entrepreneur, policymaker
- Subhash Chandra (1950- ), chairman of the Essel Group, launched Zee TV, the first Hindi satellite television channel
- Suhas Gopinath (1986- ), notable for founding Globals Inc., an Information Technology (IT) company, at age 14
- Sunil Mittal (1957- ), chairman and managing director of Bharti Enterprises
- T. V. Sundaram Iyengar (1877–1955), founder of the TVS Group
- Urvesh Vasani (1995- ), best known for founding Six Inch Nails Group at age 13.
- Venkat Rangan, Founder of Yodlee.com and Vice Chancellor of Amrita University
- Vijay Mallya (b. 1955), chairman of the United Breweries Group and Kingfisher Airlines, member of the upper house of the Indian Parliament, and owner of several sports franchises and teams {Bangalore Royal Challengers}
- Vishal Gondal (b. 1976), founder of Indiagames
- Vivin Varghese Meleadan (b. 1988), co-founder of MVS Info Tech
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