The Wealth Of Great Indian Entrepreneurs, Where is it?


Bangalore: They politely inherit but end up snatching each other’s wealth, as seen in most of the cases especially in Indian family businesses. Every day we wake up reading on how a brother from the same family sues his sister in another business, how the brothers turn faces and walk past each other or even how a father spends his inherited wealth with a luxurious living in the Maldives.

We may find all this interesting to some extent but at last we are all humans. We are concerned and worried about our society and the rich entrepreneurial wealth the country had once. We are still proud to mention some of India’s great entrepreneurs but the pitch drops down when we discuss about the current status and condition of their wealth and fame.  Here is a list of few entrepreneurs and what happen to their wealth and goodwill.

1. Dhirubhai Ambani’s Reliance Empire

Children: Mukesh Ambani, Anil Ambani, Nina Kothari and Deepti Salgaonkar

Split: Yes

It all happened very fast after the duo – Mukesh Ambani and Anil Ambani inherited the wealth from their father. Though they have two sisters, they have hardly had any issues or issues as popular as that of their brothers. This business was in existence since 46 years but the world had to see it split due to various reasons and fights between the brothers.

Today, these brothers have their own entrepreneurial kingdoms. Anil Ambani is the chairman of Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group and Mukesh Ambani is the chairman & MD of Reliance Industries. The company started with a seed capital of 14,000 but as of 2012 the collective net worth of both the businesses are $30.1 billion. This figure could have probably been double with their collective hard work but it had to find a narrow way and settle with something lesser than what we imagined.

The entire country wished and prayed that these brothers worked together bringing up their family business along with the country’s name and fame.