4. Ghanshyam Das Birla’s Birla Supremacy

Current Inheritor: Kumar Mangalam Birla

Split: Into various operations

One of the oldest entrepreneurial family with an existence of 155 years, Birla family has a vast structure and business module. Though its seed investment can be tracked to early 1800’s the first recorded investment is of Rs 50 lakhs during the year 1919. Birla group has been split into various successful operations like Steel, Information technology, Education, Textiles, Publication, Lifestyle, Travel & Power, Financial service and Infrastructure etc. The company has recorded whopping profits and as of 2012 Aditya Birla group alone has $40 billion as revenue. This company including its sister concerns and other trusts put together can be worth many billions. Its operation is well split and divided for its improvised performance and revenue growth.