Most Powerful Business Leaders in India

ANAND MAHINDRA, 55, Industrialist

Under his leadership, the Rs 75,000-crore Mahindra Group with core competence in automobiles has also become a leader in it with the merger of Satyam and Tech Mahindra in 2012 and is making a strong foray into defence after signing joint ventures with an Israeli and an American company at the March 2012 Defexpo. He created Mahindra Rise, a social entrepreneurship initiative where people vote and the best ideas win. Mahindra Racing, the only Indian team to venture into MotoGP, has finished third in the Constructors' Championship in its debut season. He has joined hands with Hollywood legend Robert Redford to promote Indian talent by establishing the annual Sundance Institute Mahindra Global Filmmaking Award.