Entrepreneurs Quiz

2.  Owner of over $17 billion in 2013 according
to Forbes, Azim Premji has nurtured Wipro for
more than four decades of diversification to
emerge as one of the leading software
companies in India today. Premji is also
known for his philanthropic work.

4.  Laskhmi Mittal’s company is one of the
leading steel manufacturers in the world. He
is one of the most powerful and richest men
in the world and owns one of the most
luxurious and expensive house in London.

6.  Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani is the
current chairman of the UPA government’s
flagship programme Unique Identification
Authority of India that aims to give Aadhaar
cards to every citizen.

8.  Shiv Nadar is an Indian entrepreneur who
founded HCL Infosystems that saw his
personal wealth zoom to $8.5 billion in 2012
and was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 2008
for his work in the IT field. His foundation
takes an active interest in developing the
education system in India.

10.  Anand Burman along with his brother Amit
have revolutionised the Dabur company in
their roles as chairman and vice-chairman
respectively, so much so that the company is
today India’s largest Ayurvedic medicine
manufacturer.

12.  The Ruia brothers founded Essar Group in
1969 and operate in the steel, oil and gas,
power, shipping, communications and
minerals in over five continents. The brothers
were named as one of the richest Indians with
a combined net worth of $7 billion in 2012

14.  JRD Tata may have been born in Paris but his
greatest contribution to the world was
creating the salt to software company Tata. In
his lifetime, he created some of the most
well-known companies such as Voltas, Tata
Tea, Titan, Tata Motors and TCS and even Air
India.

16.  The Bansal brothers are the founders of the
mega hit e-commerce venture Flipkart that
was founded in 2007. Starting with books,
the website now sells almost everything
under the sun and will forever be known as
the website that got middle-class Indians
addicted to online shopping

18.  After leaving a cushy job doing marketing for
Horlicks, Sanjeev Bikhchandani began
Naukri.com that quickly became the biggest
job portal in India. Bikhchandani is a multi-
millionaire today with over Rs 722 crore in his
and his wife’s name.

20.  The King of Good Times may be going
through a rough patch after the grounding of
Kingfisher Airlines but his larger-than-life
lifestyle and interest in sports and fashion are
still looked at with envy and aspiration by
other entrepreneurs.

22.  Harsh Mariwala’s company Marico is the
country’s leading maker of hair oil and
cooking oil. It’s flagship brands Saffola and
Parachute are sold in 25 countries in Asia and
Africa. Mariwala recently announced non-
profit venture Ascent to mentor young
entrepreneurs.

24.  Current position: CFO, Pepsico
Indra Nooyi,56, is the current chairman and CFO of the second
largest food and beverage business, PepsiCo.
Born in Chennai, Indra did her Bachelor’s in Science from Madras
Christian College in 1974 and a Post Graduate Diploma in
Management (MBA) from Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta
in 1976.
Beginning her career in India, Nooyi held product manager
positions at Johnson & Johnson and textile firm Mettur Beardsell.
Nooyi joined PepsiCo in 1994 and was named president and CFO in
2001.
She has been conferred with prestigious Padma Bhushan for her
business achievements and being an inspiration to India’s
corporate leadership.

26.  Current position: CMD, Biocon
Kiran,59, is the founder Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Biocon Limited.
Born in Bangalore, Shaw completed her Bachelors in Zoology from Mount Carmel
College, Bangalore University. She later did her post-graduation in Malting and
Brewing from Ballarat College, Melbourne University.
She worked as a trainee brewer in Carlton and United Breweries, Melbourne and as
a trainee maltster at Barrett Brothers and Burston, Australia.
She started Biocon in 1978 and spearheaded its evolution from an industrial enzymes
manufacturing company to a fully integrated bio-pharmaceutical company.
Today Biocon under Shaw’s leadership has established itself as a leading player in
biomedicine research with a focus on diabetes and oncology.
Kiran is also a member of the board of governors of the prestigious Indian School of
Business and Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad.
Kiran received the prestigious Padma Shri (1989) and the Padma Bhushan (2005) from
the government of India

28.  Current position: MD & CEO – ICICI Bank
Chanda Kochar, 51, is currently the MD & CEO of india’s
largest private bank ICICI Bank.
Rajasthan born chanda got Masters Degree in Management
Studies from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management
Studies, Mumbai. She received the Wockhardt Gold Medal
for Excellence in Management Studies as well as the J. N.
Bose Gold Medal in Cost Accountancy.
Chanda Kochhar is married to Deepak Kochhar, a wind
energy entrepreneur and her Business schoolmate.

30.  Current position: MD, HP-India
A woman with ‘never-say-die’ spirit, Neelam Dhawan is presently the Managing
Director of Hewlett-Packard (HP), India.
Neelam is an iconic figure in Indian IT industry . She is an inspiration for women
working in IT sector. She dared to enter the IT world in early 1980s when there
were just a handful of women in this industry.
At the start of her career she yearned to be a part of major players in the FMCG
space such as Asian Paints and Hindustan Lever.
Unfortunately, these organizations did not want a woman to be a part of their
marketing and sales efforts and hence she was rejected at the time.
But a determined Neelam refused to give up and fought back with laurels galore.
Before joining HP, India as Managing Director (MD) , Neelam was Managing
Director (MD) of Microsoft, India.
She had successful and rewarding stints with other leading players like IBM and
HCL.

32.  He is the founder and CEO of Facebook, which he
started in his college dorm room in 2004 with
roommates Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes.
 Zuckerberg is responsible for setting the overall
direction and product strategy for the company.
He leads the design of Facebook's service and
development of its core technology and
infrastructure. Mark studied computer science at
Harvard University before moving the company to
Palo Alto, California.

34.  (born October 28, 1955) is an American business magnate,
philanthropist, investor, computer programmer, and inventor.Gates
is the former chief executive and chairman of Microsoft, the world’s
largest personal-computer software company, which he co-founded
with Paul Allen.
 He is consistently ranked in the Forbes list of the world's wealthiest
people and was the wealthiest overall from 1995 to 2009—excluding
2008, when he was ranked third; in 2011 he was the wealthiest
American and the world's second wealthiest person. According to
the Bloomberg Billionaires List, Gates became the world's richest
person again in May 2013, a position that he last held on the list in
2007. As of June 2014, he is still the richest.

36.  was born in San Francisco, California, on February
24, 1955, to two University of Wisconsin graduate
students who gave him up for adoption. Smart but
directionless, Jobs experimented with different
pursuits before starting Apple Computers with
Steve Wozniak in 1976. Apple's revolutionary
products, which include the iPod, iPhone and iPad,
are now seen as dictating the evolution of modern
technology. He died in 2011, following a long
battle with pancreatic cancer.