This document summarizes the history and leadership of the Aditya Birla Group. It describes how the group was founded in the mid-19th century by Seth Shiv Narayan Birla entering cotton and jute. It was then expanded in the early 20th century under Ghanshyamdas Birla into textiles and other industries. Leadership passed to Aditya Vikram Birla in the mid-1900s who expanded internationally and created India's first multinational corporation. Current chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla took over in 1995 and has grown annual revenues from $3.3 billion to $41 billion through global acquisitions. The document outlines the group's current subsidiaries and operations in sectors like cement