Irfan Razak | |
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Born | 30 October 1953 |
Nationality | Indian |
Occupation | Business |
Employer(s) | Chairman and Managing Director of Prestige Estates Projects Ltd |
Children | one |
Website | www |
Irfan Razack (born 30 October 1953) is an Indian billionaire entrepreneur from Bangalore. He is the Chairman and Managing Director of Prestige Group, one of the reputed property developers in India. [1] [2] According to 2014 Forbes India Rich List, he was the 77th wealthiest Indian, with a personal wealth of $1.23 billion, and Prestige was the second largest listed property firm in India. [3] [4]
He is also the Chairman and Co-Founder of Inventure Academy, Bangalore. [5] He was Honorary secretary of Al-Ameen Educational Society, [6] President of Bangalore Commercial Association (BCA) and Chairman of CREDAI. [1]
He is a Kutchi Memon and has been actively involved in the upliftment of the people of the community through the Kutchi Memon Jamat, Bangalore.[ citation needed ]
He has received many awards for his business excellence such as Real Estate Excellence Award (2008), Best Developer Award (2009) by Karnataka State Town Planning Development and Entrepreneur Extraordinirine Award (2010) by Builders Association of India and Confederation of Real Estate Developers Association of India. [7]
As per Forbes list of India’s 100 richest tycoons, dated OCTOBER 09, 2024, Irfan Razack & siblings are ranked 49th with a net worth of $6 Billion. [8]
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