Rajnikant Shroff

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Rajnikant Shroff
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Born
Rajnikant Devidas Shroff

Vapi, Gujarat, India
NationalityIndian
CitizenshipIndia
Alma mater Guru Nanak Khalsa College, Bombay University
Occupation(s)Businessperson, Founder & Chairman of UPL
Organization UPL Limited
Known forPioneering Red phosphorus manufacturing in India
Awards Padma Bhushan, 2021
Order of the Aztec Eagle, 2018

Rajnikant Devidas Shroff, also known as Rajju Shroff, is an Indian businessperson [1] [2] and billionaire, who is the founder and chairman of UPL Limited. In 2020, he was ranked as the #93 richest person in India, with a net worth of $1.5 billion, according to Forbes. [3] The Government of India conferred him India's third highest civilian award the Padma Bhushan in 2021. [4] [5] [6]

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Early life

He was born in Kutch, Gujarat. He pioneered Red phosphorus manufacturing in India by setting up UPL Limited in Mumbai in 1969. [7] He is Chemistry graduate from the Bombay University. [8] He has been listed in the Forbes India's Tycoons of Tomorrow 2018. [9]

In September 2018, Shroff received the Orden Mexicana del Águila Azteca (Mexican Order of the Aztec Eagle), the highest Mexican order awarded by the Mexican government to foreigners in recognition of outstanding services to Mexico or to humanity. [10]

Awards and recognition

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References

  1. ↑ John, Nevin (1 January 2017). "The Acquirer". Business Today.
  2. ↑ "Some Stumbled, To Rise Again". Business World. 19 August 2019.
  3. 1 2 "#93 Rajju Shroff". Forbes . 2020.
  4. ↑ "UPL's Rajnikant Shroff only industrialist to be conferred Padma Bhushan". FNB News. 1 February 2020.
  5. ↑ "UPL's Shroff, Lijjat Papad founder among six Padma winners from Maharashtra". Mumbai Mirror. 25 January 2021.
  6. 1 2 3 Media, Maneesh (19 April 2019). Jewels of Gujarat: Sandra & Rajnikant 'Rajju' Devidas Shroff.
  7. 1 2 "UPL Chief Shroff, 4 others get Padma awards for trade and industry". Siasat. 26 January 2021.
  8. ↑ "Rajnikant Shroff Who Made Billions By Manufacturing Farm Chemicals Got Padma Bhushan". The Dialogue. 27 January 2021.
  9. 1 2 "Tycoons of Tomorrow: Roll of honour". Forbes India . 21 September 2018.
  10. 1 2 "Highest Mexican honour for Indian businessman". The Sunday Guardian. 22 September 2018.
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