Jaiprakash Gaur

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Jaiprakash Gaur (born c.1930) is an Indian entrepreneur. He founded and, until his retirement in 2010, was the chairman of Jaypee Group, a conglomerate with a heavy emphasis on engineering and construction (particularly for infrastructure and power projects), cement, and hydropower production. In 2012 he was ranked by Forbes magazine as the 70th-richest person in India, with an estimated net worth of US$855 million. [1] Gaur has been associated with the construction industry for more than five decades. [2]

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Early life

Gaur was born in the village Chitta near Bulandshahr in present Uttar Pradesh. [3] His father was an agricultural inspector in the British government and worked as a serviceman in Beej Godam, Pakki sarai at Anupshahr. He completed his secondary education from LDAV Inter college Anupshahr. After graduating as a civil engineer from the University of Roorkee, he worked as junior engineer in the Uttar Pradesh state irrigation department, [4] [5] but was suspended from the department on charges of corruption. [6]

Career

After graduation, Gaur joined the state government's irrigation department as a junior engineer. [7] Subsequently he started his own venture as a civil contractor. [5] [8] Two decades later, he laid the foundation for the Jaypee Group by setting up Jaiprakash Associates, a civil engineering and construction company. [8] [9] To leave a secure government job and pursue contractorship in 1958, when it was considered to be most prestigious, required courage. In 1967, he led and transformed a motley group of persons into a company which took pride in its cable address "Iron Will" and went on to execute:

In 2010 he was ranked by Forbes magazine as the 48th-richest person in India, with an estimated wealth of US$1.5 billion. [7]

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  5. 1 2 "History". Jaypee Group. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
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  7. 1 2 Karmali, Naazneen (ed.). "India's Richest: #48 - Jaiprakash Gaur". Forbes. Retrieved 29 September 2010.
  8. 1 2 3 "Entrepreneur of the Year: Jaiprakash Gaur". Ernst & Young. Archived from the original on 12 December 2009. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
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