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Shiv Nadar
Indian billionaire businessman (born 1945) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Shiv Nadar (born 14 July 1945) is an Indian billionaire businessman and philanthropist.[2] He was the founder and chairman of HCL Technologies, and is chairman of the Shiv Nadar Foundation. Nadar founded HCL in the mid-1970s and transformed the IT hardware company into an IT enterprise over the next three decades.[3] In 2008, Nadar was awarded Padma Bhushan for his efforts in the IT industry.[4] Nadar, nicknamed by friends as Magus (Old Persian for "wizard"),[5] since the mid-1990s he has focused his efforts on developing the educational system of India through the Shiv Nadar Foundation.[6] According to Forbes, He is the 3rd richest person in India and the 30th richest person in the world with an estimated net worth of US$40 billion as of February 2024.[7]
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Born | (1945-07-14) 14 July 1945 (age 78)[1] |
Alma mater | PSG College of Technology |
Occupation(s) | Founder, HCLTech, SSN College of Engineering, Shiv Nadar University, and Shiv Nadar University, Chennai |
Spouse | Kiran Nadar |
Children | Roshni Nadar Malhotra |
Relatives | S. N. Balakrishnan (brother) |
Awards | Padma Bhushan (2008) |