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LEGACY CARRIED FORWARD!! India’s 12 business tycoons groom children to be future ready The corporate world in India had always at some point of time has seriously thought over succession issues. The interesting fact remains that whether India’s most well known business families have foun

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LEGACY CARRIED FORWARD!!
India’s 12 business tycoons groom children to be future ready
The corporate world in India had always at some point of time has seriously thought over succession issues. The interesting fact remains that whether India’s most well known business families have found a suitable successor or not, all are run very professionally both by members of the family who carry the legacy forward and the professionals hired from outside to run the conglomerates. Whispersinthecorridors.com compiled and list of India’s top corporates to find out who is taking their parents’ legacy forward. Here is the list:
 
1. RIL Chairman Mukesh Ambani
 
 
 
 
RIL Chairman Mukesh Ambani’s son Akash Ambani works as Chief Strategist for the Reliance Jio Infocomm helped by sister Isha.
Anant Ambani is managing company’s refinery and petrochem business as well as sporting ventures.
 
 
 
 
 
 
2. Reliance ADAG Chairman Anil Ambani
 
 
 
 
Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (ADAG) Chairman Anil Ambani’s sons Anmol and Anshul Ambani are Non Executive directors on the Board of Reliance Infrastructure Ltd.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
3. Tata group Chairman Emeritus Ratan Tata is a bachelor and the company is run by executives from outside Tata family.
 
 
 
 
 
4. Adani Group Chairman Gautam Adani
 
 
 
 
Adani Group Chairman Gautam Adani’s son Karan Adani is the CEO of Adani Ports & SEZ Ltd.
 
 
 
 
Jeet Adani, Gautam Adani’s younger son is Vice President , Group Finance at Adani Enterprises.
 
 
 
 
Nephew Pranav Adani is the MD of Adani Wilmar Ltd.
 
5. Mahindra & Mahindra Group Chairman Anand Mahindra
Mahindra & Mahindra Group Chairman Anand Mahindra Both of Anand Mahindra’s daughters are settled in the United States. 
 
6. Bajaj Group Chairman Rahul Bajaj
 
 
 
 
Rahul Bajaj’s elder son Rajiv Bajaj manages Bajaj Auto while younger son Sanjiv Bajaj manages Bajaj FinServ.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
7. Infosys Co-Founder N R Narayana Murthy
 
 
 
Rohan Narayana Murty is the founder and Chief Technical Officer of a digital transformation company, Soroco, specialised in automation using Artificial intelligence sources.
 
Akshata Murthy launched her own clothing line.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
8. Aditya Birla Group Chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla
 
 
 
 
Kumar Mangalam Birla, the Chairman of Aditya Birla Group’s son, Aryaman Birla plays for the Ranji Trophy team in Madhya Pradesh .Will he become successor of his father for managing the large empire?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
9. Vedanta Group Chairman Anil Agarwal
 
 
 
 
Vedanta Group Chairman Anil Agarwal’s son Agnivesh Agarwal is the Chairman of company’s power subsidiary Talwandi Sabo Power. He is also CMD of Fujairah Gold FZC an arm of Vedanta Group. He is on the Board of atleast 14 other companies. Daughter Priya Agarwal is an Additional and Non Executive Director with Vedanta Ltd.
 
 
 
 
 
10.  Wipro Group Founder Azim Premji
 
 
 
 
Rishad Premji is the son of the Wipro Ltd Chairman Azim Premji and was named as the successor of his father and has taken over as Chairman of Wipro in July 2019.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
11. HCL Chairman Shiv Nadar
 
 
 
 
Roshni Nadar Malhotra is ED & CEO of HCL Enterprise. She is Shiv Nadar’s only child. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
12. Piramal Group Chairman Ajay Piramal
 
 
 
 
Radhika Piramal, Daughter of Ajay Piramal, Chairman of Piramal group is the Managing Director of VIP Industries.
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