Rank #262
Ravi Jaipuria
Net worth $12.0B
Soft drinks, fast food · India
- Born
- Nov 28, 1954
- Age
- 71
- Source
- Soft drinks, fast food
- Residence
- Delhi
- Citizenship
- India
- Marital status
- Married
- Children
- 2
- Education
Net worth over time
Biography
- India's cola king, Ravi Jaipuria, presides over RJ Corp. which is into everything from beverages and fast food to healthcare and education.
- His listed flagship Varun Beverages is one of PepsiCo's biggest bottlers outside the U.S.
- The youngest of three brothers, Jaipuria studied in the U.S. and returned home in 1985 to join the family business as a bottler for Coca-Cola.
- After a family division in 1987, in which he got one bottling plant as his share, he switched to PepsiCo.
- His Devyani International, which operates KFC, Pizza Hut and Costa Coffee stores, which got listed in 2021, agreed to merge with rival Sapphire Foods in a $934 million deal in January 2026, creating a fast food giant.
- Varun Beverages is named after his son and Devyani International after his daughter.
- Jaipuria also has a stake in hospital chain Global Health (Medanta), which went public in 2022.
- His son Varun got married in a small ceremony at the family's Delhi home in 2020 amid pandemic lockdown restrictions.
- The Gurgaon-based Pepsi bottler has entered new segments like dairy; sports drinks and fruit juices that are powering its growth.
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