Rank #99
Shiv Nadar
Net worth $25.7B
Software services · India
- Born
- Jul 18, 1945
- Age
- 80
- Source
- Software services
- Residence
- Delhi
- Citizenship
- India
- Marital status
- Married
- Children
- 1
- Education
- Bachelor of Arts/Science, PSG College of Technology
Net worth over time
Biography
- Indian IT pioneer Shiv Nadar cofounded HCL in a garage in 1976 to make calculators and microprocessors with five friends.
- Today, his $14.5 billion (revenue) HCL Technologies is among India's largest software services providers.
- In 2020, he stepped down as chairman of HCL Technologies, handing over the position to his daughter, Roshni Nadar Malhotra. He's now chairman emeritus and strategic advisor.
- HCL Technologies, which employs over 226,000 people in 60 countries worldwide, hires high school grads and trains them on the job.
- In March 2025, Nadar transferred a chunk of shares in his investments companies that hold shares in the listed flagship to his daughter Roshni as part of his succession planning.
- One of India's leading philanthropists, Nadar has donated $1.1 billion to his Shiv Nadar Foundation, which backs education-related causes.
- Nadar's education was primarily in the south Indian language of Tamil, and he didn't start speaking much English until age 22.
- Nadar's wife Kiran, who is an avid art collector, has two private art museums in Delhi that showcase her vast collection.
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