Shiv Nadar
Shiv Nadar (born 14 July 1945) is an Indian billionaire businessman and philanthropist. 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. In 2008, Nadar was awarded Padma Bhushan for his efforts in the IT industry. Nadar, nicknamed by friends as Magus (Old Persian for "wizard"), since the mid-1990s he has focused his efforts on developing the educational system of India through the Shiv Nadar Foundation. According to Forbes, He is the 3rd richest person in India and the 35th richest person in the world with an estimated net worth of US$38 billion as of February 2024.
Shiv Nadar | |
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| Born | 14 July 1945 |
| 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) |
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