Industry Titans Radhakishan Damani Chairperson, VST Industries Dubbed the retail king, Radhakishan Damani is an influential Indian investor, entrepreneur, and founder of DMart, a chain of hypermarkets in the South Asian nation. The renowned founder of Avenue Supermarts, which runs almost 336 DMart stores in India, started his journey in Mumbai in 2002. Damani also controls other investment ventures via his company, Bright Star Investments. He holds stakes in VST Industries and India Cement, and his property portfolio includes the 156-room Radisson Blu Resort in Alibag, a popular beachfront getaway near Mumbai. VST Industries is a Hyderabad-based tobacco company established in 1930. It is one of the leading producers of cigarettes in India and is known for its brands such as Charminar, Charms, and Total. Damani has also invested in Chennai Super Kings – an IPL franchise backed by India Cements. You might also like Sunil John Dr. Thumbay Moideen Vidya Chhabria Mohan Valrani K. Rajaram Dr. Adnan Chilwan Sanjiv Kakkar Ram Kumar Thota Raghu Malhotra Sunil Kaushal Atif Rahman Amit Jain Rishi Kapoor Vasu Shroff Anil Pillai Bal Krishen Rohit and Sharad Bachani Raju Ramesh and Sunil Paul Ayesha Depala John Paul Joy Alukkas Geet Bhalla and Digvijay Pratap Snehal and Sunita Hadani Nisha Jagtiani Kunal Kapoor Dino Varkey Ashish Panjabi Joy Alukkas Yogesh Mehta Yusuff Ali M.A. Ravi Pillai Micky Jagtiani Sunny Varkey Sunil Vaswani Shamsheer Vayalil Firoz Merchant Rajen Kilachand Azad Moopen Tony Jashanmal Paras Shahdadpuri Dr. Zulekha Daud Adeeb Ahamed Dhananjay Datar Rizwan Sajan PNC Menon Sima Ved Shaji Ul Mulk Ramesh Prabhakar L.T. Pagarani Ram Buxani Surender Kandhari Sohan Roy Shyam Bhatia