Industry Titans Shiv Nadar Founder and Chairman, HCL Technologies Indian IT pioneer Shiv Nadar, co-founded HCL Technologies in a garage in 1976 with five friends, and a modest investment of $2,300. The fledgling company, initially focused on making calculators and microprocessors, received a significant boost from the Uttar Pradesh government, which provided a $24,600 grant in exchange for a 26 per cent stake. This arrangement marked HCL as the country’s first public-private partnership. Today, HCL Technologies boasts a revenue of $13.4bn and is among India’s leading software services providers. Under Nadar’s leadership, the company expanded its reach to over 44 countries, including the UK, the US, France, and Germany. In July 2020, Nadar stepped down as chairman of HCL Technologies, passing the mantle to his daughter, Roshni Nadar Malhotra. He now serves as chairman emeritus and strategic advisor. As one of India’s foremost philanthropists, Nadar has donated $1.1bn to the Shiv Nadar Foundation, which supports education-related initiatives. 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