Rajnikant Shroff net worth
Current Net Worth – $1.3 Billion (USD – 130 Crores), (Rupees – 10,873 Crores)
Rajnikant Shroff short biography
| Net Worth | $1.3 Billion |
|---|---|
| Born | 1934 (Age – 90) |
| Identified as | Founder and Chairman UPL Limited |
| Status | Indian Businessman |
| Education | Bombay University, Bachelor of Arts / Science |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Residence | Mumbai, Indian |
| Spousal status | Married |
| Wife | Sandra Shroff |
| Children | 3 |
Rajnikant Devidas Shroff has a net worth of $1.3 Billion (USD – 130 Crores), (Rupees – 10,873 Crores), making him one of the Top 100 Richest men in India.
He is also known as Rajju Shroff, who is the promoter and chairman of UPL Limited.
In 2021, Shroff will be the only industrialist to win the Padma Bhushan. He is known as India’s “Crop Protection King.”
Insecticides, fungicides, and seeds are among the products offered by UPL.
Shroff is opposed to the government’s decision to prohibit the use of 27 pesticides on cotton and grape plants.
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Rajnikant Shroff biography
| Full Name | Rajnikant Devidas Shroff |
| Birthplace | Gujarat, India |
| Height | 5,5 feet, 167 cm |
| Weight | 78 Kg |
| Father | N/A |
| Mother | N/A |
Rajnikant Shroff was born in 1934 in the Gujarati town of Kutch. He is now 87 years old.
UPL became one of the world’s leading agrochemical firms since its $4.2 billion purchase of Arysta Life Sciences in 2018.
Education
He had received a Bachelor of Arts/Science degree from Bombay University.
Career
In 1969, he pioneered red phosphorus manufacturing in India by establishing UPL Limited in Mumbai. He graduated from Bombay University with a degree in Chemistry. He was named one of Forbes India’s Tycoons of Tomorrow in 2018.
Private & early life
Jai Shroff, Shroff’s older sibling, is the company’s CEO and Vice-Chairman.
Awards
| Year | Award |
|---|---|
| 2010 | Indian Chemical Council presented him with the Lifetime Achievement Award |
| 2013 | Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award |
| 2018 | Forbes India’s Tycoons of the Future |
| 2018 | The Mexican government issued the Orden Mexicana del guila Azteca |
| 2020 | Forbes ranks him as the 93rd richest individual in India |
| 2021 | Padma Bhushan |
Net worth statistics
- March 2017 – $1.4 B
- March 2018 – $1.5 B
- March 2019 – $1.6 B
- April 2021 – $1.7 B
- April 2022 – $1.8 B
- April 2023 – $1.7 B
- April 2024 – $1.1 B
