49. SAMEER GEHLAUT        AND RAJIV RATTAN
  33 and 34, ENTREPRENEURS
 

Big Buy: Pyramid Retail for Rs 200 crore and two business jets—a Bombardier Challenger 604 and Citation Bravo in the last one year.

 



Personal Quirks: While Sameer hates eating “khaana” with a knife and fork, Rajiv is uncomfortable attending social dos.

 

 
 
EMERGING BULLS
 

Because in just eight years, the young IITians have made Indiabulls the largest and most valuable online and retail brokerage firm in the country, commanding a market valuation of Rs 43,000 crore this year, a turnover of over Rs 1,200 crore in 2007 and a projected profit of Rs 1,400 crore this year. Because they are now venturing into telecom, power, retail, multiplexes, mutual funds and private equity. Because L.N. Mittal, who invested about Rs 4 crore in the company in 2000, has made more than 300 times his investment. Because some of their largest shareholders are the biggest financial institutions of the world. Because at 33 and 34, they are worth Rs 6,000 crore and Rs 3,000 crore, respectively.

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