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Kumar Mangalam Birla was born on 14 June, 1967 in Calcutta, West Bengal, India (now Kolkata), is an Indian industrialist (born 1967). Discover Kumar Mangalam Birla's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 56 years old?

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Age 56 years old
Zodiac Sign Gemini
Born 14 June 1967
Birthday 14 June
Birthplace Calcutta, West Bengal, India (now Kolkata)
Nationality India

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Who Is Kumar Mangalam Birla's Wife?

His wife is Neerja Birla (m. 1989)

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Parents Aditya Vikram Birla and Rajashree Birla
Wife Neerja Birla (m. 1989)
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Children 3 (including Ananya Birla, Aryaman Birla)

Kumar Mangalam Birla Net Worth

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Net Worth in 2024 7.7 billion USD (2020)
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1967

Kumar Mangalam Birla (born 14 June 1967) is an Indian billionaire industrialist, philanthropist, and the chairman of the Aditya Birla Group, one of the largest conglomerates in India.

He is the chancellor of the Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani and ex-chairman of Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad.

According to Forbes, he has an estimated net worth of US$17.6 billion, as of October 2023 making him the 7th richest person in India.

1992

He later studied at London Business School and was awarded Master of Business Administration from University of London in 1992.

He is also an honorary fellow at LBS.

He is a chartered accountant from Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI).

1995

Birla took over as chairman of the Aditya Birla Group in 1995, at the age of 28, following the death of his father Aditya Vikram Birla.

During his tenure as chairman, the group's annual turnover has increased from US$2 Billion in 1995 to US$45 billion in 2021.

Today, the group is present in 36 countries across six continents with over 50% of its revenues coming from overseas operations.

A fourth generation member of the Birla Family from Pilani, Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan Kumar Birla was born in Kolkata and grew up in a joint family in Mumbai with his parents Aditya Vikram Birla and Rajashree Birla and younger sister Vasavadatta Birla.

He did his high school from Sydenham College of Commerce and Economics and a bachelor's degree from H.R. College of Commerce and Economics of the University of Mumbai.

In 1995, Kumar Mangalam Birla took over the family business and consolidated all the group companies under the brand – Aditya Birla Group (ABG).

2000

Birla acquired Indian Aluminum Company (INDAL) in 2000.

2003

Then in 2003, Hindalco, acquired Nifty Copper Mines in Australia, while the Aditya Birla Group acquired the Mount Gordon Copper mines in Australia.

2004

Next year in 2004, Birla acquired a majority stake in L&T cement, which was later renamed UltraTech Cement.

In the same year, the Birla-led group's flagship Hindalco Industries announced a merger with all the businesses of Indian Aluminium Company (Indal).

Birla's name surfaced in Indian coal allocation case, that traced its origin to the allocation of coal blocks between 2004 and 2009.

2007

In 2007, Birla spearheaded the purchase of Atlanta-based Novelis Inc, which was the world's leading producer of aluminium rolled products, by Aditya Birla Group's flagship Hindalco.

2012

After five years in 2012, Birla's Aditya Birla Nuvo Ltd. acquired Future Group's Pantaloon Retail Limited in India.

2013

In 2013, Aditya Birla Chemicals, spearheaded by Birla, acquired the chlor-alkali and phosphoric acid divisions of Solaris Chemtech Industries in India.

2014

In 2014, CBI filed closure report against Birla.

2015

Since 2015, the Aditya Birla Group consolidated its branded apparel business under its lifestyle retail firm Pantaloons Fashion and Retail India Ltd. and renamed it as Aditya Birla Fashion & Retail, creating India's top branded clothing company by revenues and number of sales outlets.

2016

By 2016, Kumar Birla launched a new logo for the Aditya Birla Group.

Birla has received several awards, including the International Advertising Association's "CEO of the Year Award" in 2016; the US India Business Council's "Global Leadership Award" in 2014; Economic Times "Business Leader Award" in 2003 and 2013; Forbes India Leadership Award – Flagship Award "Entrepreneur of the Year 2012; NDTV Profit Business Leadership Awards 2012, "Most Inspiring Leader"; CNBCTV18 IBLA "Business Leader for Taking India Abroad 2012"; CNN-IBN "Indian of the Year Award 2010"; JRD Tata "Leadership Award 2008"; NDTV's "Global Indian Leader of the Year 2007".

An educationist, Birla is the Chancellor of Birla Institute of Technology & Science (BITS) and BITS School of Management (BITSoM) also BITS Law School (BITSLaW).

He is chairman of IIT Delhi, IIM Ahmedabad and chairman of Rhodes India Scholarship Committee for Oxford University.

2017

In June 2017, UltraTech Cement, chaired by Birla, completed the acquisition of Jaiprakash Associates' six cement plants along with five grinding units.

In the same year, Birla revived Applause Entertainment, a media, content and IP creation studio with a focus on creating premium digital drama series.

Sameer Nair, ex-CEO of Balaji Telefilms, heads the venture, part of the Aditya Birla Group.

2018

After that in 2018, the Aditya Birla Group owned Idea Cellular was merged with Vodafone India to create India's largest telecom service provider – Vodafone Idea Ltd. Also in 2018 under Birla's guidance, UltraTech Cement acquired the cement business of Century Textiles while Binani Cement became a wholly owned subsidiary of UltraTech Cement.

In 2018, Birla led Novelis entered into an agreement to acquire Aleris Corporation.

2019

Under Birla's leadership, Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail (ABFRL) acquired the Jaypore brand and bought 51% stake in Finesse International Design that runs the designer wear label Shantanu & Nikhil in 2019.

2020

The deal was closed for 2.8 bn dollars in 2020.

In 2020, Walmart owned Flipkart acquired a 7.8% stake in Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail by making an investment of INR 1,500 crore in the company.

By 2021, Grasim industries, a flagship company of the global conglomerate Aditya Birla Group, entered the paints business with an investment of INR 5,000 crore over three years.

Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Limited (ABFRL) entered into an agreement to buy a 51% stake in the designer brand Sabyasachi.

Later that year, Birla led ABFRL entered into a partnership with designer Tarun Tahiliani.

ABFRL also partnered with Authentic Brands Group to take on Reebok's operations in India and build India's leading sports athletic lifestyle brand.

Since August 2021, Birla stepped down as non-executive Chairman of telecom firm Vodafone Idea, formed by the 2018 merger between his Idea Cellular and Vodafone India.

In January 2022, ABFRL acquired 51% stake in House of Masaba Lifestyle.