Were one to bump into any of them at a social gathering or a public place, it would be difficult to identify them as billionaires. As most of them like to put it, their focus is on work and family. Another similarity is their ability to sniff out opportunity, and take risks. Also attribute it to upbringing and value systems that make an Amdavadi businessman always think of scaling up his business globally. Sandeep Engineer, founder of Astral Pipes, finds his place for the first time on the Forbes’s World’s Billionaires List for 2019, among the eight from Gujarat’s industrial capital.

Source: Forbes June 03, 2024 11:37 UTC