Gurbachan Singh Dhingra
Delhi, India
Bachelor of Arts/Science, Delhi University
India
paints, Self Made
$4,500,000,000
436
#436 Billionaires 2019
#34 India's Richest 2018
Siblings Kuldip and Gurbachan Singh Dhingra control Berger Paints India, the country's second-large paint maker. In 1991 they bought Berger Paints, then the country's smallest player from controversial liquor tycoon Vijay Mallya. Apart from India, Berger has a presence in Russia, Nepal, Bangladesh and Poland. Two of their children sit on Berger's board and are being groomed to succeed.
The family's paint business goes back to their grandfather and great-grandfather, who started a paint shop in 1898 in Amritsar, Punjab. They have a joint venture with Japan's Nippon Paint, a company controlled by Singapore billionaire Goh Cheng Liang.
Gurbachan Singh Dhingra
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