| Rajnikant Shroff | |
| Birth Name: | Rajnikant Devidas Shroff |
| Birth Place: | Gujarat, India |
| Nationality: | Indian |
| Citizenship: | India |
| Alma Mater: | Guru Nanak Khalsa College, Bombay University |
| Occupation: | Businessperson, Founder & Chairman of UPL |
| Organization: | UPL Limited |
| Known For: | Pioneering Red phosphorus manufacturing in India |
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| Awards: | Padma Bhushan, 2021 Order of the Aztec Eagle, 2018 |
Rajnikant Devidas Shroff, also known as Rajju Shroff is an Indian businessperson[1] [2] and billionaire, who is the founder and chairman of UPL Limited. In 2020, he was ranked as the #93 richest person in India, with a net worth of $1.5 billion, according to Forbes.[3] The Government of India conferred him India's third highest civilian award the Padma Bhushan in 2021. [4] [5] [6]
He was born in Kutch, Gujarat. He pioneered Red phosphorus manufacturing in India by setting up UPL Limited in Mumbai in 1969.[7] He is Chemistry graduate from the Bombay University.[8] He has been listed in the Forbes India's Tycoons of Tomorrow 2018.[9]
In September 2018, Shroff received the Orden Mexicana del Águila Azteca (Mexican Order of the Aztec Eagle), the highest Mexican order awarded by the Mexican government to foreigners in recognition of outstanding services to Mexico or to humanity.[10]