Narotam Sekhsaria

Narotam Satyanarayan Sekhsaria is an Indian businessman and philanthropist.[1]

Narotam Satyanarayan Sekhsaria
Born
Gujrat, India
Alma materInstitute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai
OccupationIndustrialist
Entrepreneur
Philanthropist
Known forAmbuja Cements
Narotam Sekhsaria Foundation
ChildrenPulkit Sekhsaria Padmini Somani
WebsiteWebsite of Narotam Sekhsaria Foundation

Early life

Born in Gujarat, India into a Marwari Business family. His business family involved into the Cotton trade.[2] He left his family business and together along with his family friends Suresh Kumar Neotia, Vinod Neotia entered into the cement business and established Ambuja Cements private ltd in 1983.[3] Narotam obtained a chemical engineer degree from the Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai.[4]

Career

He was placed as the 40th richest Indian by Forbes India in a 2005 listing.[5] His current net worth was estimated to over $590 million. He is the chairman of ACC Limited[6] and the former chairman of Ambuja Cements.[7] Sekhsaria's son, Pulkit Sekhsaria, is the managing director of Gujarat Ambuja Cements and his daughter, Padmini Somani, manages an NGO, Salam Bombay, which works in the sector of child welfare.[2]

Narotam Sekhsaria has started an NGO, Narotam Sekhsaria Foundation, to support students for overseas education.[8] He is passionate about collecting works of art.[2]

References
  1. "N.S. Sekhsaria is the new Chairman of Ambuja Cements". Business Standard. 23 September 2009. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  2. "Cement czar: Narotam Sekhsaria". ReDiff. 29 January 2005. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  3. "Cement czar: Narotam Sekhsaria". Retrieved 15 December 2014.
  4. "Narotam Sekhsaria Net Worth (2020) – wallmine.com". in.wallmine.com.
  5. "#40 Narotam Sekhsaria". Forbes India. 2005. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  6. "Board of Directors". ACC Limited. 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  7. "History of the Group". Ambuja Neotia. 2016. Archived from the original on 20 June 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  8. "Narotam Sekhsaria Foundation". Cambridge Trust. 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
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