Radhakishan Damani

Radhakishan S. Damani is an Indian billionaire investor, businessman and the founder of DMart.[6] He also manages his portfolio through his Investment firm, Bright Star Investments Limited.

Radhakishan S. Damani
Personal details
BornJanuary 1954 (age 66–67)[1]
NationalityIndian
Children3[2]
ResidenceAltamount Road, Mumbai[3]
OccupationBusinessman, investor[4]
Known forFounder of DMart
Net worthUS$15.4 billion (October 2020)[5]

Career

Damani was raised in a single room apartment in Mumbai. He studied commerce at the University of Mumbai but dropped out after one year. After the death of his father who worked on Dalal Street, Damani left his ball bearing business and became a stock market broker and investor.[7][8][9] He made profits by short-selling stocks that were inflated by illegal means by Harshad Mehta in the 1990s.[10] Damani was reportedly the largest individual shareholder of HDFC Bank after it went public in 1995.[11] In the year 1992, after the Harshad Mehta Scam came to limelight, he saw a major rise in his income due to the short-selling profits during the time. In 1999, he operated a franchise of Apna Bazaar, a cooperative department store, in Nerul, but was "unconvinced" by its business model.[12][13] He quit stock market in 2000 to start his own hypermarket chain, DMart, setting up the first store in Powai in 2002. The chain had 25 stores in 2010, post-which the company grew rapidly and went public in 2017.[11][14][15]

Today he has 214 DMart stores across India. [16] Damani keeps a low profile and rarely gives any interviews. He has also taught his Stock Trading Techniques to Indian Billionaire Dipesh Bhandari and Rakesh Jhunjhunwala.

Investments

Damani also holds stakes in a range of companies, from tobacco firm VST industries to cement producer India Cements.[17]Damani picked up a 1% stake in Andhra Paper.[18] Damani also picked up 15% stake in India cements in May 2020 taking his investment in India Cements to 19.89%.[19] Damani holds 10 stocks in his investment portfolio[20] and total value of his stock portfolio is approx Rs 80000 cr(Approx 10.05 Billion USD) in 2020.

References
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  10. "Of D-Mart's IPO and the legend of Radhakishan Damani". Business Standard. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  11. "The silent giant of the stock market". Rediff. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  12. "Make Way For The New King of Retail". Outlook Business. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  13. "Exiting a business one has nurtured is always painful, says former DMart co-promoter Ashok Maheshwari". Economic Times. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  14. "The businessman who got richer during the lockdown". Rediff.
  15. "This is how Radhakishan Damani became India's second richest person". GQ India. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  16. "Radhakishan Damani & family". Forbes. Retrieved 2020-12-09.
  17. "Radhakishan Damani & family". Forbes. Retrieved 2020-12-09.
  18. "Debt free! Andhra Paper in focus as SBI MF, Damani take stakes". The Economic Times. 2020-06-30. Retrieved 2020-07-04.
  19. "Damanis pick over 15% stake in India Cements in March quarter; shares jump 16%". The Economic Times. 2020-05-15. Retrieved 2020-07-04.
  20. Kumar, Raj. "Radhakishan Damani Portfolio June 2020". We Invest Smart. Retrieved 2020-07-04.
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