Shiv Nadar is an Indian billionaire industrialist and philanthropist
Shiv Nadar
is born 14 July 1945
He is the founder and chairman emeritus of HCL Technologies and the Shiv Nadar Foundation
Nadar founded HCL in the mid-1970s and transformed the IT hardware
company
into an IT enterprise over the next three decades
In 2008, Nadar was awarded Padma Bhushan for his efforts in the IT industry
since the mid-1990s he has focused his efforts on developing the educational system of India through the Shiv Nadar Foundation
According to
Forbes
, he is the 3rd richest person in India
the 40th richest person in the world with an estimated net worth of US$35 billion as of December 2023
Nadar received a pre-university degree in the American College, Madurai
a degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore