23 Facts About Anand Mahindra

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Anand Gopal Mahindra was born on 1 May 1955 and is an Indian billionaire businessman, and the chairman of Mahindra Group, a Mumbai-based business conglomerate.

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Anand Mahindra is an alumnus of Harvard University and Harvard Business School.

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Anand Mahindra was noted by Forbes as their 'Entrepreneur of the Year' for 2013.

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Anand Mahindra was given the Padma Bhushan Award, the third Highest civilian award in India, in January 2020.

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Anand Mahindra was born on 1 May 1955 in Bombay, India to the late industrialist Harish Mahindra and Indira Mahindra.

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In 1981, Anand joined Mahindra Ugine Steel Company Ltd as an Executive Assistant to the Finance Director.

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Anand Mahindra initiated the Mahindra Group's diversification into the new business areas of real estate development and hospitality management.

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Today, the Anand Mahindra Group is a US$19 billion organisation, and one of India's top 10 industrial houses.

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Anand Mahindra has been tagged as the face of Indian capitalism by The Economist.

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Anand Mahindra helps promote the policy advocacy priorities of USIBC and advises members and senior USIBC staff.

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In 2011, Anand Mahindra was invited to join the International Advisory Council of Singapore's Economic Development Board.

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Anand Mahindra is the Chairman of the India Advisory Council at the Lincoln Center, New York.

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Anand Mahindra was featured in Fortune Magazine's list of The World's 50 Greatest Leaders in 2014 and in the list of the top 25 most powerful business people in Asia in 2011.

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Anand Mahindra was the World Economic Forum co-chairman in 2009.

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Anand Mahindra married Anuradha, who was a journalist and later launched the magazine, Verve.

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Anand Mahindra is currently the editor of magazines Verve and Man's World.

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Anand Mahindra has a keen interest in film making, a subject he pursued as an undergraduate at Harvard.

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Anand Mahindra is a keen photographer with a strong interest in films.

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Anand Mahindra enjoys listening to the blues and has set up Mahindra Blues Festival held annually in Mumbai since 2011.

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Anand Mahindra is an advocate of the study of humanities as he believes it can help address various problems in the world that arise due to interdependency.

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Anand Mahindra donated $10 million to support the Harvard Humanities Center.

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Anand Mahindra is the founder of project Nanhi Kali which aims to provide primary education to underprivileged girls in India.

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Anand Mahindra is the chairman-for-life and one of the board of directors of Naandi Foundation, an Indian charitable trust that works towards the socio-economic development of India.