Gopichand Hinduja

Gopichand Parmanand Hinduja (Sindhi: गोपीचंद परमानंद हिंदुजा) (born 29 January 1940) is an Indian-born British billionaire businessman, the co-chairman of the Hinduja Group. As of August 2022, together with his late brother Srichand he is the UK's richest man.[1] Since the 1990s, he has been consistently ranked among the UK and Asia's wealthiest people. In May 2017, Hinduja topped the Sunday Times Rich List with an estimated wealth of GBP 16.2 billion ($21 billion). Based on the rich list compiled by Asian Media & Marketing Group, Hinduja's wealth is estimated at GBP 19 billion ($24.7 billion).[2] The Forbes List in March 2018 ranked he and his brother GP as the world's 55th richest billionaire family with an estimated wealth of $19.5 billion.[3]

Gopichand Hinduja
Hinduja in 2019
Born
Gopichand Parmanand Hinduja

(1940-01-29) 29 January 1940
NationalityBritish
Alma materJai Hind College
Occupation(s)Co-Chairman, Hinduja Group
SpouseSunita Hinduja
Children3, including Dheeraj Hinduja
Parent(s)Parmanand Deepchand Hinduja
Jamuna Parmanand Hinduja
RelativesS. P. Hinduja and Prakash Hinduja (brothers)

In May 2019 The Hinduja brothers, Gopichand and Srichand, were once again named by the Time UK as the UK's wealthiest people, according to the annual Rich List survey.[4] In 2001, Hinduja was involved in the UK’s "cash-for-passports" scandal, where he donated money for the Millennium Dome while applying for British citizenship, leading to resignation of Peter Mandelson.[5][6][7]

Early life

Gopichand Parmanand Hinduja was born on January 29, 1940, the son of Parmanand Hinduja, and educated at Jai Hind College, Bombay.[8]

Personal life

He is married to Sunita Hinduja, and they have two sons and one daughter, Sanjay Hinduja, Dheeraj Hinduja and Rita Hinduja.[8][9] The Hinduja family is of Sindhi heritage.[10]

In 2015, their son Sanjay Hinduja married his long-time girlfriend, the designer Anu Mahtani, in Udaipur, India. The wedding cost £15 million and entertainment included the pop singers Jennifer Lopez, Arjun Kapoor and Nicole Scherzinger.[11]

References
  1. "The Sunday Times Rich List 2022". hetimes.co.uk. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
  2. Andrew Bounds (22 March 2013). "Mittal loses top spot in rich list". Business & Economy. The Financial Times Ltd. Archived from the original on 11 December 2022. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  3. "Srichand & Gopichand Hinduja". Forbes. Archived from the original on 7 March 2013.
  4. Connett, David (11 May 2019). "Hinduja brothers take back top spot in annual Rich List". The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
  5. "Hindujas' British passports affair". rediff.com. 25 February 2001. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  6. Andrew Grice, "The Mandelson Resignation: Passport to Oblivion", The Independent, 25 January 2001
  7. Miller, Hugo; Browning, Jonathan (23 November 2021). "Billionaire Family Feud Puts a Century-Old Business Empire in Jeopardy". Bloomberg News. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  8. Europa Publications (2003). The International Who's Who 2004. Psychology Press. p. 733. ISBN 978-1-85743-217-6. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
  9. ":: Hinduja Group - Our Group  ::". Hindujagroup.com. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
  10. Palijo, Waseem (8 January 2019). "Most billionaires in India today once resided in Pakistan's Sindh". Daily Times. Archived from the original on 7 May 2020. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
  11. "'India's most eligible bachelor' Sanjay Hinduja marries in £15m ceremony". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
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