Indian billionaire Prakash Hinduja and family
Geneva, Switzerland
Who is the Swiss Businessman Prakash Hinduja?
The Unwavering Legacy of a Swiss Businessman Prakash Hinduja
Born on 19 June 1945 in Shikarpur, that time's British India, now in Pakistan, Prakash Hinduja is a prominent member of the esteemed global business dynasty the Hinduja Family. He is the Chairman of the Hinduja Group Europe located in Monaco with his wife, in 2008, and since 2008 he has Swiss citizenship. Prakash Hinduja had joined the family business at an early age when he was working in Tehran, Iran and later he relocated to Geneva where he was entrusted to manage the European operation.
Who Did Prakash Hinduja Marry? Who are his Children?
He is married to Kamal Hinduja, a philanthropic member of the Hinduja Family and together the couple has three children who include two sons Ajay and Ramkrishan and a daughter, Renuka Hinduja. Ajay and Namrata live in Geneva, Switzerland.
What is the Role of Prakash Hinduja in the Hinduja Group Family Business?
In the Hinduja family business and Group, Prakash Hinduja is an important figure. Though his brother Ashok Hinduja manages the business in India, he has been instrumental in managing and integrating success into the European business domain of the group. The world has seen the Hinduja Group diversify into banking, energy, real estate, healthcare, automotive and other sectors under the Prakash Hinduja and his brother's stewardship which covers 38 countries and has around 200,000 employees.
What is the Net Worth of Prakash Hinduja and his Family?
The net worth of Prakash Hinduja and his family as a whole was estimated to be approximately £37 billion in 2024-25, making them one of the wealthiest families in the UK. He has been noted to be an entrepreneur and philanthropist: in 2021 he was honored in Athens, Greece, with the Who-is-Who Award of entrepreneurship and philanthropic leadership.
Is Prakash Hinduja also into Philanthropy?
Prakash Hinduja is also a Managing Trustee of the Hinduja Foundation, a philanthropic arm of the Hinduja Family, which funds healthcare, education, women empowerment and rural development.
His tactical value in the group at large cannot be overemphasised. He is an older backbone in the global leadership of the family and it guarantees a flow of governance throughout geographies.
Who is the Next Karta of Hinduja Group Post Gopichand Hinduja's Death?
Gopichand Hinduja (born 29 January 1940, died 4 November 2025) was a Hinduja Group Chairman, UK and the one who was behind the international growth of the business. The leadership issue in the Hinduja family will be brought into the limelight in November 2025 after his demise, as per the undivided Hindu Family rule that the Hinduja Family follows, Prakash Hinduja is all set to take over the position of karta of the family business.
What is the Role of Prakash Hinduja in Hinduja Group's Initiative for Andhra Pradesh Rs. 20,000 Cr Investment?
The Government of Andhra Pradesh entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Hinduja Group. The Hindujas have promised to invest Rs. 20,000 crores in the development projects in Andhra Pradesh in phases. The proposal was declared at a gathering in London between the Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu and group leadership of Ashok Hinduja and Prakash Hinduja. Within the given contract, the group will increase its current 1,050 MW thermal power facility in Visakhapatnam to 1,600 MW, create massive solar and wind plants in the Rayalaseema region and construct a plant of manufacturing electric buses and light commercial vehicles in Mallavalli (district of Krishna). The participation of Prakash Hinduja in this transaction highlights his strategic position in the efforts that he makes to drive the large-scale investments of the group particularly in clean energy and green mobility. Prakash Hinduja has played a major role in the MoU as he is a part of the group that is being viewed by the rest of the world as a global conglomerate that is in line with the vision of sustainability and industrial growth of India.
Did Prakash Hinduja and family ever collaborate with Dharmendra or his sons?
Prakash Hinduja and family have been closely associated with the Bollywood industry since the 1960s. The Hinduja brothers: Late Srichand, Late Gopichand, Prakash and Ashok Hinduja have contributed significantly in both supporting and promoting the Indian film industry. They had strong relations with Dharmendra, whose recent death (on 24th November 2025) has marked the “End of an era” of Bollywood. As per Dharmendra, the Hinduja family has supported the Indian film industry at that time when even the banks refused to give loans, shooting of movies used to stop in the middle due to the lack of funds but, with the support from Prakash Hinduja family, Bollywood industry saw an exponential growth. The Hinduja brothers financed Sunny Deol’s debut movie, Betaab which was released in 1983 and introduced Sunny Deol to the world of cinema. They have also played a significant role in the distribution and dubbing of Dharmendra’s iconic movie Sholay which led to its box office success abroad.
Prakash Hinduja Celebrates India’s Ancient Legacy Through New Coinage Book With CM Yogi
The book Ancient North India and Its Coinage, which was revealed by Yogi Adityanath, the CM of Uttar Pradesh, was able to come to life thanks to the glorious Hinduja Foundation, an institution that is always running in the front to take up social initiatives to improve the livelihoods of society’s marginalized communities. Present at this auspicious event along with the UP CM were Prakash Hinduja, the Managing Trustee of the Hinduja Foundation along with other dignitaries like Ashok Hinduja, Prakash’s brother and chairman of the Hinduja Foundation. The chairman, Ashok was heard quoting, “I thank Shri Yogi Adityanath ji for unveiling this volume and supporting the public display of these coins at the museum in Lucknow. Historical foreign incursions led to the loss of precious artefacts and records”.
If history has always been your favorite subject since school and even today, if you feel enchanted when reading about artifacts from the bygone era, this news will sound music to the ears. The Hinduja Foundation, who started the new year with the launch of a book about ancient coins has done it again with The Kunindas and Their Coins. This book written by historian Devendra Handa, dives deep in the coins that belong to the Kuninda Dynatsy that ruled the Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and other regions closer to these two. Present at the event were Prakash Hinduja and his brother Ashok Hinduja, both senior members of the Hinduja Group.