Owner of over $17 billion in 2013 according to Forbes, Azim Premji has nurtured Wipro for more than four decades of diversification to emerge as one of the leading software companies in India today. Premji is also known for his philanthropic work.

Laskhmi Mittal’s company is one of the leading steel manufacturers in the world. He is one of the most powerful and richest men in the world and owns one of the most luxurious and expensive house in London.

Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani is the current chairman of the UPA government’s flagship programme Unique Identification Authority of India that aims to give Aadhaar cards to every citizen.

Shiv Nadar is an Indian entrepreneur who founded HCL Infosystems that saw his personal wealth zoom to $8.5 billion in 2012 and was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 2008 for his work in the IT field. His foundation takes an active interest in developing the education system in India.

Anand Burman along with his brother Amit have revolutionised the Dabur company in their roles as chairman and vice-chairman respectively, so much so that the company is today India’s largest Ayurvedic medicine manufacturer.

The Ruia brothers founded Essar Group in 1969 and operate in the steel, oil and gas, power, shipping, communications and minerals in over five continents. The brothers were named as one of the richest Indians with a combined net worth of $7 billion in 2012

JRD Tata may have been born in Paris but his greatest contribution to the world was creating the salt to software company Tata. In his lifetime, he created some of the most well-known companies such as Voltas, Tata Tea, Titan, Tata Motors and TCS and even Air India.

The Bansal brothers are the founders of the mega hit e-commerce venture Flipkart that was founded in 2007. Starting with books, the website now sells almost everything under the sun and will forever be known as the website that got middle-class Indians addicted to online shopping

After leaving a cushy job doing marketing for Horlicks, Sanjeev Bikhchandani began Naukri.com that quickly became the biggest job portal in India. Bikhchandani is a multi-millionaire today with over Rs 722 crore in his and his wife’s name.

The King of Good Times may be going through a rough patch after the grounding of Kingfisher Airlines but his larger-than-life lifestyle and interest in sports and fashion are still looked at with envy and aspiration by other entrepreneurs.

Harsh Mariwala’s company Marico is the country’s leading maker of hair oil and cooking oil. It’s flagship brands Saffola and Parachute are sold in 25 countries in Asia and Africa. Mariwala recently announced non-profit venture Ascent to mentor young entrepreneurs.

Current position: CFO, Pepsico

Indra Nooyi,56, is the current chairman and CFO of the second largest food and beverage business, PepsiCo.

Born in Chennai, Indra did her Bachelor’s in Science from Madras Christian College in 1974 and a Post Graduate Diploma in Management (MBA) from Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta in 1976.

Beginning her career in India, Nooyi held product manager positions at Johnson & Johnson and textile firm Mettur Beardsell. Nooyi joined PepsiCo in 1994 and was named president and CFO in 2001.

She has been conferred with prestigious Padma Bhushan for her business achievements and being an inspiration to India’s corporate leadership.

Current position: CMD, Biocon

Kiran,59, is the founder Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Biocon Limited.

Born in Bangalore, Shaw completed her Bachelors in Zoology from Mount Carmel College, Bangalore University. She later did her post-graduation in Malting and Brewing from Ballarat College, Melbourne University.

She worked as a trainee brewer in Carlton and United Breweries, Melbourne and as a trainee maltster at Barrett Brothers and Burston, Australia.

She started Biocon in 1978 and spearheaded its evolution from an industrial enzymes manufacturing company to a fully integrated bio-pharmaceutical company.

Today Biocon under Shaw’s leadership has established itself as a leading player in biomedicine research with a focus on diabetes and oncology.

Kiran is also a member of the board of governors of the prestigious Indian School of Business and Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad.

Kiran received the prestigious Padma Shri (1989) and the Padma Bhushan (2005) from the government of India

Current position: MD & CEO – ICICI Bank

Chanda Kochar, 51, is currently the MD & CEO of india’s largest private bank ICICI Bank.

Rajasthan born chanda got Masters Degree in Management Studies from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai. She received the Wockhardt Gold Medal for Excellence in Management Studies as well as the J. N. Bose Gold Medal in Cost Accountancy.

Chanda Kochhar is married to Deepak Kochhar, a wind energy entrepreneur and her Business schoolmate.

Current position: MD, HP-India

A woman with ‘never-say-die’ spirit, Neelam Dhawan is presently the Managing Director of Hewlett-Packard (HP), India.

Neelam is an iconic figure in Indian IT industry . She is an inspiration for women working in IT sector. She dared to enter the IT world in early 1980s when there were just a handful of women in this industry.

At the start of her career she yearned to be a part of major players in the FMCG space such as Asian Paints and Hindustan Lever.

Unfortunately, these organizations did not want a woman to be a part of their marketing and sales efforts and hence she was rejected at the time.

But a determined Neelam refused to give up and fought back with laurels galore.

Before joining HP, India as Managing Director (MD) , Neelam was Managing Director (MD) of Microsoft, India.

She had successful and rewarding stints with other leading players like IBM and HCL.

He is the founder and CEO of Facebook, which he started in his college dorm room in 2004 with roommates Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes.

Zuckerberg is responsible for setting the overall direction and product strategy for the company. He leads the design of Facebook's service and development of its core technology and infrastructure. Mark studied computer science at Harvard University before moving the company to Palo Alto, California.

(born October 28, 1955) is an American business magnate,philanthropist, investor, computer programmer, and inventor.Gatesis the former chief executive and chairman of Microsoft, the world’slargest personal-computer software company, which he co-foundedwith Paul Allen.

He is consistently ranked in the Forbes list of the world's wealthiestpeople and was the wealthiest overall from 1995 to 2009—excluding2008, when he was ranked third; in 2011 he was the wealthiestAmerican and the world's second wealthiest person. According tothe Bloomberg Billionaires List, Gates became the world's richestperson again in May 2013, a position that he last held on the list in2007. As of June 2014, he is still the richest.

was born in San Francisco, California, on February24, 1955, to two University of Wisconsin graduatestudents who gave him up for adoption. Smart butdirectionless, Jobs experimented with differentpursuits before starting Apple Computers withSteve Wozniak in 1976. Apple's revolutionaryproducts, which include the iPod, iPhone and iPad,are now seen as dictating the evolution of moderntechnology. He died in 2011, following a longbattle with pancreatic cancer.