Nandan Nilekani
$3.63B
$26.4M (0.7%)
as of 12/10/24
About Nandan Nilekani
Nandan Nilekani is the cofounder of tech giant Infosys and its non-executive chairman since 2017.
Nilekani, who left Infosys in 2009, was brought back in 2017 after a boardroom shakeup at the company and the sudden departure of its CEO.
Nilekani is credited with building Aadhaar, India's mammoth identity card scheme, during his tenure as chairman of the Unique Identification Authority of India.
The tech magnate, who still has shares in Infosys, has backed Fundamentum, a venture capital fund aimed at technology companies.
In 2023, he donated $38 million to the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, his alma mater, to expand research and infrastructure.
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IndiaSource of wealth
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Bangalore, IndiaMarital status
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06/02/55 (age 69)Number of children
2Education
Bachelor of Arts/Science, Indian Institute of TechnologySelf-made
self-madeNandan Nilekani’s fortune is worth
61K
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56K
median U.S. household
36K
median U.S. income
0.073%
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0.015%
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0.011%
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He and wife Rohini have signed the Giving Pledge. They run separate philanthropic arms, which focus on areas such as urbanization and biodiversity.
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