Dheeraj Hinduja

Dheeraj Gopichand Hinduja (born August 1971) is a British-Indian businessman, the chairman of Ashok Leyland since October 2010.

Dheeraj Hinduja
Born
Dheeraj Gopichand Hinduja

August 1971 (age 52)
Iran
NationalityBritish
Alma materUniversity College London
Imperial College London
Occupation(s)Chairman, Ashok Leyland
SpouseShalini Chandiramani
Children2
ParentGopichand Hinduja

Early life

Dheeraj Hinduja was born in Iran[1] in August 1971,[2] the son of Gopichand Hinduja. The Hinduja family is of Sindhi heritage.[3]

He received a bachelor's degree from University College London in 1993, and an MBA from Imperial College London in 1994.[4][5]

Personal life

He married Shalini Chandiramani, a fellow student at Imperial College, and the daughter of a Morocco-based film distributor, some time before 1996.[6] As of 2005, they had two children, Vedika and Vedant.[1]

References

  1. "Take A Look At Me Now". Articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
  2. "Dheeraj HINDUJA - Personal Appointments (free information from Companies House)". Beta.companieshouse.gov.uk. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
  3. 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.
  4. "Stocks". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
  5. "Dheeraj G. Hinduja". Ashokleyland.com\accessdate=11 June 2016.
  6. "This is Dynasty, Indian-style". Independent.co.uk. 12 January 1996. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
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