- Source of Wealth: Technology (HCL Group, SSN Trust)
- Age: 75
- Birth Place: Anna Nagar, Chennai, India
- Marital Status: Married (Kiran Nadar)
- Full Name: Shiv Nadar
- Nationality: Indian
- Date of Birth: July 14, 1945
- Occupation: Businessman, Industrialist, Philanthropist
- Education: PSG College of Technology, American College, Madurai
- Children: 1 (Roshni)
Indian industrialist and philanthropist, Shiv Nadar has a net worth of $15.6 billion as of April 2019. He is the chairman and chief strategy officer of HCL Technologies.Shiv Nadar founded HCL in the mid-1970s.
His garage startup is now $5.7 billion (revenues) HCL Group, among India’s top five software firms.Flagship HCL Technologies bagged a $500 million outsourcing contract from American drugmaker Merck & Co , its largest order ever. Last June, he sold 2.5% stake in HCL Technologies for $131 million, donating money to his Shiv Nadar Foundation. Daughter Roshni is chief executive of holding entity HCL Corporation.His wife Kiran, an avid art collector, has an art museum in Delhi.
