Grandhi Mallikarjuna Rao:

GMR Group holds a special position in the business fraternity. It is a global infrastructure developer and operator , active in 7 countries. The man behind the most talked about GMR group is Grandhi Mallikarjun Rao who is a mechanical engineer and a billionaire industrialist.

Grandhi Mallikarjuna Rao Biography:

Born on 14 July,1950 in Rajam, Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh, he grew up gathering business knowledge from his family commodities trading. Though he started working as a junior engineer for the Andhra Pradesh government, he was fascinated towards business and stepped his foot into commodities training.

Soon he was able to establish connections with a good number of suppliers and customers. After a few years of successful trading he started a bank named Vysya Bank in partnership with ING.Eventually, Rao sold his stake of 340 crores and invested the same to create the super successful GMR group.

Grandhi Mallikarjuna Rao Lifestyle:

What makes Grandhi Mallikarjun Rao stand out is its humility. Despite his bewitching success, he hasn’t forgotten his roots. With Warren Buffet as his inspiration, Rao believes in ‘giving back to society’. He has a CSR wing called GMR Varalakshmi Foundation which serves the underprivileged and works towards their upliftment.

In 2012, he gave away Rs 1540 crores for charitable purposes and became the third most magnanimous owner of corporate India by donating Rs.740 crores.

For his exemplary work in the social work field and entrepreneurship he has been conferred with several awards by the state and the nation, besides being awarded the Honorary Doctors by York University of Toronto, Canada in 2011. Grandhi Mallikarjun Rao, a stalwart in the corporate sector, will forever stand tall as the epitome of humanitarian entrepreneurship.