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Aditya Birla Group

FB Roundup: Kumar Birla, Alexandre de Rothschild; Alberto Safra

February 7, 2023

In this week’s FB Roundup, Kumar Birla appoints his children as directors of the Aditya Birla Group; the Rothschild family plan to take their investment bank private; and the son of Brazilian billionaire Banco Safra founder sues his family.

Kumar Birla appoints children as directors of Aditya Birla Group
In a purported succession overture, Indian billionaire businessman and philanthropist Kumar Birla has appointed two of his children as directors to oversee the retail unit of the Aditya Birla Group.

No song and dance for the Birla family

October 9, 2012

The world of Indian movies is dominated by songs, dances and drama – lots of it. And now, one family business has found itself in the midst of it all due to the lyrics of a song in an upcoming Bollywood film.

The Birla family, which controls multi-billion-dollar conglomerate the Aditya Birla Group, has sent a legal notice to Prakash Jha – the director of a new film called Chakravyuh– objecting to a song in the movie.

Family business roundup: Bosch buys another German company, while others go global

July 25, 2012

It has been a week of consolidations in the family business world – German firm Bosch is to acquire fellow family-owned Ampack, a Hong Kong group is eyeing a non-family company in the UK, while an Indian conglomerate wants to make its mark in Australia.

The family business vision of Adi Godrej

October 27, 2011

Indian conglomerate Godrej is one of the fastest growing companies in the world. David Bain talks to its chairman about the family aspect of running the business – and why it’s growing so quickly.

Indian conglomerate Godrej is one of the fastest growing companies in the world. David Bain talks to its chairman about the family aspect of running the business—and why it’s growing so quickly.

Paul Polman, the boss of the huge consumer products company Unilever, makes regular visits to India. In fact, since he became chief executive in 2008, he’s been there at least five times.

India’s Aditya Birla founding family boosts investment

September 29, 2011

The family behind India’s Aditya Birla Group plans to invest $17 billion globally, as it looks to double its revenues over the next four years.

Kumar Mangalam Birla, chairman of the family business whose operations include metals, retail and producing insulators, is looking to achieve $65 billion (€47.7 billion) in sales by 2015, up from its current $35 billion, said a company spokeswoman.