Piramals
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The Piramals are a Mumbai
-based business family.
The Piramals are originally from Bagar
, Rajasthan
.
Today, the family operates as three distinct business entities. The group came into existence by Gopalkrishna Piramal.
Mumbai
Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...
-based business family.
The Piramals are originally from Bagar
Bagar
Bagar is a village in Lhari County, Nagqu Prefecture in the Tibet Autonomous Region, China.It lies at an altitude of 5,195 metres, above sea level.-External links and references:*...
, Rajasthan
Rajasthan
Rājasthān the land of Rajasthanis, , is the largest state of the Republic of India by area. It is located in the northwest of India. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert , which has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with...
.
Today, the family operates as three distinct business entities. The group came into existence by Gopalkrishna Piramal.
- The late eldest son Ashok Piramal's family runs the Ashok Piramal Group, who's flagship company is Peninsula Land Limited. Ashok had married to Urvi Piramal. They got three sons Harsh Piramal, Rajeev Piramal and Nandan Piramal. They manage real estate, textile, automobile and retail (Pyramid Retail). Ashok died in 1984.
- Second son Dilip Piramal runs VIP IndustriesVIP IndustriesVIP Industries Ltd is world second largest and Asia’s largest luggage maker based in Mumbai Maharashtra, India. The company manufactures plastic moulded suitcases, handbags, briefcases, vanity cases and luggage. It has acquired UK luggage brand Carlton in 2004...
since 1982-83, which manufactures VIP Bags. His wife is renowned media personality Gita PiramalGita PiramalGita Piramal is a renowned media personality, freelance writer, business historian, managing editor of The Smart Manager magazine, Director of BP Ergo and former director of VIP Industries Limited...
. She is the founder and managing editor of the management magazine The Smart ManagerThe Smart ManagerThe Smart Manager is India's first management magazine, launched in 2002 and published quarterly; the magazine has since changed to a bi-monthly publishing frequency. The magazine is published by Spenta MultiMedia and was initially founded by Mumbai business people Gita Piramal, Nitin Nohria and...
. They have two daughters, Aparna Piramal and Radhika Piramal. - Youngest son Ajay Piramal is one of India's leading thought leaders and heads the Piramal Group. The Piramal Group has interests in healthcare [Piramal Healthcare], financial services [PHL Finance P Ltd], real estate [Indiareit and Piramal Realty] and glass packaging [Piramal Glass]. The flagship company is Piramal Healthcare [former [Nicholas Piramal]]. His wife Dr.Swati Piramal was the first woman to become the President of ASSOCHAM, a significant chamber of commerce. She has played a major role in guiding the company's business, and is particularly interested research & developement side of the business. They have a daughter, Nandini Piramal, and a son, Anand Piramal, both have taken up senior management portfolios in the Group.