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Shashi Ruia (23 December 1943 – 25 November 2024) and Ravi Ruia (born April 1949), commonly referred to as the Ruia brothers, were Indian
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s, and were the owners of
Essar Group Essar Group is an Indian Multinational company, multinational Conglomerate (company), conglomerate company, founded by Shashi and Ravi Ruia, Shashi Ruia and Ravi Ruia in 1969. The company, known as Essar Global Fund Limited (EGFL), owns a vari ...
, founded in 1969. In 2012, ''
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'' named the Ruia brothers as the world's richest Indians with a net worth of US$7 billion. Shashi Ruia died on 25 November 2024 at the age of 80.


Ravi Ruia

Ravi Ruia was born in April 1949. He is a mechanical engineer by profession, with a degree from the
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,
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. He is married to Madhu, they have two children, and live in
Mumbai Mumbai ( ; ), also known as Bombay ( ; its official name until 1995), is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra. Mumbai is the financial capital and the most populous city proper of India with an estimated population of 12 ...
, India.


Career

Ruia has played a critical role in steering the
Essar Group Essar Group is an Indian Multinational company, multinational Conglomerate (company), conglomerate company, founded by Shashi and Ravi Ruia, Shashi Ruia and Ravi Ruia in 1969. The company, known as Essar Global Fund Limited (EGFL), owns a vari ...
to its pre-eminent position. Among the industrialists credited with bringing about India's economic renaissance, Ravi Ruia is considered to be one of them. He started his career at his family business and worked with Shashi Ruia, his elder brother. Essar Group is a multinational conglomerate and a leading player in the sectors of steel, oil and gas, power, communications, shipping, ports and logistics, projects and minerals. With operations in more than 20 countries across five continents, the group employs 75,000 people, with revenues of US$17 billion. Having acquired the
Stanlow refinery Stanlow Refinery is an oil refinery owned by Essar Energy in Ellesmere Port, North West England. Until 2011, it was owned by Shell UK. The refinery is situated on the south bank of the Manchester Ship Canal, which is used to transport seabor ...
from
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in 2011, the Essar Group continued a strategy of international diversification. In April 2013 Ravi Ruia was awarded the Outstanding Contribution to Sustainability award at
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in
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. It is projected that in FY 2017–18, the aggregated revenues of the portfolio companies is US$15 billion. The international standards of safety, health, environmental protection and corporate governance are maintained by the companies which operate with more than 50 assets across the globe. Essar businesses in the telecom, BPO and oil & gas sectors have involved more than $30 billion in Foreign Direct Investment by monetizing its portfolio to global majors, like
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,
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and
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. Essar Energy completed the transaction for the sale of Essar Oil to Rosneft and a consortium led by Trafigura & UCP at an enterprise valuation of US$12.9 billion. This transaction represents Russia's largest ever foreign investment, as well as India's largest Foreign Direct Investment. He was the 12th richest person living in the UK, as in the Sunday Times Rich List 2011. Ruia managed Essar's globalization plans, including new ventures in
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,
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, and the Middle East. He has received Business
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Businessman of the Year Award 2010. In December 2011, India's
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commenced an investigation concerning Ruia for the sale of India's 2G spectrum, which was denied by the Essar Group. After a lengthy legal process, in December 2017, the Indian Courts acquitted Ruia of any impropriety in the case, holding that the prosecution had "miserably failed to prove any charge against any of the accused". In the summer of 2023, Ravi Ruia purchased the famous London mansion
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from Russian businessman Andrey Goncharenko for £113 million.


See also

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David and Frederick Barclay Sir David Rowat Barclay (27 October 1934 – 10 January 2021) and Sir Frederick Hugh Barclay (born 27 October 1934), commonly referred to as the "Barclay Brothers" or "Barclay Twins", were British billionaire brothers, of whom Frederick Barclay ...


References

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