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'''Rajnikant Devidas Shroff''', also known as '''Rajju Shroff''' is an Indian businessperson<ref>{{cite news |last1=John |first1=Nevin |title=The Acquirer |url=https://www.businesstoday.in/magazine/exclusive/india's-best-ceos-2016/r.d.-shroffs-manda-strategy-has-grown-upl-manifold./story/242163.html |publisher=[[Business Today (India)|Business Today]] |date=January 1, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Some Stumbled, To Rise Again |url=http://www.businessworld.in/article/Some-Stumbled-To-Rise-Again/19-08-2019-174946/ |publisher=[[Business World]] |date=August 19, 2019}}</ref> and billionaire, who is the founder and chairman and [[UPL Limited]]. In 2020, he was ranked as the #93 richest person in India, with a net worth of $1.5 billion, according to [[Forbes]].<ref name="forbes.com">{{cite news |title=#93 Rajju Shroff |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/rajju-shroff/?sh=6117c3cd1b56 |work=[[Forbes]] |date=2020}}</ref> The [[Government of India]] conferred him India's third highest civilian award the [[Padma Bhushan]] in 2021. Shroff is the only industrialist to receive [[Padma Bhushan]] in 2021.<ref>{{cite news |title=UPL's Rajnikant Shroff only industrialist to be conferred Padma Bhushan |url=http://www.fnbnews.com/Top-News/upls-rajnikant-shroff-only-industrialist-to-be-conferred-padma-bhushan-62090 |publisher=FNB News |date=February 1, 2020}}</ref> He is considered as the India's 'Crop Protection King'.<ref>{{cite news |title=UPL's Shroff, Lijjat Papad founder among six Padma winners from Maharashtra |url=https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/mumbai/other/upls-shroff-lijjat-papad-founder-among-six-padma-winners-from-maharashtra/articleshow/80454825.cms |publisher=[[Mumbai Mirror]] |date=January 25, 2021}}</ref><ref name=book>{{cite book |last1=Media |first1=Maneesh |title=Jewels of Gujarat: Sandra & Rajnikant 'Rajju' Devidas Shroff |date=April 19, 2019 |url=https://books.apple.com/us/book/jewels-of-gujarat-sandra-rajnikant-rajju-devidas-shroff/id1460378387?id=1460378387&ign-mpt=uo%3D2}}</ref> | '''Rajnikant Devidas Shroff''', also known as '''Rajju Shroff''' is an Indian businessperson<ref>{{cite news |last1=John |first1=Nevin |title=The Acquirer |url=https://www.businesstoday.in/magazine/exclusive/india's-best-ceos-2016/r.d.-shroffs-manda-strategy-has-grown-upl-manifold./story/242163.html |publisher=[[Business Today (India)|Business Today]] |date=January 1, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Some Stumbled, To Rise Again |url=http://www.businessworld.in/article/Some-Stumbled-To-Rise-Again/19-08-2019-174946/ |publisher=[[Business World]] |date=August 19, 2019}}</ref> and billionaire, who is the founder and chairman and [[UPL Limited]]. In 2020, he was ranked as the #93 richest person in India, with a net worth of $1.5 billion, according to [[Forbes]].<ref name="forbes.com">{{cite news |title=#93 Rajju Shroff |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/rajju-shroff/?sh=6117c3cd1b56 |work=[[Forbes]] |date=2020}}</ref> The [[Government of India]] conferred him India's third highest civilian award the [[Padma Bhushan]] in 2021. Shroff is the only industrialist to receive [[Padma Bhushan]] in 2021.<ref>{{cite news |title=UPL's Rajnikant Shroff only industrialist to be conferred Padma Bhushan |url=http://www.fnbnews.com/Top-News/upls-rajnikant-shroff-only-industrialist-to-be-conferred-padma-bhushan-62090 |publisher=FNB News |date=February 1, 2020}}</ref> He is considered as the India's 'Crop Protection King'.<ref>{{cite news |title=UPL's Shroff, Lijjat Papad founder among six Padma winners from Maharashtra |url=https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/mumbai/other/upls-shroff-lijjat-papad-founder-among-six-padma-winners-from-maharashtra/articleshow/80454825.cms |publisher=[[Mumbai Mirror]] |date=January 25, 2021}}</ref><ref name=book>{{cite book |last1=Media |first1=Maneesh |title=Jewels of Gujarat: Sandra & Rajnikant 'Rajju' Devidas Shroff |date=April 19, 2019 |url=https://books.apple.com/us/book/jewels-of-gujarat-sandra-rajnikant-rajju-devidas-shroff/id1460378387?id=1460378387&ign-mpt=uo%3D2}}</ref> | ||
He was born in [[Kutch]], [[Gujarat]]. He pioneered [[Red phosphorus]] manufacturing in India by setting up [[UPL Limited]] in [[Mumbai]] in 1969.<ref name=siasat>{{cite news |title=UPL Chief Shroff, 4 others get Padma awards for trade and industry |url=https://www.siasat.com/upl-chief-shroff-4-others-get-padma-awards-for-trade-and-industry-2075911/ |publisher=[[Siasat]] |date=January 26, 2021}}</ref> He is Chemistry graduate from the [[Bombay University]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Rajnikant Shroff Who Made Billions By Manufacturing Farm Chemicals Got Padma Bhushan |url=https://thedialogue.co.in/article/KTj55tD0PYiyM1Qmjapb/rajnikant-shroff-who-made-billions-by-manufacturing-farm-chemicals-got-padma-bhushan- |publisher=The Dialogue |date=January 27, 2021}}</ref> He has been listed in the [[Forbes India]]'s Tycoons of Tomorrow 2018.<ref name=forbes>{{cite news |title=Tycoons of Tomorrow: Roll of honour |url=https://www.forbesindia.com/article/tycoons-of-tomorrow/tycoons-of-tomorrow-torchbearers-of-the-future/51329/1 | | He was born in [[Kutch]], [[Gujarat]]. He pioneered [[Red phosphorus]] manufacturing in India by setting up [[UPL Limited]] in [[Mumbai]] in 1969.<ref name=siasat>{{cite news |title=UPL Chief Shroff, 4 others get Padma awards for trade and industry |url=https://www.siasat.com/upl-chief-shroff-4-others-get-padma-awards-for-trade-and-industry-2075911/ |publisher=[[Siasat]] |date=January 26, 2021}}</ref> He is Chemistry graduate from the [[Bombay University]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Rajnikant Shroff Who Made Billions By Manufacturing Farm Chemicals Got Padma Bhushan |url=https://thedialogue.co.in/article/KTj55tD0PYiyM1Qmjapb/rajnikant-shroff-who-made-billions-by-manufacturing-farm-chemicals-got-padma-bhushan- |publisher=The Dialogue |date=January 27, 2021}}</ref> He has been listed in the [[Forbes India]]'s Tycoons of Tomorrow 2018.<ref name=forbes>{{cite news |title=Tycoons of Tomorrow: Roll of honour |url=https://www.forbesindia.com/article/tycoons-of-tomorrow/tycoons-of-tomorrow-torchbearers-of-the-future/51329/1 |work=[[Forbes India]] |date=September 21, 2018}}</ref> | ||
In September 2018, Shroff received the [[Orden Mexicana del Águila Azteca]] (Mexican Order of the Aztec Eagle), the highest Mexican order awarded by the [[Mexican government]] to foreigners in recognition of outstanding services to Mexico or to humanity.<ref name=sundayguard>{{cite news |title=Highest Mexican honour for Indian businessman |url=https://www.sundayguardianlive.com/news/highest-mexican-honour-indian-businessman |publisher=[[The Sunday Guardian]] |date=September 22, 2018}}</ref> | In September 2018, Shroff received the [[Orden Mexicana del Águila Azteca]] (Mexican Order of the Aztec Eagle), the highest Mexican order awarded by the [[Mexican government]] to foreigners in recognition of outstanding services to Mexico or to humanity.<ref name=sundayguard>{{cite news |title=Highest Mexican honour for Indian businessman |url=https://www.sundayguardianlive.com/news/highest-mexican-honour-indian-businessman |publisher=[[The Sunday Guardian]] |date=September 22, 2018}}</ref> | ||
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