Arun Pudur | |
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| Born | 10 October 1977 Chennai, India |
| Occupation | President of Celframe |
Arun Pudur (born 10 October 1977) is an Indian businessman. He is the founder and group president of Celframe Corporation, a company that develops Celframe Office. The company is privately held and majority-owned by Pudur.
Early life and education
Pudur was born in Chennai, but his family shifted to Bengaluru, as his father used to stay 7 to 8 months a year there. His father, Sri Ranga, was a cinematographer.[1][2] Pudur is a graduate of the University of Bangalore, majoring in Business Management.[3][4]
Career
Pudur made his first $1 million at age 21, and became a billionaire at 26.[5] Pudur founded Celframe in 2001.[4] Based in Malaysia, the privately held technology company reported revenue of $3.6 billion in 2010.[6] Billionaire.com in August 2015 reported that Celframe earned revenues of $6.8 billion the previous year.[4] The article says Celframe's original uptick in software sales was thanks to a change from a distributor to a partner model in 2005.[2][4]
In 2015, global wealth intelligence and prospecting company Wealth-X ranked Pudur #10 on their list of the richest people under 40 in the world, with an estimated worth of $4 billion.[1][7][8][9][10][11] The ranking made Pudur the richest person under 40 in Asia.[11] Celframe's software package is the world's second most popular after Microsoft Office.[1][2][6][10][11] In addition to technology, Pudur has various businesses including real estate, gold, and mining.[4][3][5][6]
Controversies
Forbes published an article in 2015 with the title "Wannabe Billionaire: Arun Pudur's Tech Fortune May Be Largely Fiction".
In 2020, Pudur posted tweets claiming to manufacture hand sanitizers through his factories and to distribute them to "nursing homes, nursing homes(sic), & orphanages of all faiths". It was fact-checked that Pudur plagiarized[12][13][14][15] the photos from the charity efforts of Nebraska, USA base brewing company Lucky Bucket Brewing.
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Khan, Tarannum (17 March 2015). "Arun Pudur: From Bengaluru to billions". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Full Show: Arun Pudur on High Flyers". Bloomberg Television. 8 July 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Daulton Capital enters into US$105 million forward gold sales contract with Dubai's Salam International". BusinessIntelligence Middle East. 26 June 2012. Archived from the original on 17 August 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Loader Wilkinson, Tara (6 August 2015). "Arun Pudur: Billionaire Tech Lessons". Billionaire.com. Archived from the original on 8 August 2015. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Reddy, Sujata (12 May 2015). "Arun Pudur: Meet the only Indian-origin billionaire in the richest under-40 list". The Economic Times. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Shankar Roy, Kumar (25 May 2015). "India is a rich country, must do what it wants". Financial Chronicle. Archived from the original on 11 September 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
- ↑ "Reveals: The World's Top 10 Wealthiest People Under 40". Wealth-X. 4 March 2015. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
- ↑ "Indian-Origin Arun Pudur in Top 10 Under-40 Rich List". NDTV. 4 March 2015. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
- ↑ Fottrell, Quentin (27 April 2015). "10 wealthiest people in the world under 40". MarketWatch. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Rich Asian entrepreneurs under 40". CNBC. 7 May 2015. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 "Indian tech billionaire, Arun Pudur tops Asia's wealthiest under-40 list". Deccan Chronicle. 11 May 2015. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
- ↑ "So Much for Charity! Indian Tech "Billionaire" Lifts Relief Images from US Firm, Claims As His Own".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "US brewery accuses Indian tech billionaire Arun Pudur of 'lifting photos' for self promotion".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Fact Check: Indian businessman Arun Pudur's claims of distributing hand sanitiser for free busted".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "So a tech billionaire in India lifted photos from our twitter account in order to allege he was distributing hand sanitizer to local orphanages. I have not been drinking any Wicked Joe this morning, this is a real thing happening. Pray for our mentions".
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External links
- "ASEAN Summit: Movers and Shakers in Southeast Asia". Bloomberg Television. 3 December 2015. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
- "ASEAN Business Summit 2015: Turning Ideas Into Success". Bloomberg Television. 22 December 2015. Retrieved 11 September 2016.