About Pawan Munjal & family
- Pawan Munjal, son of late Brijmohan Lall Munjal, founder of Hero Group, who died in 2015 at age 92, runs motorcycle flagship Hero MotoCorp.
- A former partner of Japan's Honda, Hero is the world's largest producer of two-wheelers by volume having sold more than 100 million units to date.
- After parting ways with Honda in 2011, Pawan has led a global expansion with factories in Colombia and Bangladesh.
- The group's renewable energy arm, Hero Future Energies, has partnered with global investment firm KKR to invest $450 million in expanding capacity.
- In October 2022, Hero launched Vida, its first electric scooter.
Wealth History
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Forbes Lists
#62
India's Richest (2023)
#984
Billionaires (2022)Dropped off in 2023
Personal Stats
- Age
- 70
- Source of Wealth
- motorcycles
- Residence
- Delhi, India
- Citizenship
- India
- Marital Status
- Married
- Children
- 3
Did you know
Munjal's younger sibling Sunil stepped down as Hero' s joint managing director in 2016 to run his own independent businesses.
His daughter Vasudha, who founded Choko La, a brand of premium chocolates, was appointed to Hero's board in April 2022.
In Their Own Words
A lot of hard work and a little bit of luck, I guess, can create magic.
Pawan Munjal & family
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