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Qimat Rai Gupta

Indian entrepreneur, founder, former chairman and managing director of Havells

Qimat Rai Gupta (also known as Q R Gupta and QRG) was an Indian entrepreneur, founder, former chairman and managing director of Havells, a global electrical company. Gupta was among the 100 richest Indians, and on Forbes list of global billionaires.2

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Born Jan 24, 1937, died Nov 7, 2014.1

Companies

Early life and education

Gupta was born in 1937 in Malerkotla, Punjab, British India (present-day Punjab, India). In 1958, he quit his studies in Punjab and moved to New Delhi, where he started an electrical trading shop called Guptaji & Company in Bhagirath Place, an electrical wholesale market in Delhi, with a capital of ₹10,000.

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Career

Occupation: entrepreneur.4

Personal life

  • CitizenshipBritish Raj, Dominion of India, India5

Healthcare

Gupta started QRG Central Hospital and multi-specialty healthcare facility QRG Health City in Faridabad.

Family

Qimat Gupta was married to Vinod and had two sons and one daughter. Only his second son Anil Rai Gupta is part of the business, and succeeded his father as Havells' Chairman. Gupta died at the age of 77 due to cardiac arrest on 7 November 2014.

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