Jaiprakash Gaur

Jaiprakash Gaur
Born (1931-01-01) January 1, 1931 (age 93)
EducationIndian Institute Of Technology Roorkee (1950)
RelativesManoj Gaur, Rita Dixit, Sameer Gaur
Websitejalindia.com

Jaiprakash Gaur (born c.1930) is an Indian entrepreneur. He founded and, until his retirement in 2010, was the chairman of Jaypee Group, a conglomerate with a heavy emphasis on engineering and construction (particularly for infrastructure and power projects), cement, and hydropower production. In 2012 he was ranked by Forbes magazine as the 70th-richest person in India, with an estimated net worth of US$855 million.[1] Gaur has been associated with the construction industry for more than five decades.[2]

  1. ^ "Jaiprakash Gaur". Forbes. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
  2. ^ "Jaiprakash Gaur: Executive Profile & Biography". Bloomburg Business. Archived from the original on 14 October 2012. Retrieved 1 July 2011.