Keshub Mahindra | |
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Born | Shimla, Hill States, British India | 9 October 1923
Died | 12 April 2023 Mumbai, Maharashtra, India | (aged 99)
Education | Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania |
Occupation | Businessman |
Title | Chairman Emeritus, Mahindra Group |
Term | 1963–2012 |
Children | 3 |
Website | Keshub Mahindra |
Keshub Mahindra (9 October 1923 – 12 April 2023) was an Indian businessman and the chairman emeritus of the Mahindra Group, a diversified Indian conglomerate with interests spanning automobiles, software services, hospitality, aerospace and defence. He was the son of K. C. Mahindra, the co-founder of the Mahindra Group. Mahindra retired as chairman in August 2012 after heading the group for nearly five decades, handing over the position to his nephew, Anand Mahindra.
Mahindra served on the boards of many Indian companies including Tata Chemicals, Steel Authority of India, Indian Hotels Company Limited, ICICI Bank, and Tata Steel. He was the founding chairman of Housing and Urban Development Corporation, an Indian public sector undertaking focused on housing finance and infrastructure project finance.