Aditya Birla Group is one of the biggest conglomerates in India. The late visionary industrialist, Ghanshayam Das Birla is the one, who founded Aditya Birla Group 167 years ago back in 1857. The Birla family was in the trading business, and he was the one, who decided to expand into multiple industries like cotton, textiles, and jute. After leading multiple business ventures, Ghanshayam Das Birla laid the foundation of Aditya Birla Group, which continues to play a significant role in the country.
Aditya Vikram Birla is another notable person from the Birla family who played a crucial role in leading the Aditya Birla Group to an unprecedented level. He is the grandson of Ghanshayam Das Birla, who founded 19 companies in various countries worldwide. Under Aditya Vikram Birla's leadership, the conglomerate diversified its business in multiple sectors, such as telecom, textiles, metals, and cement.
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It was in 1995 when Aditya Vikram Birla's son, Kumar Mangalam Birla joined the group and took the iconic step of consolidating all the companies under one brand, Aditya Birla Group. He made a series of ground-breaking decisions that proved vital in the conglomerate's stature in the Indian market. In 2023, Kumar Mangalam Birla was bestowed with the Padma Bhushan award by the government of India. The business tycoon is married to Neerja Birla, and they are parents to three kids, Ananya Birla, Advaitesha Birla, and Aryaman Birla.
Talking about their respective professions, Advaitesha Birla is the Founder of the menstrual health initiative, Ujaas. She is the youngest child of Kumar Managalam Birla, as she was born on January 6, 2024. Aryaman Vikram Birla is a professional cricketer, who is also among the directors of Aditya Birla Group. Aryaman was born on July 9, 1997, and at the age of 27, he is playing in Madhya Pradesh. However, today, we are going to talk about the eldest child of Kumar Mangalam Birla and Neerja Birla, Ananya Birla, who is a singer by profession and is also leading headlines for her entrepreneurial career.
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The billionaire business tycoon, Kumar Mangalam Birla's daughter, Ananya Birla was born on July 17, 1994. Right from an early age, Ananya developed a strong interest in music and started training in the Indian instrument, Santoor, at the age of 11. In the following years, she continued working on her vocals, and during her college days, she decided to make singing her career. For the uninitiated, Ananya Birla reportedly completed her primary schooling at the American School of Bombay. For her graduation, she took admission in the University of Oxford in the UK.
Ananya Birla pursued a bachelor's degree in economics and management. According to multiple reports, when Ananya was studying at Oxford University, she reportedly dropped out of the university to pursue her passion for singing. It wasn't an easy call for Ananya, but she was confident in her singing skills and knew that she would become a professional singer. After dropping out of college, Ananya started singing at bars and restaurants. Her debut song was Livin' The Life, which she recorded at a studio in Philadelphia.
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Talking about Ananya Birla's singing career, she has collaborated with a lot of global artists. For the uninitiated, she is the first Indian artist to get a release through the famous musical group, PM: AM Recording after she collaborated with DJ Afrojack for her debut song, Livin' The Life. In 2017, Ananya became the first Indian singer to an English song that got certified Platinum status by the Indian Music Industry (IMI). Some of Ananya's best songs include Hold On, Meant To Be, Circles, Better, Blackout, Day Goes By, Let There Be Love, Everybody's Lost, and Hindustani Way.
Another interesting fact about Kumar Mangalam Birla's daughter, Ananya Birla is that she is the only singer in the history of the Indian Music Industry, who is signed by Maverick Management. For the unversed, Maverick Management is one of the biggest music labels in the world and is renowned for working with global artists like Ricky Martin, Steven Tyler, and Aerosmith.
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Ananya Birla has 737K followers on her Instagram handle and she is among the most famous singers in India. Apart from her singing skills, she is also renowned for her fashion and boldness quotient. Time and again, we have seen Ananya raising the temperature with her bold pictures on Instagram. Apart from being India's most stunning singers, Ananya is also among the country's wealthiest artists. For the uninitiated, at the age of 30, Ananya has an estimated net worth of Rs. 1,77,864 crore.
Besides working as a professional singer, she is the Founder of a microfinance company, Svatantra and CEO of Ikai Asia. In April 2024, Ananya was named to the List of Fortune India's 40 Under 40 for her success as an entrepreneur. It's inspiring how Ananya built her image other than being Kumar Mangalam Birla's daughter. We hope she continues to achieve more success in the future.
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