Nov 19, 2017
Indian Tech Billionaire Nandan Nilekani And Wife Rohini Join The Giving Pledge
Bangalore's generous power couple bring the total of Indian members of the Giving Pledge to four
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Nandan Nilekani
$3B
$34M (1.16%)
Real Time Net Worth
as of 9/1/25
#1320 in the world todayReflects change since 5 pm ET of prior trading day.
$3.63B
2024 India's Richest Net Worth
as of 10/9/24
Photo by Ashish Vaishnav/SOPA Images/Getty Images
From the Editor
- Nandan Nilekani is the cofounder of tech giant Infosys and its non-executive chairman since 2017.
- Nilekani, who left Infosys in 2009, was brought back in 2017 after a boardroom shakeup at the company and the sudden departure of its CEO.
- Nilekani is credited with building Aadhaar, India's mammoth identity card scheme, during his tenure as chairman of the Unique Identification Authority of India.
- The tech magnate, who still has shares in Infosys, has backed Fundamentum, a venture capital fund aimed at technology companies.
- In 2023, he donated $38 million to the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, his alma mater, to expand research and infrastructure.
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Personal Stats
- Age
- 70
- Source of Wealth
- Software services, Self Made
- Residence
- Bangalore, India
- Citizenship
- India
- Marital Status
- Married
- Children
- 2
- Education
- Bachelor of Arts/Science, Indian Institute of Technology
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