Kushal Pal Singh

Kushal Pal Singh
KP Singh at WEF
Born (1931-11-15) 15 November 1931
Bulandshahar, United Provinces, British India
(now in Uttar Pradesh, India)
Residence New Delhi, India
Alma mater Meerut College
Occupation Chairman and CEO, DLF Limited
Net worth US$ 6.6 billion (September 2017)[1]
Spouse(s) Indira Singh
Children 3, including Rajiv Singh
Website DLF.in

Kushal Pal Singh Tewatia (born 15 November 1931) is an Indian real estate developer, and the chairman and CEO of real estate developer DLF Limited, founded by his father-in-law Chaudhary Raghvender Singh.[2] [3] DLF has an estimated land bank of 10,255 acres (42 km2), with about 3,000 acres (12 km²) being in Gurugram, called DLF City. Singh's personal wealth is estimated at $6.1 billion as per the 50 richest in Asia in Forbes 2017. [1] His autobiography, named 'Whatever the Odds: The Incredible Story Behind DLF', was launched in 2011; Jack Welch spoke at the launch.[4]

Early life and career

K.P. Singh was born on 15 November 1931 in Bulandshahar, Uttar Pradesh in a Jat family.[5] His father Chaudhary Mukhtar Singh Tewatia was a reputed lawyer in Bulandshahr. After graduating in science from Meerut College, Uttar Pradesh, he pursued Aeronautical Engineering in the UK and was subsequently selected to the Indian Army by British Officers Services Selection Board, UK. He was commissioned into the 9th Deccan Horse cavalry regiment. [6] In 1960 he joined American Universal Electric Company and, soon after its merger with DLF Universal Limited in 1979, he took over as the Managing Director with Chaudhary Raghuvender singh.[7][8]

Activities

Kushal Pal Singh constructed numerous earthquake-proof office buildings, apartments, shopping malls and leisure facilities in Gurgaon. Under his tenure, as the Chairman of DLF, the company went for an initial public offering (IPO) in 2007 and made about US$2.24 billion, one of the largest IPOs in India. Market capitalization of the company increased to $24.5 billion, making Singh and his family one of the richest clans in the world.[9] Jack Welch, the former chairman and CEO of General Electric, said in an interview that Singh was one of the initiators for GE's entry into India.[10]

Awards and recognitions

  • Decoration of Officer of the Order of St. Charles, on 4 October 2010, conferred by Prince Albert II of Monaco for his contributions as Honorary Consul General of Monaco in Delhi for the previous two decades.
  • Padma Bhusan Award, on 26 January 2010, conferred by Government of India.
  • Recognition by Forbes magazine as the richest real estate baron and eighth richest person in the world, on 24 March 2008.
  • The Samman Patra Award, in 2000, conferred by Government of India for being one of the top taxpayers of Delhi region.
  • Delhi Ratna Award, conferred by Government of Delhi for his valuable contribution towards the development of Delhi.[11][12]
  • A Special Award conferred by NDTV, at the Indian of the Year Award Function held on 17 January 2008, for his contribution towards growth of Indian economy.
  • In 2011 he received the Entrepreneur of the Year award at The Asian Awards[13]

Personal life

Singh is married to Indira Singh, the daughter of Raghvendra Singh,[2] the founder of DLF Limited. K. P. Singh has one son, Rajiv Singh, and two daughters, Renuka and Pia Singh.[14]

Singh's son, Rajiv Singh, is vice chairman of the DLF group. Rajiv's wife Kavita became an advisor to DLF Commercial Developers Ltd in November 2002. She was also appointed Advisor to DLF Universal Ltd. on 1 June 2011, with a retainership fee of Rs 250,000 per month and other benefits. Rajiv and Kavita have two daughters, both of whom work for the company.[15] K.P. Singh's elder daughter Renuka is married to G.S. Parmar, a non-executive director at DLF Ltd. Their son, Rahul, has joined DLF India Ltd as a "senior management trainee." K.P. Singh's younger daughter Pia Singh is a full-time director with DLF. [9]

Controversy

In April 2016, his name featured in the list of high-profile names released in the Panama Papers, a set of 11.5 million confidential documents created by the Panamanian corporate service provider Mossack Fonseca , his son Rajiv Singh, his wife, his daughter Pia Singh and her husband Timmy Sarna, all set up offshore companies in the British Virgin Islands through Mossack Fonseca, and are named in the Panama Papers.[16]

References

  1. 1 2 "Kushal Pal Singh". Forbes. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  2. 1 2 "The trials and triumphs of K.P. Singh : Leisure - India Today". Indiatoday.intoday.in. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  3. ↑ "DLF". Dlf.in. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  4. ↑ "DLF Chairman K. P. Singh's autobiography launched in Delhi : North, News - India Today". Indiatoday.intoday.in. 2011-11-15. Retrieved 2015-09-05.
  5. ↑ "birthday of k p singh, gurgoan, shakeera, haryana - www.bhaskar.com". www.bhaskar.com. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  6. ↑ "DLF's KP Singh Becomes Third Indian Trillionaire". Indianrealtynews.com. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  7. ↑ "Kushal Pal Singh". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  8. ↑ "#8 KP Singh - Forbes.com". Forbes.com. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  9. 1 2 Archived 9 November 2007 at the Wayback Machine.
  10. ↑ "K.P. Singh almost sold DLF stake for Rs 26 lakh". Businesstoday.intoday.in. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  11. ↑ "Dr Kushal Pal Singh" (PDF). WCRCLeaders.com.
  12. ↑ "About DLF – Chairman's Profile". www.dlf.in. Retrieved 2017-03-02.
  13. ↑ "DLF Chairman K P Singh named Asian Entrepreneur of Year at Asian Awards". timesofindia-economictimes. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  14. ↑ "Whatever the Odds: The candid story of corporate legend K. P. Singh". Indiatoday.intoday.in. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  15. ↑ "KP Singh's grandson joins DLF as trainee". Businesstoday.intoday.in. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  16. ↑ "$10 mn as capital: 10 members of KP Singh's DLF family, three BVI firms". indianexpress.com. 4 April 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
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