The document provides information about Shashi and Ravi Ruia, brothers who are entrepreneurs and founders of the Essar Group in India. Some key details include:
- Essar Group was founded in 1969 in Rajasthan by their father and the brothers expanded it into a diversified multinational company across various industries such as energy, steel, communications and construction.
- Ravi Ruia is the current Chairman of Essar Group. The group has acquired steel companies in North America and had an IPO for its energy business on the London Stock Exchange.
- The Ruia brothers have built Essar Group from a small family shipping business into one of the largest conglomerates in India based on assets