Pawan Munjal & family
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Pawan Munjal & family

India 72 years old

Overview

Source of Wealth
motorcycles
Industry
Automotive
Residence
Delhi
Marital Status
Married
Children
3

Assets

  • Hero MotoCorp
    69,490,000 shares @ -
    -
    500182-IN

Biography

Pawan Munjal, son of late Brijmohan Lall Munjal, founder of Hero Group, who died in 2015 at age 92, runs motorcycle flagship Hero MotoCorp.

A former partner of Japan's Honda, Hero is the world's largest producer of two-wheelers by volume having sold more than 100 million units to date.

After parting ways with Honda in 2011, Pawan has led a global expansion with factories in Colombia and Bangladesh.

In September, the group's renewable energy arm, Hero Future Energies, partnered with global investment firm KKR to invest $450 million in expanding capacity.

In October 2022, Hero launched Vida, its first electric scooter.

About

Munjal's younger sibling Sunil stepped down as Hero' s joint managing director in 2016 to run his own independent businesses.

His daughter Vasudha, who founded Choko La, a brand of premium chocolates, was appointed to Hero's board in April 2022.