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Bhushan Kumar Named Bollywood’s Richest Man by Hurun List
Bhushan Kumar is the head of a company called T-Series.
A new rich-list ranking describes him as Bollywood’s wealthiest person.
His family’s estimated fortune is Rs 36,300 crore, or about $3.8 billion.
He is ranked 87th among India’s richest people.
He is the only person from the entertainment industry in India’s top 100.
Kumar became the leader of T-Series when he was 19 years old.
Since then, the company grew from selling music cassettes to sharing music online and making films.
Its YouTube channel and film projects helped make the business very valuable.
Bhushan Kumar and his family are estimated to have a fortune of Rs 36,300 crore, or about $3.8 billion.
He ranks 87th on the Hurun India Rich List and is the only entertainment figure in India’s top 100.
His estimated wealth is more than double the combined fortunes of Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan, and Aamir Khan.
Kumar took control of T-Series in 1997 at age 19 after the assassination of his father, Gulshan Kumar.
Under his leadership, T-Series expanded from a cassette company into a major digital music and film-production business.
- Who
- Bhushan Kumar, chairman and managing director of T-Series, is identified as Bollywood’s richest man.
- What
- He and his family are estimated to have a fortune of Rs 36,300 crore and rank 87th on the Hurun India Rich List.
- Where
- The ranking concerns India’s entertainment industry and the Hurun India Rich List.
- When
- Kumar took control of T-Series in 1997 at age 19; the article does not specify the publication date of the ranking.
- Why
- His fortune grew as T-Series expanded from a music-cassette business into a major digital music and film-production company.
Key facts
- Estimated fortune
- Rs 36,300 crore, approximately $3.8 billion
- Hurun ranking
- No. 87 on the Hurun India Rich List
- Entertainment ranking
- The only entertainment figure in India’s top 100
- Company
- T-Series, operated by Super Cassettes Industries Limited
- Leadership began
- 1997, when Bhushan Kumar was 19
- Reported film projects
- Animal and Bhool Bhulaiyaa
- YouTube presence
- T-Series operates the world’s most-subscribed YouTube channel
Sources
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