Pawan Munjal
Pawan Munjal (Pawan Kant Munjal) is an Indian belonging to the promoter family of Hero group. Pawan is the third child of (father) Brijmohan Lall Munjal and (Mother) Santosh Munjal. He is 61 years old and currently serves as the Chairman, Managing Director & CEO of Hero Motocorp.[2] India Today magazine ranked him #49th in India's 50 Most powerful people of 2017 list.[3]
Pawan Munjal | |
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| Nationality | Indian |
| Alma mater | The Doon School National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra |
| Occupation | Chairman, MD & CEO, Hero Motocorp Limited |
| Net worth | US$3.9 billion[1] (2020) |
Personal
Munjal lives in Delhi. He is married and has three children. He is a mechanical engineer by profession. His siblings are the Late Raman Kant, Suman Kant, and Sunil Kant Munjal. Sunil is the Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Indian Public Schools Society.
Early life
Pawan Munjal is a second generation member of the Munjal Family, who has his origins from Punjab. He spent his childhood in Ludhiana and obtained a degree in mechanical engineering from the National Institute of Technology, Kurukhshetra in Haryana.
Career
Pawan Munjal joined Hero Honda Motors in the early 1980s as director took over as managing director of Hero Honda Motors in 2001. Pawan Munjal has successfully overseen the company's successful transition from Hero Honda to Hero Motocorp in 2011.
Other interests
Pawan Munjal has chaired the apex body of India's automobile sector, besides heading groups on technology & innovation, sports and affirmative action. He is also a member of the World Economic Forum.
References
- "Pawan Munjal & family". Forbes. Online. Retrieved Sep 16, 2018.CS1 maint: others (link)
- infotech/2015/06/01/article2844119.ece "Pawan Munjal elevates as CEO of UMA infotech" Check
|url=value (help). Indian Express. Retrieved 1 June 2019. - "India's 50 powerful people". India Today. April 14, 2017.