Our Founder
A family man with boundless vision.
S.P. Hinduja is the eldest member and patriarch of the Hinduja Family, and Chairman of Hinduja Group - one of the most successful and diversified family businesses in the modern world. With a heritage rooted in the Indus Valley civilization, S.P. brings the Vedic principles, derived from Nature itself, to both his family and his business life, and together these embody his purpose, his dharma: "work to give".
S.P. joined his father’s trading business at the age of 18 and helped to expand operations along the Silk Road. Throughout his life, S.P. has taken bold entrepreneurial steps to build economically sustainable businesses and develop initiatives for greater multicultural understanding that serves communities globally.
Over the years he has founded global businesses, including two banks, acquired numerous companies and has created a renowned family business architecture. S.P. has broken barriers to bring cultures together in truly unique ways by advising world leaders, bringing Indian culture to the world through cinema and creating unprecedented gateways between the US, UK and India. It is this legacy that is supported by his wife Madhu, and is upheld by his daughters Shanu and Vinoo, and his grandchildren Karam and Lavanya, who work to uphold his principles and extend his purpose to new frontiers. S.P. Hinduja is a family man who works toward greater alignment with the laws of nature that govern our existence, which inform the principles he brings to both his life and his work for the betterment of Humankind.