Karsanbhai Patel has a net worth of USD$3.4 billion. Karsanbhai Patel started experimenting with chemicals in their backyards to make detergents. They then started selling the chemicals on bicycle from door to door.
He started competing with established brands from companies such as Procter & Gamble and Unilever.
Nirma is one of the leading producers of soda ash globally by volume.
Patel has already handed over operations to the next generation and made the company private in 2012.
He also owns a cement company known as NUVOCO Vistas which was listed in August 2021.
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