Radhakishan Damani

Radhakishan Damani is a Mumbai-based investor and entrepreneur. The self-made billionaire is the owner of the country’s third-largest mega-retail stores’ chain, ‘DMart. ‘ Radhakishan considers the first-generation investor Chandrakant Sampat as his mentor.

  • Veteran Mumbai investor Radhakishan Damani became India’s retail king after the March 2017 IPO of his supermarket chain DMart.
  • Damani got into retailing in 2002 with one store in suburban Mumbai and has been unstoppable since.
  • Damani also holds stakes in a range of companies, from tobacco firm VST industries to beer maker United Breweries.
  • His property portfolio includes the 156-room Radisson Blu Resort in Alibag, a popular beach-front getaway close to Mumbai.