Benu Gopal Bangur (born 1931) is an Indian

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businessman, and the chairman of

Shree Cement Shree Cement is an Indian cement manufacturer, founded in Beawar, Rajasthan, in 1979. Now headquartered in Kolkata (soon to be shifted entirely to Noida), it is one of the biggest cement makers in Northern India. Shree Cement has moved in the ...

Early life

Bangur was born in a 1931 in a Marwari business family. Bangur was educated at

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Career

His grandfather, Mungee Ram Bangur, a Calcutta stockbroker, and his brother Ram Coowar Bangur, started the Bangur business empire in the late 19th century. In 1991, the business was split into five groups, between Balbhadra Das Bangur, Niwas Bangur, Kumar Bangur and Benu Gopal Bangur (all grandsons of Mungee Ram) and Laxmi Niwas Bangur (grandson of Ram Coowar). According to ''

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'', Bangur has a net worth of $6.0 billion, as of October 2019. In 2020, he ranked 14th in ''Forbes Indian billionaire list with a net worth of $7.3 billion.

Personal life

Bangur is widowed with two children and lives in Kolkata. His son,

Hari Mohan Bangur Hari Mohan Bangur (born 1952/53) is an Indian businessman, who is currently the Managing Director of Shree Cement. Early life He is the son of Benu Gopal Bangur, and great grandson of Mugnee Ram Bangur. He studied chemical engineering at IIT ...

, has been running Shree Cement since 1990.

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