Meet Ananya Birla, daughter of business tycoon, Kumar Mangalam Birla, who started her own business at the age of 17 and now has a whopping net worth of crores.
Kumar Mangalam Birla, the Chairman of the world's biggest conglomerate, Aditya Birla Group, is one of the leading names in business circles. Just like the billionaire businessman, his eldest daughter, Ananya Birla, too, is a leading figure in the social, entertainment and business world. She is the sixth-generation scion of the Birla family.
Apart from being a successful entrepreneur, Ananya is also a popular singer who has carved a name for herself on the international stage. Ananya is currently leading all the headlines after she gifted her best friend and actress, Janhvi Kapoor, a brand-new violet Lamborghini Huracan Evo Spyder worth Rs. 4 crores.
Apart from being a billionaire business heir, Ananya carved her own path and made a name for herself with her own venture. Let us read on to learn more about the young entrepreneur who has added many feathers to her cap at a young age.
At the mere age of 17, Ananya founded Svatantra Microfin Private Limited, which provides loans to women entrepreneurs in rural India. Ananya’s company has already won the Gold Award for Best Start-Up at the Skoch Financial Inclusion and Deepening Awards in 2014. In the year 2016, Ananya Birla was announced as the new founder and CEO of Ikai Asia.
Apart from her business ventures, Ananya is a popular singer and songwriter. Right from an early age, Ananya developed a strong interest in music and started training in the Indian instrument, Santoor, at the age of 11. During her graduation from the University of Oxford in the UK, Ananya decided to pursue a career in singing. Her musical journey was not easy, and she too struggled hard by singing at bars and pubs.
After a lot of struggle and hard work, Ananya recorded her first debut single, Livin' The Life, at a studio in Philadelphia. In 2017, Ananya became the first Indian singer to an English song that got certified Platinum status by the Indian Music Industry (IMI). Some of Ananya's best songs include Hold On, Meant To Be, Circles, Better, Blackout, Day Goes By, Let There Be Love, Everybody's Lost, and Hindustani Way.
In 2020, Ananya was signed by the biggest music label in the world, Maverick Management. For the unversed, Maverick Management is one of the biggest music labels in the world and is renowned for working with global artists like Ricky Martin, Steven Tyler, and Aerosmith.
Despite being the daughter of a billionaire, Ananya refused to take up her family business and carved a name for herself by choosing her own path. In April 2024, Ananya was named to the List of Fortune India's 40 Under 40 for her success as an entrepreneur. The diva has a huge fan following on social media and is often hailed for her bold fashion quotient.
Ananya Birla is not just a stunning entrepreneur and singer; she has also ventured into acting and made her full-fledged acting debut with a spy thriller, Shlok: The Desi Sherlock, in 2023. She is one of the wealthiest international artists with a whopping net worth of Rs. 177 crores.
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