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Hemendra Kothari

Hemendra Kothari

Hemendra Kothari (#2137)

Global Rank #2137
Country Rank #148
Country India

Hemendra Kothari is listed among the world billionaires tracked by Iconic Billionaires.

  • $ 2 B
  • Financial services
  • India
  • M
  • 80 Years

Snapshot

Quick Facts

Global Rank #2,137
Country Rank #148
Net Worth $2.0B
Previous Worth $2.0B
Worth Change +$0.0B
Country India
Industry Financial services
Age 80 Years
Gender M
Worth As Of May 4, 2026
Last Refreshed 16 Sep 2026, 12:00 AM
Residence Mumbai, India
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Personal Stats

Age 80
Source Of Wealth Financial services
Residence Mumbai, India
Citizenship India
Marital Status Widowed
Children 2
Education Bachelor of Arts/Economics, University of Mumbai
Net Worth Change +$0.0B +0.0% from previous worth
Previous Net Worth $2.0B
Current Net Worth $2.0B

Worth as of May 4, 2026

About Me

Veteran investment banker Hemendra Kothari founded Mumbai-based DSP Mutual Fund in 2008. He founded the firm in partnership with BlackRock but bought out BlackRock's stake ten years later. Kothari started his career with family firm D.S. Purbhoodas & Co before founding financial services firm DSP Financial Consultants in 1975. He partnered with Merrill Lynch in 1995 but sold his 57% stake in tranches between 2005 and 2009. His daughter Aditi Kothari Desai is chairperson at DSP.

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Did You Know?

A wildlife enthusiast, he founded the Wildlife Conservation Trust and has named meeting rooms at his office after tiger reserves.

His great-grandfather was one of the founders of the Bombay Stock Exchange.

His younger brother Yogesh Kothari, founded and runs specialty chemicals company Alkyl Amines.

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Net Worth Growth Over Time

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Current Net Worth: $2.0B (May 4, 2026)

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