Blitz Bureau
NEW DELHI: Gopichand P Hinduja, the Chairman of the Hinduja Group, died in a London hospital on November 4. He was 85. He is the second of the four Hinduja brothers. The eldest, Srichand Hinduja, died in 2023. The other two brothers are Prakash Hinduja and Ashok Hinduja.
Known as ‘GP’ in business circles, Gopichand Hinduja joined the family business in 1950 and is credited with transforming the company from an Indo-Middle East trading operation into a transnational conglomerate. A graduate from Bombay Jai Hind College, Gopichand held honorary doctorate degrees from the University of Westminster and Richmond College, according to the company’s website. The Hinduja Group has businesses in eleven sectors, including automotive, banking and finance, IT, healthcare, real estate, power, and media and entertainment. Some of its well-known brands include Ashok Leyland, IndusInd Bank and NXTDIGITAL Limited.
The 2025 edition of the Sunday Times Rich List had ranked Gopichand Hinduja’s family the richest in the UK, putting their assets at 32.3 billion pounds.
