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Bajaj Family
- Bajaj Auto Limited
- Bajaj Finserv
- Bajaj Electricals Limited
- Hind Musafir Agency Limited
- Hercules Hoist Limited
- Bajaj Finance Limited
Bajaj Family's Journey so far ...
- The Bajaj Group traces its history to the pre-Independence era, it was established by Gandhian and freedom fighter Jamnalal Bajaj in 1926
- His sons Kamalnayan and Ramkrishna Bajaj ran the company till the former's eldest son Rahul Bajaj took over in 1965 and transformed it into one of India's largest conglomerates
- The sons of Kamalnayan and Ramkrishna - Rahul, Shishir, Shekhar, Madhur and Niraj consolidated the conglomerate with investments in two and three-wheelers, finance, electrical appliances, sugar and steel
- However, in the seventies, it was the two-wheeler business that contributed to the bulk of the Bajaj family wealth and the company became India's number 1 scooter brand with a presence in countries like Sri Lanka and Nigeria
- Rahul Bajaj was instrumental in turning Bajaj Auto into an iconic Indian two-wheeler company. The Bajaj Chetak scooter was so popular that it had long waiting periods
- However, in 2001, Rahul's brother Shishir’s demand for separation hit the family and shareholders. After about eight years in 2009, Shishir left the group and took ownership of Bajaj Hindusthan Limited and Bajaj Consumer Care Limited
- The Mumbai-headquartered conglomerate is now owned by four promoters; patriarch Rahul Bajaj, along with Shekhar, Madhur and Niraj. The promoters refer to themselves as brothers
- The group has over 35 companies under the umbrella and employs more than 60,000 people, the flagship being Bajaj Auto, one of the world's largest motorcycle manufacturers and India’s largest exporter of two and three-wheelers
- With a clear succession plan in 2006, Rahul Bajaj split Bajaj Auto into two different entities and handed over control to his two sons, Rajiv got the auto business and Sanjiv took charge of the financial arm
- The senior Bajaj said that this was done to unlock shareholder value, but the corporate masterstroke helped to quell any family dispute. Both the brothers have grown their respective businesses after the division
- Bajaj Finserv under Sanjiv is the holding company for three subsidiaries, namely Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance, Bajaj Allianz General Insurance, and Bajaj Finance
Before you go ...
- Mahatma Gandhi considered Jamnalal Bajaj as his fifth son
- The Hamara Bajaj advertisement in the eighties and nineties became synonymous with the Indian middle-class dream of owning a scooter
- The Bajaj family feud took a nasty turn in 2002 when Shishir alleged that Rahul was trying to remove him from the post of chairman of Bajaj Sevashram, one of the group's holding companies
- The group undertakes philanthropy under the Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation