Hemendra Kothari

Hemendra Kothari (#2147)

Global Rank #2147

Country Rank #137

Country India

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

$ 2 B
Financial services
India
M
79 Years

Snapshot

Quick Facts

Global Rank #2,147

Country Rank #137

Net Worth $2.0B

Previous Worth $2.0B

Worth Change +$0.0B

Country India

Industry Financial services

Age 79 Years

Gender M

Worth As Of May 4, 2026

Residence Mumbai, India

Citizenship India

World Billionaires List India Billionaires Financial services

Profile Data

Personal Stats

Age 79

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.

Achievements

Forbes List Highlights

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#1982

Billionaires (2026)

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