Kushal Pal Singh Tewatia was born on 15 November 1931 is an Indian real estate developer, and the chairman and CEO of real estate developer DLF Limited, founded by his father-in-law Chaudhary Raghvender Singh. DLF has an estimated land bank of 10,255 acres , with about 3,000 acres (12 km²) being in Gurugram, called DLF City. Singh’s personal wealth is estimated at $2.5 billion. His autobiography, named ‘Whatever the Odds: The Incredible Story Behind DLF’, was launched in 2011; Jack Welch spoke at the launch. Singh’s son, Rajiv Singh, is vice chairman of the DLF group. Rajiv’s wife Kavita became an advisor to DLF Commercial Developers Ltd in November 2002. She was also appointed Advisor to DLF Universal Ltd. on 1 June 2011, with a retainership fee of Rs 250,000 per month and other benefits. Rajiv and Kavita have two daughters, both of whom work for the company. K.P. Singh’s elder daughter Renuka is married to G.S. Parmar, a non-executive director at DLF Ltd. Their son, Rahul, has joined DLF India Ltd as a “senior management trainee.” K.P. Singh’s younger daughter Pia Singh is a full-time director with DLF. Kushal Pal Singh constructed numerous earthquake-proof office buildings, apartments, shopping malls and leisure facilities in Gurgaon. Under his tenure, as the Chairman of DLF, the company went for an initial public offering (IPO) in 2007 and made about US$2.24 billion, one of the largest IPOs in India. Market capitalization of the company increased to $24.5 billion, making Singh and his family one of the richest clans in the world. Jack Welch, the former chairman and CEO of General Electric, said in an interview that Singh was one of the initiators for GE’s entry into India. In April 2016, his name featured in the list of high-profile names released in the Panama Papers, a set of 11.5 million confidential documents created by the Panamanian corporate service provider Mossack Fonseca that provide detailed information on more than 214,000 offshore companies, including the identities of shareholders and directors. The acting heads of state of five countries, namely Argentina, Iceland, Saudi Arabia, Ukraine and United Arab Emirates are identified in the documents, as are government officials, close relatives and close associates of various heads of government of over 40 other countries, including China, Brazil, France, India, Malaysia, Mexico, Pakistan, Russia, South Africa, South Korea, United Kingdom and Syria. Singh, his son Rajiv Singh, his wife, his daughter Pia Singh and her husband Timmy Sarna, all set up offshore companies in the British Virgin Islands through Mossack Fonseca, and are named in the Panama Papers.
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| Name | Kushal Pal Singh |
|---|---|
| Full Name | Kushal Pal Singh Tewatia |
| Birth place | Bulandshahar, United Provinces, British India |
| Date Of Birth | August 15, 1931 |
| Age | 86 Years |
| Height | 5'8"(approx.) |
| Weight | 67 Kg(approx.) |
| Eye Color | Brown |
| Hair Color | White |
| Profession | Chairman and CEO, DLF Limited |
| Source of Income | Real Estate |
| Net Worth | US$ 6.6 billion |
| TV Serials | Unknown |
| Movie | Unknown |
| School | Unknown |
| College | Meerut College |
| Religion | Sikh |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Home Town | Bulandshahar, United Provinces, British India |
| City | Bulandshahar, United Provinces, British India |
| Marital Status | Married |
| Fathers Name | Unknown |
| Mothers Name | Unknown |
| Spouse | Indira Singh |
| No. of Children | 3 |
| Girlfriend/Boyfriend | Indira Singh |