Nirmal Minda success story: The number of billionaires in India has witnessed an exponential surge in the number of billionaires in the last ten years with the country home to 284 billionaires currently ranked third on the Hurun Global Rich List 2025. Several of Indias nearly 300 billionaires are self-made entrepreneurs who transformed small businesses into major companies worth thousands of crores. One such self-made billionaire is Nirmal Kumar Minda the richest man in Gurugram Haryana the chairman and managing director of auto-parts manufacturer UNO Minda who turned a small-time shop into a successful company which is currently valued at a whopping Rs 66904 crore. Who is Nirmal Minda? Born in Haryana Nirmal Kumar Mindas late father had started a small auto parts business from a small workshop in Delhi in 1958 where he initially made electric parts for motorcycles. Nirmal Minda started from humble beginnings joining the family business in 1977 where he handled the small firms marketing division. Over the years owing to his hard work and sharp business acumen Minda transformed the company into a global powerhouse in the auto parts sector and the firm which started out from a single tiny workshop in Delhi currently has 74 factories across the world. In 1996 Nirmal Kumar Minda separated from his brother dividing the family business but his grit and business acumen has transformed Uno Minda formerly known as Minda Industries into a major name in the auto parts sector. Today his company has a market capitalization (mcap) of Rs 50268 crores making it one of the biggest names in the auto components space in India and the world. Uno Minda has recently partnered with Chinas Suzhou lnovance Automotive to make EV parts and has been supplying parts such as sensors and lights for electric vehicles since 2020. Nirmal Minda net worth Nirmal Minda has a net worth of $3.5 billion (around Rs 30000 crore) as of March 29 2025 making him wealthiest man in Gururgam and one of the richest in India according to Forbes Real Time Billionaires List.