Nikhil Nanda


Nikhil Nanda is an Indian businessman. A member of the Kapoor family and Bachchan Family, he is the Chairman and Managing Director of Escorts Limited, an engineering company founded in 1948 by his paternal grandfather, Har Prasad Nanda.

Early life and background

Nikhil Nanda was born on 18 March 1974 in New Delhi, India. His father, Rajan Nanda from Fazilka, was an industrialist and the Chairman and Managing Director of Escorts Group, while his mother, Ritu Nanda, worked as an insurance agent for Life Insurance Corporation of India. He is the maternal grandson of actor-director Raj Kapoor, and paternal grandson of industrialist Har Prasad Nanda. His great-grandfather, Prithviraj Kapoor, was an actor. He is married to Shweta Bachchan, daughter of Amitabh Bachchan. Actors Rishi Kapoor, Randhir Kapoor and Rajiv Kapoor are his maternal uncles, while actresses Neetu Singh and Babita Kapoor are his aunts by marriage. Actors Karisma Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor and Ranbir Kapoor are his first cousins.
Nanda attended Doon School, Dehradun, and went on to study business management at Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania where he majored in Finance and Marketing.

Career

Nanda served as Chief Operating Officer from October 2005, then as Joint Managing Director of Escorts Limited from September 2007 when he became Managing Director of Escorts Limited in September 2013. He was appointed Chairman on 7 August 2018 after the death of his father.
He was one of five Indians selected as the Global Leaders of Tomorrow by the World Economic Forum in Geneva, in 2001.

Personal life

Nanda married Shweta Bachchan, daughter of film actors Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan, on 16 February 1997. They have two children named Navya Naveli Nanda and Agastya Nanda.