“I told my father I wanted to go to the stock market. My father reacted by telling me not to ask him or any of his friends for money. He, however, told me that I could live in the house in Mumbai and that if I did not do well in the market I could always earn my livelihood as chartered accountant. This sense of security really drove me in life.”

Indian billionaire investor and stock trader

Rakesh Jhunjhunwala was an Indian billionaire investor, stock trader, and chartered accountant. He became widely known for building his fortune in the Indian stock market, and he remained associated with his own asset management firm, Rare Enterprises. He began investing in 1985 with ₹5,000 and made his first major profit in 1986. By the time of his death, his estimated net worth was US$5.8 billion, which placed him among the richest people in the world. His name is closely linked with investing and market speculation.