Name: Godrej Consumer Products Ltd
Rank: 11
Market cap: Rs 3,303.68 crore (Rs 33.04 billion)
Chairman and managing director: Adi Godrej
What it does: Started in 1897 as a locks manufacturing company, the Godrej Group today is a leading manufacturer of goods and provider of services in a multitude of categories: home appliances, consumer durables, consumer products, industrial products and agri products to name a few.
A recent estimate suggested that 350 million people across India use Godrej products. The group has recently entered the real estate and information technology sectors.
Image: Richard H Lenny (left), CEO of Hershey Co, with Adi Godrej, chairman of Godrej. | Photograph: Arko Datta/Reuters
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