Raj Kundra
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Raj Kundra London, United Kingdom |
| Occupation | Businessman, Entrepreneur |
| Spouse(s) | Kavita Kundra (divorced) Shilpa Shetty (2009–present) |
| Children | 2 |
| Website | rajkundra.net |
Raj Kundra is a British businessman who also has interests in both cricket and mixed martial arts. He is married to Shilpa Shetty, a Bollywood Actress.
Raj Kundra's father was a Punjabi who migrated from Ludhiana and became a bus conductor in London before running a small business. His mother worked as a shop assistant.
Kundra was born and raised in London. He left school at the age of 18 and in 2004 was ranked by SUCCESS magazine as the 198th richest British Asian. As of 2009[update], Kundra was Chief Executive Officer of Essential General Trading LLC, which was described in a press release as being "a Dubai-based international trading company dealing in precious metals, construction, mining and green renewable energy projects". He was also at that time involved in the financing and production of Bollywood movies.
Kundra has been married twice, first to Kavita and then on 22 November 2009 to the Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty. Kundra and Shetty have a son, born on 21 May 2012.
Kundra is involved with a charitable organisation called the Shilpa Shetty Foundation. His book titled How Not to Make Money was published in 2013.
Kundra is associated with Groupco Developers, a real estate firm that operates in eight Indian cities, Ashwini Steel, which makes mild steel from scrap, TMT Global, which claims to predict stock prices, Essential Sports and Media which is into production and distribution apart from sports, and Iconic Investments, which claims to be a private fund trading in equity markets. Other ventures include Gold Gate Trading, which describes itself as a trade and investment firm based in Dubai.
In 2015, Kundra was among the promoters of online and television broadcast platform Best Deal TV, an Indian television home shopping channel capitalising on celebrity endorsements. His co-promoter was Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar.
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