Who is Arun Bharat Ram, the Indian billionaire who founded an empire in the world of chemicals

September 24, 2024 – 19:30

The entrepreneur managed to amass a fortune of hundreds of millions of dollars by producing intermediate elements for manufacturing processes.

Arun Bharat Ram is the founder and leader of the chemical products company, SRF LimitedThe businessman is responsible for turning his lucrative family business into an international empire, with exports to more than 90 countries. His sales of millions of dollars focus on products for industrial manufacturing.

The company run by the billionaire employs more than 8,000 people across its 11 manufacturing plants in India and facilities in Thailand and South Africa.. In addition, the company is also looking to open a factory in Hungary. SRF Limited also employs 400 people in its research and development departments in its home country. This sector has managed to obtain multiple patents worldwide.

Bharat Ram’s company’s flagship products are chemicals that are intended for the intermediate production of other companies. These include fluorochemicals, specialty chemicals, packaging films, technical textiles, coated fabrics and laminates.

The story of Indian billionaire Arun Bharat Ram from a family business to working with leading brands

The Indian managed to expand his academic training by studying abroad and Graduated as an industrial engineer from the University of Michigan in the United States and is also an alumnus of the Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany. His studies allowed him to join the textile division of the company DCM Ltd. in 1996. There he gained exposure to the business world and was given the opportunity to start SRF Limited in 1970.

The main product that Bharat Ram started producing was tire cord fabrics at the plant he established in the Manali region. His progress allowed him to expand his production and form another company to manufacture automobile components in the late 1980s. During this period he also began producing chemicals for manufacture refrigerants.

SRF Limited sold its automotive parts production business in late 1997. The second half of the 1990s was also characterized by Bharat Ram’s bet on packaging film production by acquiring the BOTEP film plant. Since then it has produced BOTEP and BOPP films worldwide. Its foray into specialty chemicals began in 2004.