Presence in 34 countries across 5 continents with a workforce of over 120,000 employees, belonging to 42 different nationalities, “Aditya Birla Group” was founded by Seth Shiv Narayan Birla in 1857. A US $44.3 billion corporation, it’s the third- largest Indian private sector conglomerate after TATA Group and RIL. it’s headquartered in Worli, Mumbai, India.
With over seven decades of business practices, the group has marked its presence and leads in various sectors i.e. telecom, metals, textiles, carbon black, cement chemicals, fertilisers, insulators, financial services, BPO and IT services.
In India, the group is a world leader in aluminium rolling, viscose staple fibre, and carbon black production. It is also the largest manufacturer of carbon black worldwide, the fourth largest producer of insulators, one of the top 4 cement producers (excluding China) and is the second largest telecom company in the world.
In telecom industry, it has been rooted as Idea cellular and after merger with Vodafone India, it became largest telecom company in terms of subscribers and revenue. In fashion, the group's firm Aditya Birla Fashion & Retail Ltd sells in-house brands such as Louis Philippe, Allen Solly, Van Heusen, Peter England and People through its individual brand stores and other multi brand outlets such as Pantaloons, Forever 21 (India), planet fashion etc. With the brand of Aditya Birla Capital, the group is providing all the financial services business and ranks among the top 5 fund managers in India.
Not only business, the Aditya Birla Group is deeply concerned about the society and facilitating its growth. In the community, it is contributing towards health-care, education, the girl child, sustainable livelihood, women empowerment projects, infrastructure and embracing social reform.
These words are not enough what and how big the group is in our life. It was, is and will be a part of every phase of life and keep shaping it.