How Patanjali's Balkrishna became wealthier than many conventional Indian tycoons

The managing director of a home-grown ayurved products company is now wealthier than many of the conventional Indian tycoons

Acharya Balkrishna, the de-facto chief of one of the country’s fastest growing consumer goods companies — Patanjali Ayurved — became the talk of the town since his entry into the top league of fat cats around a year ago. However, it is the recently released Hurun India Rich List that revealed that the 45-year-old, at number eight, has closed in on tycoons like Gautam Adani, one rank above, and leap-frogged well-known personalities like telecom baron Sunil Mittal, who is two ranks below. The growth in Balkrishna’s wealth is certainly eye-catching. Pegged at Rs 70,000 crore, it has more than doubled