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Suzlon Founder Tulsi Tanti, the man who harnessed wind, passes away at 64

Tanti had made his fortune by investing in wind energy projects in the mid-90s when renewable energy was not in fashion

Tulsi Tanti
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Tulsi Tanti, founder of Suzlon Energy

Dev Chatterjee Mumbai
Tulsi Tanti, chairman of wind energy firm Suzlon Energy, passed away on Saturday evening in Pune due to cardiac arrest. He was 64.
Tanti was on his way home to Pune from Ahmedabad after attending a series of meetings on his company’s ongoing Rs 1,200-crore rights issue when he felt uneasy and died soon after. He is survived by his wife Geeta, son Pranav and daughter Nidhi.

Tanti had made his fortune by investing in wind energy projects in the mid-90s when renewable energy was not in vogue. Suzlon acquired Senvion Energy in Germany for euro 1.4 billion in 2007.

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